Lab Partners is The Poetry Lab’s membership program for writers who want to stay connected to a consistent creative practice throughout the year. More than a discount program, Lab Partners is designed to support the long arc of a writing life through accessible workshops, deeper educational opportunities, and an ongoing sense of community.
As a Lab Partner, you’ll receive:
Free enrollment in our monthly BrainTrust generative workshops
Reduced enrollment rates across many of our courses and programs (Enroll as a Member!)
Significant savings on premium offerings like the Feedback Circle
Access to exclusive member communications, opportunities, and announcements
A direct way to stay engaged with The Poetry Lab’s evolving educational ecosystem year-round
Lab Partners is ideal for writers who know they want to keep showing up to the page, whether through monthly workshops, multi-week courses, critique spaces, or independent creative practice.
Membership also directly supports our mission to keep poetry education accessible through sliding-scale programming, financial aid opportunities, and sustainable compensation for teaching artists. There’s no minimum committment. You can cancel anytime.
This is not just a membership. A writing life. 🌿
What Lab Partners Receive Each Month
As a Lab Partner, you are automatically enrolled in every BrainTrust Generative Workshop. Workshops run live on Zoom on the second Tuesday of the month and you never need to sign up or remember to register.
You are simply in the room.
If you cannot attend a session live, you will receive the workshop recording and class materials delivered to your inbox every month.
Membership also includes:
• 10 percent off courses
• 15 percent off The Feedback Circle
• Access to Community Office Hours in January, February and March
• Exclusive content through private member newsletters and writing resources
• A creative home where you can return to your work again and again
Lab Partners is The Poetry Lab’s membership program for writers who want to stay connected to a consistent creative practice throughout the year. More than a discount program, Lab Partners is designed to support the long arc of a writing life through accessible workshops, deeper educational opportunities, and an ongoing sense of community.
As a Lab Partner, you’ll receive:
Free enrollment in our monthly BrainTrust generative workshops
Reduced enrollment rates across many of our courses and programs (Enroll as a Member!)
Significant savings on premium offerings like the Feedback Circle
Access to exclusive member communications, opportunities, and announcements
A direct way to stay engaged with The Poetry Lab’s evolving educational ecosystem year-round
Lab Partners is ideal for writers who know they want to keep showing up to the page, whether through monthly workshops, multi-week courses, critique spaces, or independent creative practice.
Membership also directly supports our mission to keep poetry education accessible through sliding-scale programming, financial aid opportunities, and sustainable compensation for teaching artists. There’s no minimum committment. You can cancel anytime.
This is not just a membership. A writing life. 🌿
Who This Is For
Lab Partners is for writers who want:
• A reason to show up to the page
• A support system that makes writing feel less lonely
• A monthly spark to keep ideas alive
• Community instead of isolation
• Artistic momentum that carries them forward
You do not need discipline to begin.
You only need a doorway. This is it.
Why It Matters
Literary arts receive only 1.9 percent of arts grant funding in the United States.
Spaces like this do not exist without individual support. Your membership sustains teaching artists, keeps our programs accessible, and allows us to build the future of The Poetry Lab.
When you become a Lab Partner, you are not simply subscribing.
You are helping ensure that literature continues to have a place in the world.
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What is the BrainTrust Workshop?
If a trust fund is a good place to park your cash if you’re a millionaire, then a “braintrust” is where your creative thoughts and ideas kick it before they hatch/twerk/smash/flow/ become themselves on the page. Everybody with a brain has a braintrust, but creative artists are the most concerned with using it.
That’s why we developed the BrainTrust series. The BrainTrust took our live, in-person workshop model and made it accessible to poets everywhere by going virtual. Once a month, we host a live workshop on different topics.
Lab Partners is The Poetry Lab’s membership program for writers who want to stay connected to a consistent creative practice throughout the year. More than a discount program, Lab Partners is designed to support the long arc of a writing life through accessible workshops, deeper educational opportunities, and an ongoing sense of community.
As a Lab Partner, you’ll receive:
Free enrollment in our monthly BrainTrust generative workshops
Reduced enrollment rates across many of our courses and programs (Enroll as a Member!)
Significant savings on premium offerings like the Feedback Circle
Access to exclusive member communications, opportunities, and announcements
A direct way to stay engaged with The Poetry Lab’s evolving educational ecosystem year-round
Lab Partners is ideal for writers who know they want to keep showing up to the page, whether through monthly workshops, multi-week courses, critique spaces, or independent creative practice.
Membership also directly supports our mission to keep poetry education accessible through sliding-scale programming, financial aid opportunities, and sustainable compensation for teaching artists. There’s no minimum committment. You can cancel anytime.
This is not just a membership. A writing life. 🌿