Manhattanville Summer Writers Week in Purchase, New York

ShawGuides.com — Fri, 27 Jan 2012 11:55:45 EST

h3 center Manhattanville College Hosts Annual Writers Week font color FF0000 June 25-June 29, 2012 font center h3 Writers from across the country gather at Manhattanville College each summer for the school s annual week-long writing conference. During Writers Week, participants spend the mornings in workshops with esteemed authors, focusing on fiction, creative non-fiction, poetry, children s young adult literature, and speculative fiction. Award-winning faculty for Summer Writers Week Justin Torres (Fiction) Kao Kalia Yang (non-fiction) Rita Williams-Garcia (Children s Young Adult) Mark Nowak (Poetry) Nnedi Okorafor (Speculative Fiction). Special Guests include Philip Gourevitch (The New Yorker), Joby Warrick (The Washington Post), Ken Chen (Yale Series of Younger Poets Prize), Sonya Chung, and others. Overnight accommodations on Manhattanville s beautiful 100-acre campus are available. The program can be taken for credit toward a master s degree or on a non-credit basis. Applicants are asked to submit a 10-page writing sample along with an application and payment by June 1. Set in Westchester County, New York, our campus offers the spaciousness and park-like setting, designed by Frederick Law Olmstead, with the resources of New York City just 30 minutes away. center b For more information, contact Camille Rankine, Assistant Director, Graduate Program in Creative Writing at 914-323-5239 or via e-mail at a href mailto Camille.Rankine mville.edu Camille.Rankine mville.edu a , or visit our website at a href http writing.shawguides.com writingworkshop website http www.mville.edu summerwritersweek a . Five 3-hour morning workshops in a particular genre (Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Poetry, Writing for Young Readers, Graphic Novel). Afternoons include special workshops, readings, session with editors agents, and individual manuscript consultation. Year Established: 1983 Number of Programs/Year: 1 Program Length: 5 days Group Size or S:T Ratio: 80-100 Program Focus: Autobiography Memoir, Children s, Fiction, Horror, Marketing, Mystery, Non-fiction, Poetry, Publishing, Science Fiction Fantasy, Young Adult Faculty: 2012 Justin Torres (Fiction) Kao Kalia Yang (Non-fiction) Rita Williams-Garcia (Writing for Young Adults) Mark Nowak (Poetry) Nnedi Okorafor (Speculative Fiction). Special guests include Philip Gourevitch, Joby Warrick, Ken Chen. Costs: 725 for the week. 2 graduate credits available for graduate tuition. U.S. Locations: Purchase, New York Global Locations: Months: June Click for more information: http://writing.shawguides.com/writingworkshop/

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Manhattanville Summer Writers Week in Purchase, New York