Creative writing faculty from the Indiana University East School of Humanities and Social Sciences will host a series of writing workshops from 2-3:30 p.m. at IU East’s Room 912, located at 912 E. Main St. in Richmond. Workshops will be held February 4, March 4 and April 1.

The workshops are free and open to the public. All writers are welcome to attend; no previous experience is necessary. Topics change each month, and all materials are provided.

On Feb. 4, Stephanie Beckner, B.A., will be the instructor for the workshop. Beckner is a teaching assistant at IU East and editor-in-chief of Tributaries, a Journal of Creative Arts. The topcic for this workshop is “The Power of Form in the Personal Essay.”

The March 4 workshop will be instructed by Steven Petersheim, Ph.D., assistant professor of English, on the topic of “Nature Writing.”

Then April 1, the instructor is Brian Brodeur, Ph.D., assistant professor of English. He will lead a workshop on “All the Fun’s in How You Say a Thing: The Advantages of Poetic Form.”

For more information, contact Tanya Perkins, lecturer of English, at talperk@iue.edu.