Info on IWWG Summer Conference - writing

E-mail today from Elizabeth Julia Stoumen asking that we pass along information on the IWWG Summer conference at Yale this year. I attended, and taught at this conference, for more than 25 years and can highly recommend it.

2011 Summer Conference

Remember the Magic

The 34th Annual Summer Conference
June 24 - July 1, 2011: (starts with dinner on Friday, ends with breakfast the following Friday)

The overall value of this conference...

is the creation of an atmosphere which stretches you:

• As a writer
• As a woman
• As a person

...to celebrate the feeling of being alive in the company of kindred spirits.

Open to all women regardless of professional portfolio

• 40 separate workshops held each day, unless otherwise noted
• Workshop directors culled from every part of the U.S., Canada and abroad
• Maximum capacity: 350
• Since 1976, the IWWG Women’s Writing Conferences have been responsible for the publication of hundreds of books in major houses
• Equal importance given to the use of writing as a tool for daily practice and personal growth
• All ages and backgrounds represented
• Get-togethers for mutual critiquing of work

Important Links

Register Online

Download the Brochure

Silliman College
Our headquarters, where the single rooms without a/c are located.

"Swing" Dorm
More housing (with A/C option)

Map of Yale Campus
Plan your stay and walking routes
Note: Swing Dorm is E1 on the 1st map and labeled as 100 Tower Parkway.
Silliman College is F3 on the 2nd map.

Learn about New Haven
A place of great restaurants, shopping, book stores, arts, theater and more.

Workshop Program

All workshops are held once each day for the week-long period and are 90 minutes in length, unless otherwise noted.

The Art and Craft of Writing

• Play, Write and Playwrighting: Unmasking the Play Within You - Judy L. Adourian
• Plot: The Heart of Your Story - Lynne Barrett
• So You Think Your Life’s a Movie—Reel Magic! - Linda Bergman
• The Muse Salon: Bringing out the Depth in Writing through Music - Rainelle Burton
• Writing Fiction and Memoir: One Page at a Time - Pat Carr
• The Building Blocks of Popular Fiction - Zita Christian
• Discovering Your Characters: Listening Then Crafting (Sat., Mon., Wed.) - Susanne Davis
• Letters and Literature: Writing Life, Love and Longing - Rachel De Baere
• What in Goddess’ Name Is a Prose Poem? - Marj Hahne
• Copying the Classics: From Imitation to Originality - Richelle Mcclain
• Shimmering Images and Inherited Stories: Building a Memoir from the Truths They Tell - Lisa Dale Norton
• Poetry by Definition: Following the Masters - Carol Faulkner Peck
• Editorial Essentials: How to Edit Your Writing Before You Show It to Anybody - Natalie Reid
• The Blank Page: Writing Adrift, Writing A Draft - Eunice Victoria Scarfe
• The Wonder of Words: Writing for Your Life (Sat.-Mon.); Personal Writing Consultation (Tues.-Thur., by appointment) - Linda Leedy Schneider
• Writing Effective Dialogue - Judith Searle
• The Voice in Our Poems: How Are We Heard? What Can We Listen For? - Myra Shapiro
• The Mosaic of Creative Nonfiction: From Journaling, to Essay, to Memoir - Susan Tiberghien
• The Laughter of Women: Sublime to Outrageous and the Irony in Between - Anne F. Walradt

MARKETING AND PUBLISHING

• Legal Pitfalls: How to Protect Yourself and Your Work in Print and Electronic Publishing - Sheila J. Levine
• The New Rules of Book Proposals: How to Build Confidence, Community, and Connection in the Digital Age - Melissa Rosati
• The Smart Writers’ Guide: What to Know Before, During and After Writing a Book (Sat.- Mon.) - Carren Strock

CRITIQUE SESSIONS

• Open Critiques/Poetry - Susan Baugh
• Open Critiques/Fiction - Pat Carr and Rainelle Burton
• Open Critiques/Nonfiction - Susan Tiberghien and Lynne Barrett
• Open Critiques/Popular Fiction - Anne F. Walradt

TRANSFORMATION OF SELF

• Sacred Acts of Healing: Writing the Transformation Story - Stephanie Alston-Nero
• French… With Pleasure! - Jacqueline Aupetit
• Intensive Journal® Workshop ($41 workshop materials fee) - Joanne Hackett Ching
• Beyond the Margins: A Master Class in Writing in the 21st Century - June Gould
• Finding the Me in Memory: Tools for Women in Transition - Judith Huge
• The Image, the Word, the Story: Tools for Transformation - Jan Phillips
• Writing From the Natural World: An Exploration of Inner and Outer Nature non-linear Knowledge - Mary Reynolds Thompson
• Healing through Changing Our Home Environment - Terry Apicella
• How to Be a Diva - Claudia Clemente
• Inviting the Image to Speak: Writing from Soul Collage® - Judith Prest
• The Healing Spirit of Story: The Ancient Art of Dollmaking ($35 workshop materials fee) - Nina Reimer

THE ARTS, THE BODY & HEALTH

• Tai Chi in Between: Writing From the Dan Tian - Sandra Balint
• Writing from the Silence Space - eDeRuth
• Pen and Pose: A Workshop in Yoga and Writing - Yael Flusberg
• Raising Your Photography to a New Level - Making Your Good Pictures Great (Tues-Thur.) - Carren Strock