PWG Calendar Spotlight: Oct 19 – Nov 2

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PWG Calendar Spotlight: October 19 – November 2, 2026

Courses, workshops, conference, and community offerings of interest and intrigue for PWG members over the next two weeks

PWG Calendar Spotlight: October 19 - November 2, 2026

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Welcome to The Psychedelic Writers Guild’s PWG Calendar Spotlight — bringing you the very best of The PWG and our partners’ community offerings straight to your inbox every Monday morning.

Here's what's coming up for Guild members over the next two weeks, so you never miss a course or workshop opportunity.

Courses & workshops

• Freelance Community Board Meeting
  Society of Professional Journalists · See SPJ listing
• Show, Don't Tell: How to Turn Text-Based Journalism into Visual-First Formats
  2 PM – 3 PM ET · Online News Association · Online
• The Biz Basics Of Video Creator Journalism | From TV News to Creator Journalism: Adapting to a Changing Landscape
  1 PM – 2:15 PM ET · Video Consortium · Location TBA
• Video Consortium Denver Monthly Gathering
  7 PM – 9 PM ET · Video Consortium · Lot 46 Music Bar, 5302 West 25th Avenue
• NewsMatch 101: Ask Us Anything!
  2 PM – 3 PM ET · Institute for Nonprofit News · Location TBA
• The Microdosing Summit
  9:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT · Microdosing Collective · Austin, TX
• Vertical Video Workshop, October [Registration Full]
  11:00 AM CT · Reynolds Journalism Institute · Online
• Calling Home, Across Geographies & Generations: London
  12:30 PM – 4 PM ET · Video Consortium · London, England WC1N 1AW United Kingdom
• The commUNITY Conference
  google_sheet · Philadelphia, PA
• Essential Skills for New Managers (November 2026)
  Poynter Institute · St. Petersburg, FL
• Philadelic
  google_sheet · Philadelphia, PA

Gatherings around the world

• Psychedelic Society UK — 23 in-person gatherings
  Oct 19 – Nov 2 · 20 cities · Browse them all on the calendar
• Living Medicine Institute — 57 in-person gatherings
  Nov 2 · 51 cities · Browse them all on the calendar

Full calendar

Monday, October 19

• Psychedelics, Peacebuilding & Collective Liberation: Can expanded consciousness strengthen our capacity to imagine and act toward collective liberation?
  5:30 PM UTC · Psychedelic Society UK · Online

Tuesday, October 20

• ¿Por qué financiar historias que generan impacto social?
  6 PM – 8 PM ET · Video Consortium · Estudio Del Mirador, 3366 Vedia
• Freelance Community Board Meeting
  Society of Professional Journalists · See SPJ listing
• Monthly Online Family & Systemic Constellation Circle with Katie Despres
  5:30 PM UTC · Psychedelic Society UK · Online
• Show, Don't Tell: How to Turn Text-Based Journalism into Visual-First Formats
  2 PM – 3 PM ET · Online News Association · Online
• The Biz Basics Of Video Creator Journalism | From TV News to Creator Journalism: Adapting to a Changing Landscape
  1 PM – 2:15 PM ET · Video Consortium · Location TBA
• Video Consortium Denver Monthly Gathering
  7 PM – 9 PM ET · Video Consortium · Lot 46 Music Bar, 5302 West 25th Avenue

Wednesday, October 21

• Frequencies of Healing: Music, Psychedelics & the Brain with Dr. AZA Allsop
  6 PM UTC · Psychedelic Society UK · Online
• How creators can ground the affordability crisis conversation with data
  12:00 pm ET · News Creator Corps · Online
• NewsMatch 101: Ask Us Anything!
  2 PM – 3 PM ET · Institute for Nonprofit News · Location TBA
• The Microdosing Summit
  9:00 AM – 6:00 PM CT · Microdosing Collective · Austin, TX

Thursday, October 22

• Join the Journey Toward Ethical Plant Medicine Facilitation: Certificate in Ceremony, Ethics, & Reciprocity
  12 AM UTC · Chacruna Institute · Online

Friday, October 23

• Vertical Video Workshop, October [Registration Full]
  11:00 AM CT · Reynolds Journalism Institute · Online

Saturday, October 24

• Calling Home, Across Geographies & Generations: London
  12:30 PM – 4 PM ET · Video Consortium · London, England WC1N 1AW United Kingdom

Monday, October 26

• The commUNITY Conference
  google_sheet · Philadelphia, PA

Tuesday, October 27

• From audience to community: a conversation with Masuma Ahuja
  3:00 pm ET · News Creator Corps · Online
• IFS, Parts & Psychedelics starts
  Psychedelic Society UK · Online
• Mushrooms For Chronic Illness
  12:00 PM PT / 3:00 PM ET · Mycology Psychology · Online

Wednesday, October 28

• Rewiring the Brain: Psychedelics, Neuroplasticity & the Windows of Change with Tommaso Barba
  7 PM UTC · Psychedelic Society UK · Online

Thursday, October 29

• 2026 Great Lakes GPCR Retreat – Pharmacology of Psychedelic Drugs
  2:00 PM ET · MAPS · London
• Buddhist Wisdom for Psychedelic Integration with Will Duncan
  6:30 PM UTC · Psychedelic Society UK · Online

Saturday, October 31

• Mushroom Jazz Celebrates 35 Years of Music Mastery
  9:00 PM ET · MAPS · Miami

Sunday, November 1

• Essential Skills for New Managers (November 2026)
  Poynter Institute · St. Petersburg, FL
• Philadelic
  google_sheet · Philadelphia, PA

Monday, November 2

• Constellations in Continuity— A Six-Month Family & Systemic Constellations Container starts
  Psychedelic Society UK · Online
• Global Psychedelic Week: Psychedelics & Longevity
  Global Psychedelic Week · Online
• Wonder Summit Amazon 2026
  7:00 PM ET · MAPS · Cruise ship

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