Training

Most people with great ideas and stories need some training and mentorship to learn how to tell them well. Recognizing this, INTER offers access to training opportunities designed to help you find your story, then develop that story into a compelling, polished piece. Training opportunities include online learning, live workshops, and access to a peer network to help you develop your narrative and public voice.

The Op-Ed Project Seminar: Write to Change the World

Applications have closed for the 2017-2018 session. Check back for another opportunity.

Are you interested in sharing your interfaith voice through writing and media?  Do you want to learn more about constructing an op-ed (opinion column found online and in the pages of newspapers) and pitching it to news outlets?  

INTER offers scholarships to IFYC alumni and current students for a day-long Write to Change the World seminar. This seminar, held in partnership with The Op-Ed Project, is designed to test assumptions about our own knowledge and what it takes to be influential on a large scale.   

The Op-Ed Project Online Sessions

We have concluded INTER’s online learning series for 2017-2018. Find other online learning opportunities at IFYC.org.  

Can’t make it to the seminar? INTER and IFYC are committed to equipping college students and recent alums with the skills they need to powerfully articulate their points of view; to establish themselves as thought leaders in the interfaith space and far beyond. Register and join INTER and The OpEd Project for one of two 90-minute webinars to learn how to recognize your expertise, why your voice matters, and how to find publications where your story fits.

Creative Nonfiction 4-Week Online Workshop

Applications have closed for the Winter 2018 session. Check back for another opportunity.

Are you interested in learning more about the craft of writing? Do you have a story you want to tell about your tradition or worldview, but need help making it come alive?  

INTER is partnering with the journal Creative Nonfiction to offer a 4-week online course that will explore the craft of creative nonfiction and will ask questions like: How do we write about something personal and powerful and share it with an audience of differing beliefs or traditions? How do we move beyond the saccharine (or the frustration) to illuminate a truth?

P.S. Wondering what is “creative nonfiction”? The word “creative” refers to the use of literary craft, the techniques fiction writers, playwrights, and poets employ to present “nonfiction” — factually accurate prose about real people and events — in a compelling, vivid, dramatic manner.

Contributor Cohort

We accept pitches from anyone and everyone. But we also have a special online group of writers, journalists, video and podcast producers, and other creative folks who want to hone their storytelling skills to advance the interfaith movement. Interested in joining? Email editor@ifyc.org.

Online Resources

If you are looking for some tips and tools that you can investigate yourself, these links might be useful:  

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