Workshops for Writers - February 7: The Poetics of Prose

Join the St. Louis Writers Guild from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. CST on Saturday, February 7, 2026, for a free workshop with Shana Youngdahl. She will offer an immersive discussion on how to apply tricks of the poetry trade in writing fiction and memoirs. In this workshop, Shana will lead participants through her journey from poet to novelist and offer exercises to help writers of any genre benefit from thinking like a poet. 

Our presenter, Shana Youngdahl, will join us LIVE for this FREE workshop. We will gather at The Lodge Des Peres, 1050 Des Peres Rd., St. Louis, MO, 63131 for the presentation, or you may attend the meeting online. To do so, follow the event link from the St. Louis Writers Guild website.

Shana Youngdahl is the author of the critically acclaimed novels A Catalog of Burnt Objects, a STL Mag 2025 editor’s choice award winner and a 2025 ALA quick pick for reluctant readers. She also authored As Many Nows As I Can Get, a 2020 RISE title from the American Library Association, a top ten book for teens from the New York Public library and a best book of 2019 from Seventeen magazine. She also authored two poetry collections, A Cage to Welcome and History, Advice and Other Half-Truths, and several chapbooks. Shana currently teaches at Lindenwood University as an associate professor in the MFA in Writing program.