Philopoetics Consultations
Welcome to Philopoetics, a space for rigorous craft, deep listening, and transformative mentorship. Led by award-winning poet, essayist, and educator Petra Salazar—author of the debut poetry collection Harsh Terrain (FlowerSong Press) and an MFA graduate from UNC Greensboro, where she was a Fred Chappell Fellow—Philopoetics approaches writing not as a rigid academic exercise, but as a healing, liberatory practice.
Grounded in what Petra calls Coyote Pedagogy—a philosophy shaped by Paulo Freire, bell hooks, Maria Montessori, and a trickster ethos of border-crossing and world-traveling—this coaching practice prioritizes process over product, dialogue over isolation, and curiosity over prescriptive judgment. Working alongside a community arts organizer, a certified master gardener, and a former military mechanic turned literary guide, you will find a collaborative environment that resists institutional gatekeeping and embraces the in-between spaces where real learning happens.
To sustain momentum on a long-form manuscript or sharpen your line-level prose and poetry, choose a retainer tier below to partner directly with Petra, a writing coach dedicated to your creative evolution, critical thinking, and self-determined growth.
For questions, please email petra@philopoetics.com.
Philopoetics Consultation
1-on-1 Editorial & Coaching Retainer
Two 60-minute live coaching sessions + inline feedback on up to 20 pages per month.
$500 per month
Philopoetics Consultation
1-on-1 Accountability & Craft Retainer
Two 45-minute sessions per month + email support.
$250 per month
Support the Philopoetics Community Scholarship Fund
Help keep writing spaces wild, liberatory, and accessible to all.
At Philopoetics, we believe that rigorous literary mentorship and editorial guidance should not be gated by wealth or institutional privilege. Inspired by the traditions of mutual aid, the undercommons, and Coyote Pedagogy—which values process, equity, and collective survival over commodified knowledge—the Philopoetics Community Scholarship Fund directly subsidizes coaching retainers and manuscript development for writers who need it most.
Where Your Contribution Goes
100% of donor contributions go directly toward funding coaching tiers (such as the 1-on-1 Editorial & Coaching Retainer and 1-on-1 Craft & Accountability Retainer) for writers from historically marginalized and underrepresented backgrounds—including Black, Indigenous, people of color, disabled, LGBTQIA+, and low-income writers.
By contributing to this fund, you are practicing active community care and helping us dismantle financial barriers in the literary arts. You are investing in alternative learning spaces where real growth, experimentation, and transformation happen outside the rigid walls of traditional institutions.
How to Donate
You can support the fund by making a one-time contribution or setting up a recurring monthly gift below. Thank you for helping us open our community and sustain the voices of writers who need support to bring their work into the world.