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Dear Vermont Studio Center writing alumni, Visiting Writers, and friends, <br>
<br>
Happy New Year and hello from everyone at the Vermont Studio Center. I have two
things to share with you as the year gets underway. <br>
<br>
First, I will be representing the Studio Center at AWP with a table in the
Bookfair exhibitor's hall, so if you are going to be among the 7,000! AWP
attendees, I hope you will come say hello, and bring your friends (let me know
ahead of time so I can look forward to seeing you). I'll have pictures of the
new Maverick Writing Studios to share, along with the roster of Visiting
Writers over the coming year and new Fellowship opportunities (and maybe a bowl
of maple candy ...). Also, if any of you would be willing to help me by sitting
at the VSC table for a half-hour or so at some point, so I might be able to run
and catch a panel or reading, that would be very welcome. <br>
<br>
<u>Second, I have a new position at the Vermont Studio Center, that of
full-time Writing Program Director. </u>After running the Development Office
and moonlighting as the WPD director for the past 12 years, the Studio Center
has recognized the need for a full-time, senior level Writing Program manager;
I am now in charge of both program development (raising Fellowship money,
visibility, reputation, etc.) as well as program management (admissions,
readings, administration, on-site hosting, etc.), a combination that will not
only keep me busy, but happy to be immersed full-time in the writing side of
the VSC program. The completion of the new studios, and my new appointment,
marks an auspicious start of the next 15 years of the VSC Writing Program and I
look forward to your being a part of it. <br>
<br>
Again I hope to see you at AWP, or up here in Vermont, or if not then elsewhere
over the coming year. Keep in touch, I always love seeing and hearing from
people I've met at the Studio Center, especially in a place as neutral and
un-Vermont-like as New York! <br>
<br>
Gary<br>
<br>
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<br>
Gary Clark<br>
<br>
Writing Program Director <br>
<br>
Vermont Studio Center <br>
<br>
gclark@vermontstudiocenter.org <br>
<br>
802-635-2727 (w) <br>
<br>
802-635-2730 (f) <br>
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