Volunteer Opportunities

Writers Guild Advanced (WGA) 

2nd & 4th Sundays (Novels)

  • Teaching/Working with Students Inside Mabel Bassett Correctional Center (MBCC)

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

  • Quizzes

  • Research Requests 

  • Homework Assignment Feedback

  • Writing Prompts 

  • Novel Feedback (Content/Story)

  • Copyediting

  • Proofreading 

  • Cover Design 

  • Interior Formatting (using Atticus Software)

  • Book Marketing

  • Photo Days

  • Special Events (with Food)

Writers Guild Beginners (WGB)

1st & 3rd Sundays (Short Stories)

  • Teaching/Working with Students Inside Mabel Bassett Correctional Center (MBCC)

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

  • Quizzes

  • Research Requests 

  • Homework Assignment Feedback

  • Writing Prompts 

  • Short Story Feedback (Content/Story)

  • Copyediting

  • Proofreading 

  • Cover Design 

  • Interior Formatting (Atticus Software)

  • Book Marketing

  • Photo Days

  • Special Events (with Food)

Unbound Pages

Our Book Club Meets on the Last Tuesday of the Month at 5:30 p.m. at Second Story Bookstore in OKC

  • Promoting on social media 

  • Facilitating WGA & WGB feedback (from volunteers to the students)

  • Working with virtual volunteers (who do not come in-person to Second Story Bookstore)

Bookstores

Ideas

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

  • Although our author students can’t be inside the bookstore to sign their books, they can sign them in prison first and have them available for bookstore events. We’d like to have “book signing” events at local bookstores to promote the students’ novels and anthologies while also creating awareness for C&C

  • Engage in community-centered events (like art walks or vendor tables)

Admin

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 Brick-and-Mortar Stores

  • Host a Gala (2027)

  • 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

Book Marketing

  • Amazon KDP for Ground Zero + Unbound Ink

  • BookSirens for book reviews

  • Videos + Reels

  • Book Promo Newsletters

Promoting Audiobook 

  • Letting people know about the audiobook version of Unbound Ink

Social Media

Graphics

  • Taking content and creating graphics that are consistent with our branding (we have a Canva Pro account)

Audio/Video

  • Get board members + volunteers involved in contributing videos + graphics that line with our mission and where their heart lies for the incarcerated

Other

  • Advertisements

  • Newsletter on Substack

Other Opportunities

Programs We Want to Start in 2027:

  • Writers Guild Children’s Picture Books 

  • Writers Guild Drama Group

  • Personal Narrative Group and/or Curriculum 

Beauty Shop at MBCC

  • David Mike: Working on this idea