Queer Ancestors Project and Still Here SF

 

KALEIDOSCOPE, a free creative writing workshop 

APPLY NOW! Applications due MARCH 8th, 2026

 

Kaleidoscope is a creative space for transgender, queer, lesbian, gay, bisexual, gender nonconforming, questioning, and intersex people, ages 18-26, to explore the lives and stories of our queer/trans ancestors through writing. From April through June, we’ll build community through in person workshops, field trips and online writing sessions led by Still Here SF queer/trans BIPOC artists. We’ll dig through the archives, express ourselves in multiple writing genres, support each other’s creative processes, and connect to those who came before. The workshop will culminate in a public reading and participants will receive a $1000 stipend upon completion! 

 

IN-PERSON WORKSHOPS & FIELD TRIPS: (at various locations in San Francisco & Oakland)

Sundays 2-5pm 

April 12, April 19, April 25, May 3, May 10, May 17, May 24, May 31, June 14

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REMOTE & IN PERSON WRITING SESSIONS :

Tuesdays 6:30-8pm 

April 14, April 21, April 28, May 5, May 12, May 19, May 26, June 2

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FINAL READING & CELEBRATION: Sunday, June 7 

 

PARTICIPATION REQUIREMENTS:

Before applying, please carefully review the time and participation requirements to consider whether you are fully able to make this commitment right now.

• Consistent attendance in weekly in-person workshops and remote writing sessions

• 1-3 hours per week writing/reading/researching outside of workshop

• COVID-19 vaccination & willingness to wear face masks for mutual health & safety

• Performing in a final public reading

• You may apply to both the Queer Ancestors Project 2026 Comix Workshop and the 2026 Kaleidoscope Workshop, but you may only participate in one of them if accepted to both.

 

​Space is limited! No previous creative writing experience needed!

 

CLICK HERE for online application. APPLICATIONS DUE MARCH 8th, 2026.

 

QUESTIONS? Email Tina at kaleidoscopeQAP@gmail.com 

This series is a collaboration between QUEER ANCESTORS PROJECT & STILL HERE SF in partnership with James C. Hormel LGBTQIA+ Center and Foglifter Journal & Press, made possible thanks to the  San Francisco Arts Commission, Horizons Foundation,  San Francisco Grants for the Arts, and the Queer Cultural Center.

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