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Napa Valley Writers' Conference
| Contact: | Anne M. Evans | ||
| Address: | Napa Valley College, 1088 College Avenue, St. Helena, CA 94574 | ||
| Phone: | 707-967-2903 | ||
| Fax: | 707-967-2909 | ||
| E-mail: | writecon@napavalley.edu | ||
| Website: | http://www.napawritersconf.org | ||
| Dates: | July 27 - August 1, 2008 | ||
| Application Deadline: | May 22, 2008 | ||
| Tuition: | $750 | ||
| Scholarship: | Eight to ten awards given, including several for full tuition support. | ||
| Genres: | Poetry, Fiction | ||
| Faculty: | Fiction: Ron Carlson, Lan Samantha Chang, Ehud Havazelet, and Ann Packer. Poetry: Mark Doty, Nick Flynn, Brenda Hillman, and Claudia Rankine. | ||
| Description: | Now in its 27th year, The Napa Valley Writers' Conference is now in its twentieth year as one of the best and most prestigious summer writing programs. Since its beginnings as an informal summer gathering of writers, the conference has remained a place to convene for fellowship, serious work with a focus on craft, and a week spent beside the hills and vineyards that have made the Napa Valley famous. At a time when more attention is being paid to commercialism and marketing in the field of literature, the NVWC has maintained its emphases on process and craft, featuring a faculty as renowned for the quality of their teaching as their work. It has also remained small and personal, fostering an unusual rapport between faculty writers and conference paticipants, who find the Napa Valley experience both nurturing and challenging. This conference is suited to writers who have already some training, but we also encourage beginners to apply. | ||
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