Meetings & Events
We host several meetings a semester. The goal is to find a time and place to write, to swap and find new ideas and discuss ongoing or future problems. Most importantly we're having fun while doing it.
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You are warmly welcomed to join us in any of our gatherings!
Upcoming events:
07.05.2025: Writer's Salon
Welcome back! Come join us in one of our events!
Semester Programm:
18.03.2025: Writer's Salon
18:15 - 22:00, KOL-H-309
Time and place:
01.04.2025: Feedback Roundtable
Time and place:
18:15 - 22:00, KO2-F-153
17.04.2025: Marathon
Time and place:
18:00 - 22:00, online
07.05.2025: Writer's Salon
Time and place:
18:15 - 22:00, KOL-H-309
16.05.2025: Fireside Story
Time and place:
19:00 - open end, to be announced
Writer's Salon
We host a Writer's Salon that gives students a space for focused writing, advice on specific problems or brainstorming a new idea. It is also a great space to meet other people that love creative writing. In the first half an hour we offer writings prompts, advice, discussions or feedback. The official start is at 18:15 but the room is available as of 17:30. Whether you're there for a chat or to get some writing done, we're happy to see you there!
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Marathon
​Ready, set, write! Starting at 18:00 join us online for Spill of Quill’s first ever Writing Marathon. Together, for four hours, we will write without stopping. If you’ve been meaning to write but you’ve been holding out, unsure how to start; if you’re struggling to dedicate time to your projects; if you simply want a challenge - this event is for you. Join our community in writing!
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Fireside Stories
The Spill of Quill creative writers club invites you to our first ever Firesides Story event: Come join us for a grill evening to eat, chat, and hear some stories!
To celebrate the end of the semester we will be hosting a grill evening at an outside location in Zurich, where you can grill food, chat and have a good time. As for the evening’s entertainment, members of the Spill of Quill board will be reading a piece of their own writing to listen to while roasting some marshmallows. All of you are welcome to bring a piece of your own writing project as well – a poem, a short story, a scene from your novel or something else – and contribute to the fireside stories by reading them to us.
NOTE: You do not have to bring a story for this evening. Your presence will be enough!
But for the one’s among you who have always dreamed of telling a fireside story or read a piece of their writing to friends while sitting around a fire: This is your moment!
Bring with you:
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Something to eat and grill
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A piece of your own creative writing (optional)
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Marshmallows will be provided :)
Feedback Roundtable
The Spill of Quill creative writers club invites you to our Feedback Roundtable. An evening dedicated to your creative writing projects.
Whether you’re working on a poem, a short story, a novel, or something entirely different, here you will have the opportunity to present a finished or unfinished piece of your writing and receive notes and feedback on it. This event provides you with a comfortable space to present and read your work to other creative minds, receive input on your writing as well as provide feedback for other writers and discuss each other’s creative work and process.
How will this work? You will give feedback in small groups. Each person will read a piece of their work and receive feedback on it. Afterwards, we will give you time to implement the feedback, and if you want, you can then present your piece to the entire group in return for additional feedback!
Note that each person will get a 15–20 minute timeframe for reading and feedback in the smaller groups. So we advise you to choose a piece of your writing that you can present in maximum 5-7 minutes to have enough time for feedback. For example, you can present a poem, a short story or a few pages of a specific scene or dialogue you want to get feedback on. Before presenting your work, consider whether there is something specific you want feedback on – this is your opportunity to ask about it! Whether it’s feedback on what feeling your poem evokes, on your characters, on a scene or even on a plot point. Additionally, you can use your individual time after the small group session to continue discussing the feedback with people from your group.
The evening is specifically for you to present your writing in front of a small audience, receive input on your work, connect with others through your writing and for us to help each other in our creative writing.
We are looking forward to seeing you and to getting a glimpse into your writing!
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Program:
18:15 – 18:30: Welcome
18:30 – 19:30: Group Work (reading and feedback in groups of 3-4 people)
19:30 – 20:00: Individual Time (implement feedback or further group discussions)
20:00 – 20:30: Reading your work to the whole group (optional)
20:30 – 22:00: Open End
Bring with you:
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A little bit of courage (but not too much: we’re all nice)
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A piece of your writing (in English or German)
Choose a piece that you can present in about 5 to 7 minutes & consider what you would like feedback on.
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Snacks will be provided :)
Past Semesters:
Fall 2023
Spring 2023
Fall 2022
Spring 2022
