Storyboard Writing Residency Information Session

Saint Mary's Creative Writing Department

The Creative Writing Department at Saint Mary's is excited to introduce our new Storyboard Residency, an immersive week of generative workshops, craft seminars and literary events organized to give writers new ideas, proven research methods and fresh ways of approaching their fact-based creative projects—offering a thoughtful writing community and focused mentorship without the longer-term commitments involved in a formal MFA program.

Whether you’re an experienced writer or someone just conceptualizing their first project, Storyboard provides the time and space necessary to develop, plan, revise  and reflect upon your idea, your craft, and the path to publication. 

Designed for academics, interdisciplinary writers, journalists, and those looking for supportive structure, this week-long residential intensive promises deeper connections with fellow writers working at the intersection of research, reporting and imagination—and editors who help those projects find an audience. 

Storyboard is led by award winning authors, journalists and editors committed to urgent, beautiful, fact-based writing and the ability for such work to make a meaningful impact in the world. The heart of your Storyboard experience will be four, two-hour generative workshops geared toward revision and generating new work, led by acclaimed writers and teachers Rachel Monroe, Nayomi Munaweera and Mychal Denzel Smith.

Interested in learning more? Join Lauren Markham and Chris Arnold for a Storyboard-centered Zoom info session on the evening of Thursday, February 20th from 5-6 pm PST where they'll share more about the residency, benefits, and its logistics. You can see the Storyboard Residency application at this link and applications are due by March 15th, 2025.

Storyboard tuition is $2,500 and the experience includes on-campus accommodations and meals, participation in a four-day workshop, access to all panels, craft seminars and events, a manuscript consultation with one of our faculty, seminar leaders or expert panelists, and social gatherings throughout the week.