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Sewanee Writers' Conference
| Contact: | Caki Wilkinson | ||||||
| Address: | Sewanee Writers' Conference, Gailor Hall 123W, 735 University Ave., Sewanee, TN 37383-1000 | ||||||
| Phone: | Contact: 931-598-1141 | ||||||
| E-mail: | swc@sewanee.edu | ||||||
| Website: | http://www.sewaneewriters.org/ | ||||||
| Dates: | July 24 through August 5, 2012 | ||||||
| Application Deadline: | April 15, 2012 | ||||||
| Tuition/Cost: | $1,700 | ||||||
| Scholarships: | Available | ||||||
| Genres: | Poetry, Fiction, Playwriting | ||||||
| Faculty/ Presenters: | Daniel Anderson, Richard Bausch, John Casey, Tony Earley, Claudia Emerson, Beth Henley, Andrew Hudgins, Randall Kenan, Margot Livesey, Maurice Manning, Jill McCorkle, Alice McDermott, Erin McGraw, Dan O'Brien, Mary Jo Salter, Christine Schutt, Dave Smith, A.E. Stallings, Mark Strand, and Steve Yarbrough | ||||||
| Description: | This July, 140 students of writing will gather on Sewanee's stately mountaintop campus. During an intense twelve-day period, participants will read and critique each other's manuscripts under the leadership of some of our country's finest fiction writers, poets, and playwrights. All faculty members and fellows give scheduled readings; senior faculty members offer craft lectures; open-mic readings accommodate many others. Additional writers, along with a host of writing professionals, visit to give readings, participate in panel discussions, and entertain questions from the audience. Receptions and mealtimes offer opportunities for informal exchange. Workshops form the backbone of the Conference experience; these meet for five two-and-one-half-hour sessions. In one-on-one meetings with distinguished faculty members, participants have further opportunity to hone their manuscripts, benefiting from the experience of established writers who identify strengths and weaknesses and make suggestions for revisions. Space does not allow a complete listing of past faculty and visitors. A very small sample consisting of three names for each genre could include Alice McDermott, William Styron, and Tim O'Brien in fiction; Anthony Hecht, Richard Wilbur, and Mona Van Duyn in poetry; and Arthur Miller, Marsha Norman, and Horton Foote in playwriting. The rest of the iceberg may be revealed upon request. Participants may recreate themselves on the University's 10,000-acre campus by swimming, golfing, biking, hiking, or simple strolling and sunset-watching. The most meaningful recreation, though, is literary. As one participant reflected, "Most importantly, I came home with inspiration and motivation for my writing. That's what it's all about." | ||||||
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Photos courtesy of James R. Peters |
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