Project Archive
Residencies + Workshops
The Heart of It Writing Retreat, Fellow and Teaching Artist, August 2025
The Heart of It Writing Retreat, Duo Residency, August 2024
The Heart of It Writing Retreat, Alumni Cohort, June 2023
Open Mouth Poetry Retreat with torrin a. greathouse and Jake Skeets, June 2021
CENTER Residency with Cody Cook-Parrott, February - March 2019
Winter Tangerine NYC Writing Workshop, February 2019
The Heart of It Writing Retreat, First Year Cohort, February 2018
Community Organizing
The Heart of It Writing Retreat, December 2024 - Present
St. Louis Queer+ Support Helpline, January 2022 - October 2023
Interfaces, February 2020 - November 2020
The Friction, October 2019 - March 2020
The Middle of the Mic, March 2018 - July 2019
Kansas City Poetry Slam, May 2016 - July 2019
Poetic Underground, May 2016 - July 2019
Awards
ArtsKC Inspiration Grant Recipient, 2017
Educating
The Heart of It Writing Retreat, 2025
Austin Bat Cave, 2020, 2024
Little Grassy Festival, 2023
Features + Press
Embodied Portrait Session with Joy Newell, 2024
Food as Connection: An Interview with Sam Slupski, Little Gay Pod, 2023
Sam Slupski Cooks Up Unique Debut Collection ‘Until Tender,’ Ramapo News, 2023
Beyond the Binary: How Gender-Fluid Fashion is Redefining Weddings, The Knot, 2023
At Home with Sam Slupski, Minna Goods, 2023
Guest Curator of GoodNewsletter, 2023
Bryr Brides, Bryr Clogs: The Big Day, 2023
15 LGBTQ+ Influencers and Creators Making a Difference, GoodNewspaper, 2022
Dinner Party Inspired No Vacancy Wedding, Junebug Weddings, 2022
Interview, Canvas Rebel, 2022
Q&A: Notes from Sam Slupski, Seasons Blog, 2022
Interview, VoyageSTL Magazine, 2022
What LGBTQ+ People Wish More People Understood, GoodNewspaper, 2021
Q&A: Poetic Process with Sam Slupski, Art Bytes, 2021
Podcast: The Tea With Bri Podcast, 2020
Q&A: Read Poetry, Andrews McMeel, 2019
Interview: Samantha Slupski is helping build a livelier, more cohesive poetry scene in Kansas City, The Pitch, 2019