[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: San Juan Workshops

[Amanda J Labagnara]

>Dear Writers,
>
>Please share the following information with your students and friends.
>There are still spaces available in the San Juan Workshops, and a few
>fellowships are still left as well.  Lots of writers may still be looking
>for a workshop to attend this summer.
>
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>the subject line.
>
>Thank you for helping us spread the word‹
>
>Sincerely,
>
>Jill Patterson
>Director
>
>
>
>The San Juan Workshops
>
>
>I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.
>‹Henry David Thoreau
>
>
>2007 Faculty:
>Fiction: Pamela Painter, Pam Houston, Robert Olen Butler
>Poetry: Bob Hicok, Gary Short, Andrew Hudgins
>Memoir: Emily Fox Gordon, Philip Gerard, Scott Russell Sanders
>
>
>The goal of the San Juan Workshops is to remove writers from the hectic
pace
>of everyday life and give them the inspiration, space, and quiet to attend
>to their writing.
>
>The Workshops are held for one week, each summer, in Ouray, Colorado‹the
>Switzerland of America.  In this cozy mountain village, everything is
within
>walking-distance, including the Ouray Hot Springs Pool, Cascade Falls, the
>local movie theater in the historical Wright Opera House, several fine
>restaurants, lodging, and The Community Center where workshop events take
>place.
>
>We work hard in the daytime and participate in social activities in the
>evening‹picnicking in the mountains, soaking in the hot springs, listening
>to blue grass music in the city park, and playing bingo at the Elks lodge.
>Annual social events include the San Juan Workshop Bar Crawl, Jeep Mountain
>Cookout, Silverton Dinner Trip, and Champagne Brunch.  Free social events
>include First Saturday picnic, Monday¹s brunch on publishing in literary
>journals, and three faculty readings with receptions immediately following.
>
>
>
>Session One: Generating New Material (July 21-22)
>
>If you¹re suffering from writer¹s block or if you¹ve recently finished one
>project and can¹t quite start another, Session One will fire you up again.
>Tuition will cover 8 hours of workshop time with instructors, and the
>schedule allows for an additional 7 hours of independent writing
>time‹precious hours if you have difficulty making time for your writing
>during your normal daily routine. When you leave this workshop, you¹ll have
>completed several poems, or a scene or two, or even an entire prose piece.
>And you¹ll have a notebook of ideas to work on when you get home.  We¹ll
>even supply the notebook!
>
>Faculty: Emily Fox Gordon (memoir), Pamela Painter (fiction), Bob Hicok
>(poetry)
>
>
>Session Two: Craft and Critique (July 23-26)
>
>If you¹d like a renowned writer to read and critique your manuscript (up to
>14 pages of prose; up to 3-4 poems), Session Two will provide the help
>you¹re looking for.  During this workshop, faculty will workshop the
>participants¹ manuscripts. Additionally, faculty will discuss the
techniques
>of great contemporary writers and how these techniques can be incorporated
>into the participants¹ original works.  Tuition covers 15 hours of workshop
>time with instructions and over 12 hours of independent writing time.
>
>SPECIAL NOTE:  You will be required to send a manuscript to be workshopped
>by July 5. If we do not have the manuscript by that date, we cannot
>guarantee that the faculty member will agree to critique it.
>
>Faculty: Philip Gerard (nonfiction), Pam Houston (fiction), Gary Short
>(poetry)
>
>Session Three:  Revising and Submitting for Publication (July 27-29)
>
>If you can write first drafts but  have difficulty polishing them and
>sending them off for publication, Session Three will offer you specific
>exercises to help you with the revision process.  Whether you need to
>heighten your narrative perspective, tinker with metaphor and symbol,
>rewrite the opening, or find better closure, faculty will give you the
tools
>you need to revision your work.  Tuition will cover 8 hours of workshop
time
>with faculty, and the schedule will provide over 6 hours of independent
>writing time.  Please bring a manuscript to revise while attending this
>workshop.
>
>Faculty: Scott Russell Sanders (nonfiction), Robert Olen Butler (fiction),
>Andrew Hudgins (poetry)
>
>
>Tuition
>
>All tuition can be paid online, using Paypal.
>Payments to inkwellliterary at mac.com.
>
>Application Fee:  $30, nonrefundable, all sessions single and multiple
>The application fee will cover administrative costs for reviewing applicant
>materials, photocopying, postage for materials mailed to Predator Press
>judges for fellowships applications.
>
>Deposit:
>A nonrefundable deposit is required in order to secure a space in any
>session.  If a participant fails to pay the deposit, his or her slot will
be
>reopened.  The deposit it due two weeks after you are accepted into the
>workshops. Participants may pay their deposit online, using Paypal.  Or
>participants my send their deposit via regular mail to P.O. Box 841,
>Ridgway, CO 81432.  Checks should be made payable to Inkwell Literary
>Services.
>
>
>Balance of Tuition:
>
>Balance of tuition for all sessions is due by July 12th. Failure to pay the
>balance of tuition will result in a $50 late fee that is due the day the
>workshop begins with the balance of tuition.  Again, participants may pay
>the balance of their tuition on-line via Paypal or send a check through the
>mail.
>
>
>   Session   Deposit   Balance   Total Tuition
>   Session One or Three   $200   $150   $350
>   Session Two   $250   $225   $475
>   Session One AND Three   $400   $200   $600 (save $100)
>   Session One AND Two   $400   $300   $700 (save $125)
>   Session Two AND Three   $400   $300   $700 (save $125)
>   Sessions, One, Two, AND Three   $400   $600   $1,000 (save $175)
>
>Late Fee:
>A late fee, $50, will apply and be added to tuition costs when a
participant
>fails to pay the balance of his or her tuition by July 12th
>
>How to Apply
>
>Applying Online:
>You can pay for the application fee ($30) using Paypal. Then send your
>sample manuscript (14 pages of prose or 3-4 poems) to our email address:
>inkwellliterary at mac.com.  Please make sure your manuscript is either in pdf
>or MS Word format. Also send your name, phone number, mailing address, and
>your session and faculty preferences with your mss.
>
>Applying via Regular Mail:
>Send a check for the application fee ($30), your sample manuscript (14
pages
>of prose or 3-4 poems), as well as your name, phone number, mailing
address,
>and your session and faculty preferences to Inkwell Literary Services, P.O.
>Box 841, Ridgway, CO 81432.  Your check should be payable to Inkwell
>Literary Services.
>
>
>For Additional Information about Lodging, Transportation, Etc.,
>please contact us at inkwellliterary at mac.com.
>
>
>The San Juan Workshops take place in partnership with the Weehawken
Creative
>Arts.
>
>
>

Maurya Simon

Professor
Department of Creative Writing
University of California Riverside
900 University Avenue
Riverside, CA 92521-0318

TEL. (951) 827-2006 (office)

FAX: (951) 827-3619