Year-Long Poetry Apprenticeship with Danez Smith

Registration: Join the Waitlist for Danez Smith's cohort starting on April 9 at 10AM CT for Friends of the Loft; April 10 for the general public. The registration link will go live on this page at that time. Danez will meet with each person who signs up to determine if your project is a good fit for the year-long project. We will reach out to the list to schedule a meeting between you and Danez. Please sign up at the link below. Payment and final registration will take place after this initial call. Payment info and options are listed here.

Cohort Details: Participants will meet weekly as a cohort during the summer (8 weeks; June-July), biweekly with additional Saturday meetings during the late summer months (August); and weekly again during the fall 2025 term (12 weeks; September - December 2025) and the winter/spring 2026 term (12 weeks; January-April).  The online cohort will meet via live weekly video meetings over Zoom; there will be no in-person meetings.