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Taos Summer Writers' Conference
| Contact: | Sharon Oard Warner |
| 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 12-20, 2008 |
| Tuition: | $300 for weekend, $600 for weeklong, discounted tuition rate of $250 per weekend workshop with weeklong workshop or master class registration |
| Faculty: | 2008 faculty include the following: Fiction- Pam Houston, John Dufresne, Laura Dave, Alisa Valdez-Rodriguez. Daniel Mueller. Poetry- Valerie Martinez, Greg Glazner, Dana Levin. Nonfiction and memoir- Gregory Martin, Minrose Gwin, Rob Wilder. Publishing- Alan Rinzler. Yoga and writing- Jeff Davis. |
| Description: | Offering writing workshops and special events during nine 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 a university creative writing program. Summer 2008 marks the tenth year of the conference. All events associated with the conference---panels, presentations and readings---are free and open to the public. One of the few entirely self-supporting conferences in the nation, we offer need-based, merit-based, and minority-based scholarships, including a Taos Resident Award, a Native Writer Award, a Hispanic Writer Award and the D.H. Lawrence Fellowship. |
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