The Emerging Writers track will cover:

Approach

Identify practices that help position us as channels for divine creativity.

Craft

Collaborate with mentors and peers to hone our writing skills by encouraging each other, providing constructive feedback, and helping each other discover our audience.

Liberation

Learn ways of creating that help us build toward a more just world together.

Amplify

Explore practical tools and strategies that allow us to get our work into the world.

Through this track, fellows will:

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Gain confidence in expressing their unique voice as a writer;

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Explore spiritual practices to help ground their writing; 

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Understand how to integrate faith, justice, and peacemaking into their writing; and

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Learn practical skills to navigate the publishing industry.

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About the track leader

Tasha Jun

Tasha Jun is a Korean American melancholy dreamer, wife, and mom who grew up in a multicultural and biracial home. She has spent her life navigating liminal space. Writing has always been the way God has led her through the ache and toward the hope of shalom. Her debut book, Tell Me the Dream Again: Reflections on Family, Ethnicity, and the Sacred Work of Belonging is available now wherever books are sold. Find more about Tasha here.

"I have a passion for supporting emerging writers because I know how lonely the writing road can be, how hard it can be to learn to use your own voice and believe it’s needed, and how challenging it is for POC writers to gain access to and navigate the publishing process."