I went to this conference last summer so feel free to ask me if you're interested and have questions. Meg Kearney who runs the conference is great & they do make an effort to have diverse faculty & students. There's also scholarships available.
<br><br>xoxo,<br><br>Ching-In<br><br>---------- Forwarded message ----------<br><span class="gmail_quote">From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kearney, Meg</b> <<a href="mailto:kearneym@pmc.edu">kearneym@pmc.edu</a>><br>
Date: Oct 29, 2007 1:47 PM<br>Subject: 2008 SOLSTICE SUMMER WRITERS' CONFERENCE<br>To: <br><br></span>
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<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><u><span style="font-size: 22pt;">The Solstice Summer Writers' Conference</span></u></b></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><b><i>BOASTING THE
MOST DIVERSE FACULTY IN THE COUNTRY</i></b><b><i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></i></b></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Recharge your creative
energies with award-winning authors at the <b>Solstice Summer Writers'
Conference</b> of <b>Pine Manor College</b> in Chestnut Hill, MA, <b>June 22
– 28, 2008.</b> </span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Offering workshops taught by
our unbeatable faculty: </span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">The Novel:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <i>Julie Glass & Eric Gansworth</i></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Short Fiction:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <i>Lee Hope & Steven Huff</i></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Poetry: </span></b><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Francisco Aragon, Stephen Dunn, Patricia Spears Jones,
&</span></i></p>
<p style="text-indent: 0.5in;"><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> Cleopatra
Mathis</span></i></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Creative Nonfiction:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <i>Barbara Hurd & Richard Hoffman</i></span></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">Writing for Children &
Young Adults:</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> <i>Marina Budhos &
Tor Seidler</i></span></p>
<p><i><span style="font-size: 14pt;"> </span></i></p>
<p><b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">…</span></b><span style="font-size: 14pt;">plus special guest <b>Dennis Lehane — </b>author
of <i>Mystic River</i> and <i>Gone, Baby, Gone</i></span></p>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Panel discussions with <b>agents,
editors, and publishers</b> will also enable students to learn about all
aspects of the literary journey. <b>Details and applications</b> for the 2008
Solstice Summer Writers' Conference are available at <b><a href="http://www.pmc.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.pmc.edu</a></b> (click on the Conference link)<b>.</b></span>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> </span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">Pine Manor College, ranked #1 in the country for
diversity </span></i></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">by </span></i><span style="font-size: 16pt;">U.S. News
& World Report<i> (2004 – 2007),</i></span></p>
<p style="text-align: center;" align="center"><i><span style="font-size: 16pt;"> is five miles from downtown Boston</span></i><span style="font-size: 16pt;"></span></p><p> </p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Meg
Kearney</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Director</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Solstice
Creative Writing Programs</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Pine
Manor College</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">400
Heath Street</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">Chestnut
Hill, MA 02467</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(617)
731-7684</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;">(617(
731-7631 fax</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 10pt;"><a href="http://www.pmc.edu" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">www.pmc.edu</a></span></p>
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