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Taos Summer Writers' Conference

Contact:	Sharon Oard Warner, Founding Director
Address:	Dept. of English, MSC 03 2170 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001
Phone:	505-277-5572
Fax:	505-277-2950
E-mail:	taosconf@unm.edu
Website:	http://www.unm.edu/~taosconf
Dates:	July 15-22, 2012
Tuition/Cost:	$650 for weeklong workshops, $1,525 for weeklong novel or memoir master classes, $1,250 for weeklong poetry master classes, $350 for weekend workshops. Discount tuition rate of $325 per weekend workshop with weeklong or master class registration.
Scholarships:	D.H. Lawrence Fellowship; Hispanic Writer, Native American Writer and Taos Resident Awards; Leo Love Merit Scholarships, Carol Houck Smith Publishing Consultation Scholarship
Genres:	Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction
Faculty/ Presenters:	WEEKLONG: Amy Beeder-Poetry Robert Boswell-Fiction Laura Brodie-Novel-in-Progress Alice E. Dark-Fiction Priscilla Long-Prose Style Carolyn Meyer-YA Fiction Ruth Ozeki-Retraining the Writer's Mind Eric Puchner-Fiction Hilda Raz-Poetry Sarah Sentilles-Spiritual Memoir Justin St. Germain-Memoir Mark Sundeen-Travel Memoir MASTER CLASS: John Dufresne-Novel Antonya Nelson-Novel Summer Wood-Novel Rob Wilder-Memoir Gregory Martin-Memoir Joy Harjo-Poetry WEEKEND: Michael Amundsen-Screenwriting Emily Forland & Wendy Weil-Publishing Carole DeSanti-Fiction Emily Rapp-Memoir Daniel Mueller-Flash Fiction/Prose Poetry Valerie Martinez-Poetry Ana Baca-Children's Picture Books PUBLISHING CONSULTANTS: Emily Forland-Agent, Wendy Weil Agency Wendy Weil-Agent, Wendy Weil Agency Elise McHugh-Managing Editor, UNM Press Hilda Raz-Series Editor, UNM Press Carole DeSanti-VP and Editor at Large, Penguin Group
Description:	Offering writing workshops, master classes and special events during seven days in July, the Taos Summer Writers' Conference is the largest such conference in the state and the only one in New Mexico sponsored by The University of New Mexico Department of English Language and Literature. Summer 2012 marks the fourteenth year of the Conference. All special evening events are free and open to the public. We offer need-based, merit-based, and minority-based scholarships, including a Taos Resident Award, a Native Writer Award, two Leo Love Merit Scholarships, and the D.H. Lawrence Fellowship.
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