Make Your Own Poetry Comics with Grant Snider (Early Bird Sale!)
A workshop with Georgia Heard + Grant Snider
Spots fill up fast! Register today. Early Bird rate valid until August 31.
Date: Monday, October 6, 2025
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm (ET) on Zoom
Bring your pencils, paper, and poetic curiosity for a one-of-a-kind night with the amazing Grant Snider, creator of Poetry Comics—a USA Today bestseller and one of the most talked-about books in every kidlit circle I know.
What’s a poetry comic? Think: graphic illustrations paired with short, powerful poems—sometimes like haiku, sometimes like little meditations on how to see the world differently. Grant’s work is playful, wise, and deeply creative—and in this workshop, he’ll guide us through the process of making our own!
For many of us, getting our text-only picture books published can be a challenge—some publishers are especially looking for author/illustrators. This workshop is a chance to explore whether you might be able to illustrate your own poems and add another layer of possibility to your publishing journey.
This workshop is for:
Writers curious about blending image and text—maybe even turning your own poems into graphic stories
Teachers looking for fresh, fun ways to bring poetry and visual storytelling into the classroom
Anyone who loves words, pictures, and the inspiration when they come together
No artistic background required—just a willingness to doodle, experiment, and explore.
A workshop with Georgia Heard + Grant Snider
Spots fill up fast! Register today. Early Bird rate valid until August 31.
Date: Monday, October 6, 2025
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm (ET) on Zoom
Bring your pencils, paper, and poetic curiosity for a one-of-a-kind night with the amazing Grant Snider, creator of Poetry Comics—a USA Today bestseller and one of the most talked-about books in every kidlit circle I know.
What’s a poetry comic? Think: graphic illustrations paired with short, powerful poems—sometimes like haiku, sometimes like little meditations on how to see the world differently. Grant’s work is playful, wise, and deeply creative—and in this workshop, he’ll guide us through the process of making our own!
For many of us, getting our text-only picture books published can be a challenge—some publishers are especially looking for author/illustrators. This workshop is a chance to explore whether you might be able to illustrate your own poems and add another layer of possibility to your publishing journey.
This workshop is for:
Writers curious about blending image and text—maybe even turning your own poems into graphic stories
Teachers looking for fresh, fun ways to bring poetry and visual storytelling into the classroom
Anyone who loves words, pictures, and the inspiration when they come together
No artistic background required—just a willingness to doodle, experiment, and explore.
A workshop with Georgia Heard + Grant Snider
Spots fill up fast! Register today. Early Bird rate valid until August 31.
Date: Monday, October 6, 2025
Time: 7:00 - 8:30 pm (ET) on Zoom
Bring your pencils, paper, and poetic curiosity for a one-of-a-kind night with the amazing Grant Snider, creator of Poetry Comics—a USA Today bestseller and one of the most talked-about books in every kidlit circle I know.
What’s a poetry comic? Think: graphic illustrations paired with short, powerful poems—sometimes like haiku, sometimes like little meditations on how to see the world differently. Grant’s work is playful, wise, and deeply creative—and in this workshop, he’ll guide us through the process of making our own!
For many of us, getting our text-only picture books published can be a challenge—some publishers are especially looking for author/illustrators. This workshop is a chance to explore whether you might be able to illustrate your own poems and add another layer of possibility to your publishing journey.
This workshop is for:
Writers curious about blending image and text—maybe even turning your own poems into graphic stories
Teachers looking for fresh, fun ways to bring poetry and visual storytelling into the classroom
Anyone who loves words, pictures, and the inspiration when they come together
No artistic background required—just a willingness to doodle, experiment, and explore.
Cancellation Policy: Please be advised that we cannot accommodate cancellation or refund requests for The Poet’s Studio courses.
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About the Hosts
Grant Snider began writing and drawing as a kid, creating pictures, poems, and stories from his imagination—often in collaboration with his twin brother, Gavin. His favorite books of poetry were Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein and Sing a Song of Popcorn: Every Child’s Book of Poems.
In college Grant began drawing comics for the student newspaper at the University of Kansas. After college he started a weekly online comic strip, Incidental Comics, online. Soon it gained a worldwide audience. Incidental Comics has been featured in the Best American Comics anthology and collected in the books The Shape of Ideas, I Will Judge You By Your Bookshelf, The Art of Living, and Thinking About Thinking.
His book Poetry Comics was named a 2025 ALA Notable Book, a Kirkus Best Book of 2024, a 2025 NEA Read Across America selection, and a USA Today Bestseller.
Grant is the author of the picture books Nothing Ever Happens on a Gray Day, One Boy Watching, What Color Is Night?, What Sound Is Morning?, and My Words.
Grant lives with his wife and kids in Wichita, Kansas, where he works a day job as an orthodontist. His hobbies include cooking breakfast, reading, running, drawing, and redrawing.
Georgia Heard received the 2023 Excellence in Poetry for Children Award which honors a living American poet for their aggregate work for children ages 3-13. She is the founder of The Poet’s Studio and has taught at Poet’s House, Teachers College, Columbia University, Gothenburg University, and in schools around the world. She is a graduate of the Columbia University Writers’ Workshop.
She is a founding member of the Teachers College Reading and Writing Project and the author of 19 books. Her most recent poetry book & journal is A Field Guide to the Heart: Poems of Love, Comfort & Hope (co-authored with Rebecca Kai Dotlich), and an anthology of poetry The Woman In This Poem: Women’s Voices in Poetry. She is also the author of several children’s poetry books including Welcome to the Wonder House (Random House), My Thoughts Are Clouds: Poems for Mindfulness (Macmillan), and Boom! Bellow! Bleat! Animal Poems for Two Or More Voices (Astra Books for Young Readers).