This workshop introduces the writing salon as both a format and a practice, offering writers the lived experience of a salon-style gathering alongside practical insight into how writing communities are formed and sustained. Participants will take part in a brief, guided salon and then reflect together on the elements that make these spaces welcoming, generative, and durable. The session blends conversation, experiential learning, and reflection rather than lecture or critique. Writers will explore different ways of engaging in salon culture—whether by hosting their own gathering, collaborating with others to start one, or joining an existing salon. By the end of the workshop, participants will leave with a clear understanding of the origins of the writing salon, how they work, and concrete ideas for how to participate in or create a writing community that fits their interests and capacity.
About Kristina Tabor
Kristina Tabor (she/her) is a writer of fiction and nonfiction, as well as founder of Writers’ Commons, a DC writing salon. Her work appears in the new anthology from Washington Writers Publishing House, America’s Future: Poetry & Prose in Response to Tomorrow; Best Microfiction 2023; and several literary journals including Cease, Cows, Ghost Parachute, Fractured Lit, and The Molotov Cocktail. She’s also a regular essay contributor to the Substack Wisdom of Crowds. Her debut microchapbook, Memory’s Ebb, was released in June by ELJ Editions. She has an MFA from Randolph College, where she started a humorous novel, which is still in progress. She calls Washington, DC, home.
Have you read our refund policy?