Unleash Creativity: A 2-Day Online Conference

Create, Clarify, Connect

Dates: October 24-25, 2025

Times: 12 p.m. - 5 p.m. ET

Why Attend? 

Gain new skills, refine your craft, rekindle your creative spirit, and connect with a vibrant community of writers while celebrating the power of human stories. 

Registration:

• Early Bird (Before June 1): $140 
• Standard (After June 1): $250 

What’s Included: 

• 2 days of workshops, meeting other creative people, finding inspiration, and having fun 
• Select workshop recordings
• A copy of Create & Curate (500 writing and art prompts) 
• Fee waiver for any Unleash Contest (Book Prize or WIP) 

Featured workshops:

• Break blocks with Laura Esther Sciortino's generative and interactive workshop.
• Manifest your creative life with Amy L. Bernstein's all-genre workshop.
• Explore how to write for social good with Nancy Townsley
• Learn the art of revision in poetry with Alexis Ivy
• Discuss art and aging with Carol Fischbach and Christina V. Larsen
• Examine what we can create in community with Sonia Perna
• Learn to rekindle your childhood creativity with a multimedia art workshop by Vanja Kragulj
• Creative leadership & networking co-hosted by Jen Knox and Chris Shanahan
• The art of audio with audiobook narrator Suzanne Warfield
• Discuss technology, adapting prose to film, and more ... 

Schedule:

Friday, Day 1

12:00 - Welcome from the Unleash board, notes on the creative community

12:30 - Workshop (generative)

2:00 - Creative networking/mindfulness for creativity

3:00 - Multimedia art workshop (Halloween-themed)

4:30 - Open Mic

Saturday, Day 2

12:00 - Welcome from the Unleash board, notes on creative networking and stakeholders

12:30 - All-genre workshop breakouts 

2:00 - Editor talk/networking

3:00 - All-genre workshops (revision, write for social good)

4:00 - Open mic

4:30 - Closing/homework