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Rustbelt Roethke Writers' Retreat

Contact:Judith Kerman
Address: Contact: Saginaw Valley State University, 7400 Bay Road, University Center, MI 48710
Location: Nick Wagner, Conference Bureau, SVSU, 7400 Bay Road, University Center, MI 48710
Phone:Contact: 989-892-1429
Location: 989-964-2206
Fax:989-790-7656
E-mail:kerman@svsu.edu
Website: http://www.svsu.edu/~kerman/Rustbelt
Dates:July 20-26, 2008
Application Deadline: June 10, 2008
Tuition:$480 with housing; $300 commuter
Genres:Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Faculty:This is a peer workshop - no faculty, all participants qualified by publications (and often teaching experience). Groups of 3-5 by genre.
Description: Tired of the "star system" at writers' workshops? Looking for a place offering time to write as well as followship and critique from other professionals? The Rustbelt Roethke Writers' Retreat may be for you!

Recharge your batteries, pick up new ideas and techniques, make friends and influence people, write and work with a discerning group of peers at Rustbelt Roethke, a professional-level writers' retreat and peer workshop with a comfortable, egalitarian atmosphere at a modest cost. 2008 will be our sixth year. Each year we have had a mix of about half returnees and half new people.

We offer time to write in pleasant, comfortable, private surroundings on the modern, handsome and comfortable campus of Saginaw Valley State University, University Center, MI. The workshop features:
  • 2.5 hours per day (Monday-Saturday) in peer workshop groups of 3-5.
  • Poetry, fiction, creative non-fiction or mixed-genre groups.
  • Public readings featuring participants Monday through Thursday evenings (maximum 5 readers per evening). All participants featured in publicity.
  • Afternoon public presentations by participants who wish to give them.
  • All participants are welcome to offer their books for sale.
  • Informal Sunday evening picnic and Friday evening special event/meal included
Maximum enrollment of 16, so register soon!
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