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Youth Writing Workshop

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Program Type:

Poetry & Writing, Workshop

Age Group:

Tweens, Teens
  • Registration is required for this event.
  • Registration will open on April 17, 2026 @ 2:00pm.
  • This event is for registrants age 8 to 17.

Program Description

Event Details

Have a story in your head and want to get it on the page, but don't know where to start? Any and all writing proficiencies are invited to join author/editor/publisher, Arielle Haughee, to participate in a writing workshop. Participants will learn the try-fail plotting method for stories and will get to create their own storybook. Leave with a freshly authored story and ideas for many more!

Arielle Haughee (Hoy) is a seven-time RPLA-winning author and the owner of Orange Blossom Publishing. She is an editor, speaker, and writing coach, and was previously the Executive Vice President and Marketing Chair for the Florida Writers Association. Arielle currently serves as secretary on the board for the Kerouac Project of Orlando. She was honored with the President’s Award from FWA in 2020, and in 2021 Pling’s Party was awarded Children’s Book of the Year. She is also the recipient of a Purple Dragonfly Award for Piper and a Moonbeam Children’s Book Award for Sixth Sunday. Her press, Orange Blossom Publishing, publishes books about love, humor, and wellness for women and children. You can see their titles at OrangeBlossomBooks.com