Writers Guild Advanced 

Volunteer Opportunities

— 1st & 3rd Sundays (Novels)

  • Teaching/Working with Students Inside the Prison

  • Encouragement (Pep Talks, Author-to-Author Advice, etc.)

  • Quizzes

  • Research Requests 

  • Homework Assignment Feedback

  • Writing Prompts 

  • Novel Feedback (Content)

  • Copyediting

  • Proofreading 

  • Cover Design 

  • Interior Formatting (Atticus Software)

  • Book Marketing

  • Photo Days

  • Special Events (With Food)

Writers Guild Beginners

— 2nd & 4th Sundays (Short Stories)

  • Teaching/Working with Students Inside the Prison

  • Encouragement (Pep Talks, Author-to-Author Advice, etc.)

  • Quizzes

  • Research Requests 

  • Homework Assignment Feedback

  • Writing Prompts 

  • Short Story Feedback (Content)

  • Copyediting

  • Proofreading 

  • Cover Design 

  • Interior Formatting (Atticus Software)

  • Book Marketing

  • Photo Days

  • Special Events (With Food)

Unbound Pages

— One Tuesday a Month @ Second Story Bookstore (OKC)

  • Promoting on social media Facilitating WGA & WGB feedback (from volunteers to the students)

  • Working with virtual volunteers (who do not come in-person)

Bookstores

Ideas

  • We’d like to find a way to host C&C events with the bookstores as well.

  • Might need to rename it something else since authors can’t be inside the bookstore to sign, but if we did book “signings” for whatever books we have at the time at local bookstores and promoted the nonprofit and offered C&C swag too?

  • Or if the bookstores have community-centered events (like art walks or vendor tables).

Admins

— Assists with Administrative Duties

  • Assisting with Emails

  • Keeping Track of New Volunteers

  • Ensuring New Volunteers get C&C Training and/or DOC Training

Fundraising

— Fundraising Helps us to Better Support Our Students

  • Host Fundraising Events on Social Media 

  • Host Fundraising Events at Actual Brick-and-Mortar Places

  • Host a Gala (2027)

    Talk to Debbie Espinoza (Already all-in to Help Us)

    Planning & Facilitating the Event 

  • Host a creative getaway for C&C volunteers and board 

    If possible, by the end of the year, have a one-day getaway or weekend for the board and active volunteers 

Marketing

— Get the Word Out About Us and Our Projects

Messages/DMs

  • Maybe create leads for IG/TikTok so that when people first reach out, they receive a brief boilerplate? Something else?

Book Marketing

  • Amazon KDP for Ground Zero + Unbound Ink

  • BookSirens

  • Videos

  • Book Promo Newsletters

Promoting Audiobook 

  • Shae Strong & team narrating 

Social Media

  • TikTok 

  • Instagram 

  • YouTube 

  • Substack 

  • LinkedIn

Graphics

  • Taking content and creating graphics that are consistent with our branding 

Audio/Video

  • Maybe get board members involved in contributing videos that line with our mission and where their heart lies for the incarcerated?

Other

  • Advertisements

  • Newsletter on Substack