Organization
The Porch
Nonprofit literary center founded in 2014 by Susannah Felts and Katie McDougall, with writing classes in Nashville and online for writers of all ages.
The Porch is a nonprofit literary center in Nashville, founded in 2014 by Susannah Felts and Katie McDougall. Its classes are held in Nashville and online, and are open to writers of all ages and levels of experience; financial assistance is available.
Besides classes in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry, it runs youth programs, retreats, monthly affinity groups, Immigrants Write, and Writing for Good, a program that takes writing sessions to vulnerable communities. It hosts a Visiting Writers Series, publishes the literary journal SWING, and awards the Porch Prize.
In 2026 it held a day of classes in partnership with the Southern Festival of Books.
Related
- FestivalSouthern Festival of Books
Sources
- porchtn.org
Mission; address; classes in Nashville and online; programs, series, journal, financial assistance; 2026 classes with the Southern Festival of Books.
- nashvillescene.com
(2024) Founded in 2014 by Susannah Felts and Katie McDougall; nonprofit; affinity groups meeting monthly; Writing for Good.