LITERARY SALON
Stories that stay. Thoughts that grow. Words that root.
WHERE THE WORD LEAVES THE PAGE.
Wild Ink Literary Salon is an intimate gathering for readers, writers, and lovers of literature—a space to hear original work, discover new voices, exchange ideas, and connect through the words that move us.
Part reading. Part conversation. Part community.
Not quite a book club.
Not quite an open mic.
Not quite a workshop.
A curated literary gathering.
COME. SIT. LISTEN. SHARE.
Each Wild Ink gathering features a curated collection of writers sharing original literary work—from poetry and prose to memoir, essays, fiction, excerpts and works-in-progress.
Throughout the evening, featured readers will take the floor for brief readings followed by conversation with those gathered in the room. Ask the question. Discuss the line that stayed with you. Discover a writer you've never encountered before.
When the readings end, the salon doesn't.
Stay awhile. Meet the writers. Talk books. Talk craft. Talk life. Allow the conversations that began across the room to continue in smaller corners.
You don't have to be a writer to belong here.
You simply have to love words.
SHARE AT THE SALON
Featured Reader
Have something you’ve written that deserves to be heard? Apply for one of a limited number of Featured Reader positions. Selected writers receive up to 10 minutes for their reading and brief audience Q&A.
(Applications for our October salon are now closed.
Stay tuned for our next application period.)
TWO WAYS TO EXPERIENCE WILD INK...
WHAT CAN I SHARE?
POETRY · PROSE · MEMOIR · ESSAYS · SHORT FICTION · NOVEL EXCERPTS · SONG LYRICS
CREATIVE NONFICTION · WORKS-IN-PROGRESS · PUBLISHED WORKS
If you wrote it, there’s room for it here.
Some words were never meant to stay on the page...
they were meant to be spoken.
Heard. Discussed.
Carried home.
Come hear them.
Come talk about them.
Come meet the people who wrote them.
Come gather around the words.
WILD INK LITERARY SALON
SUNDAY, OCTOBER 18
7:30 PM
LALOVELY STUDIO
(2010 Chamberlayne Ave Richmond, VA 23222)
FEATURED READER APPLICATIONS CLOSE
October 7 at 11:59 PM
