Programs & Events

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Nov 22, 2025

November Writing Sprint #4

Nov 22, 2025

Join YpsiWrites for this November Writing Sprint!

Nov 22, 2025

Nov 29, 2025

November Writing Sprint #5

Nov 29, 2025

Join YpsiWrites for this November Writing Sprint!

Nov 29, 2025

Dec 6, 2025

Writing as a Gift

Dec 6, 2025

Join us for hands-on writing activities to create gifts for loved ones.

Dec 6, 2025

Dec 13, 2025

Writers Room and Drop-in Consulting

Dec 13, 2025

Join other writers for open writing time in YpsiWrites' Writers Room. Bring a work in progress or start something new!

Dec 13, 2025

Jan 10, 2026

Writing Oneself: Letters and Emotions

Jan 10, 2026

Join YpsiWrites for a workshop exploring emotions and letter writing.

Jan 10, 2026

Jan 21, 2026

Writers Room and Drop-in Consulting (Virtual)

Jan 21, 2026

Join other writers for open writing time in YpsiWrites' Virtual Writers Room. Bring a work in progress or start something new!

Jan 21, 2026

Jan 31, 2026

Creating a Backstory for your Gaming Character

Jan 31, 2026

This workshop offers a character backstory model and some best practices to craft that interesting character for your next adventure!

Jan 31, 2026

Feb 7, 2026

In the Spirit

Feb 7, 2026

In this workshop, we will explore and celebrate spirit-inspired poetry, and then take up our own pens to add our voices to the praise repository.

Feb 7, 2026

Feb 12, 2026

Open Mic Night

Feb 12, 2026

Join YpsiWrites by sharing your writing at an open mic night at YDL-Superior.

Feb 12, 2026

Feb 21, 2026

Multimodal Zine Workshop

Feb 21, 2026

Join YpsiWrites’ Writer in Residence, Angelica Esquivel, for a hands-on zine workshop that embraces messiness and experimentation!

Feb 21, 2026

Feb 28, 2026

Writers Room and Drop-in Consulting

Feb 28, 2026

Join other writers for open writing time in YpsiWrites' Writers Room. Bring a work in progress or start something new!

Feb 28, 2026

Sculpture at the Michigan Avenue branch of the Ypsilanti District Library.

YpsiWrites: A Public Art and Writing Tour

How might art inspire writing? And how might writing help us see art in news ways? YpsiWrites invites you to explore Downtown Ypsilanti, Eastern Michigan University’s Campus, and Depot Town to view specific pieces of art. Then take some time to think and write responses to the provided prompts.

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Mystery Maker Challenge

Look at Ypsilanti through a new lens by choosing one of our four prompts to write your own mystery. Write your own Ypsilanti-based mystery with our historic, museum, outdoors, or spooky writing prompts. We even have a kids version and a reading list!

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Logo for the Mystery Maker Challenge containing all four themes: museum, historic, outdoors, and spooky.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration - Notable Scholarship Submissions

As part of its annual Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Celebration, Eastern Michigan University awards scholarships to students who uphold and embody Dr. King's beliefs. This year, students competed by writing a piece consistent with this year's theme--We the People: No Justice, No Peace. Submissions, which could be written or oral, demonstrated the students' commitment to promoting respect and to improving quality of life for all people in ways consistent with the ideals of Dr. King.

We are delighted to share some of the strong and thoughtful pieces created by this year's finalists.