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New York State Summer Writers Institute at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York
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New York State Summer Writers Institute at Skidmore College
       
Website www.skidmore.edu/summer
Year Established 1987
Program Description M-W-F: 1pm-4pm workshops. T-TH: roundtable discussions with visiting faculty. M-F evenings: readings & presentations by visiting and staff writers. S-SU: symposia & student readings. Tutorials by the senior fiction fellow.
Number of Programs/Year 1 Summer Institute
Program Length 2 or 4 wks
Group Size or S:T Ratio 16/workshop
Program Focus Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry
Faculty Has included Lee K. Abbott, Andrea Barrett, Elizabeth Benedict, Mary Gordon, Amy Hempel, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Margot Livesey, Jay McInerney, Rick Moody, Howard Norman, Darryl Pinckney, Julia Slavin, April Bernard. Plus visiting writers-in-residence.
Costs $1,488 for 2-week or $2,976 for 4-week session includes lodging & meals. Application fee is $30. Graduate credit additional. Lodging at Skidmore College air-conditioned residence hall, meals in dining hall; use of library, tennis courts, gymnasium, pool. Financial aid may be available.
U.S. Locations Saratoga Springs, New York
Months June, July
Contact Chris Merrill
Coordinator NY State Writers Institute
Skidmore College
Special Programs Office, 815 North Broadway
Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-1632
United States
Phone: 518-580-5590
Fax: 518-584-5548
E-Mail:
Address applications to: Professor Robert Boyers, Director, New York State Summer Writers Institute, Skidmore College, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-1632
 
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