THE WRITERS'
WORKSHOP
387
Beaucatcher Road
Asheville,
NC 28805
AUTUMN
WORKSHOPS, CONTESTS & RETREAT
The Writers' Workshop is offering classes and contests for beginning and
experienced writers. Each class meets on Saturdays, 10-4 pm, at 387
Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville. Registration is in advance only, at www.twwoa.org.
Classes are $75 each, or $70 for Workshop members. Financial assistance is
available for low-income writers in exchange for volunteering.
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AUG. 30 FICTION CONTEST
DEADLINE!! (Postmarked or emailed)
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Sept. 5 Deadline to RSVP:
WRITERS'
RETREAT at FOLLY BEACH, SC OCT. 5-8
(For details, see
twwoa.org.
Please RSVP by Sept. 5!
)
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ASHEVILLE
WORKSHOPS
These
one-day intensive workshops meet on Saturdays, 10-4
pm, at 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville. Registration is in advance only, at twwoa.org. Financial
assistance is available for low-income writers. For more info, contact writersw@gmail.com or
call 828-254-8111.
SEPT. 16:
FICTION WORKSHOP with MILDRED
BARYA
Participants will learn new techniques for writing fiction,
focusing on the craft of the narrative structure. Discussion will include
characterization, point of view, setting, plot, and dialogue. Imagery,
irony and other aspects of the craft will also be explored. Students will
engage in writing exercises, and may bring 3 pages and/or a synopsis to the
class.
Barya teaches Creative Writing and Literature at
UNC-Asheville. Her stories and poems have been published in
anthologies and journals such as Tin House, Prairie
Schooner, Poetry Quarterly, Per Contra and Northeast
Review.
She holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Denver.
Meets Saturday,
10-4 pm. $75/70 members.
OCT. 7: PUBLISHING OPTIONS with RICHARD KRAWIEK
The opportunities for writers to publish can be very
confusing. Self-publishing, vanity press, co-operative publishing,
traditional publishing - what are the options and choices? And how
will the choice you make affect your own writing career? In this workshop
we'll look at the various publishing models, their pros and cons, and
determine which ones would suit the needs of each student in the
class.
Krawiek has been involved in the publishing scene since the
1970s. He is founder of Jacar Press, which has published established
writers such as Kathryn Stripling Byer and Dorianne Laux, as well as first
timers. Jacar's anthology, Resisting Arrest Poems to Stretch the
Sky was named one of the year's best by review journals in Canada and
the U.S. His own work appears in the U.S., Europe and South America.
Meets Saturday,
10-4 pm. $75/70 members.
OCT. 21: WRITING
FROM the TOP of YOUR HEAD with NINA HART
Writers will
learn innovate ways to generate fresh material, avoid writer's block and
tap into their creative side. The class will be guided towards
accessing the inner voice through KaizenMuse Creativity methods, evocative
"timed writes",
and lively class readings and discussions. Hart is a writer and
creativity coach trained in the Kaizen Muse method. She is also certified
by the Gateless Method - "a method of teaching the art and craft of
writing using creative brain science, allowing writers to access the
creative genius inside". Her first collection of short stories, Somewhere
in a Town You Never Knew Existed, was a finalist in Foreword Review
Book of the Year Award.
Meets Saturday,
10-4 pm. $75/70 members.
NOV. 4:
WRITING YOUR MEMOIRS with KAREN ACKERSON
Participants will learn how to turn personal and family
experiences into a compelling memoir for family and friends, or for
publication. In-class writing exercises will help to identify life-changing
events, to be used as the backbone of a memoir. Discussion will include
creating a sense of place, dialogue, and enhancing one's writing style.
Writers may bring up to five pages (double-spaced) to the class for review.
Ackerson, a biographer and Senior Editor at The Renbourne Editorial
Agency, has taught workshops throughout the Southeast for over twenty years.
Meets Saturday,
10-4 pm. $75/70 members.
NOV. 18:
POETRY and TENSION with ERIC NELSON
Conflict-or
tension-is indispensable to successful poetry, providing the driving force
of the poem as well as its depth and complexity. Writers of all levels will
explore different kinds of poetic tension, from the most subtle, such as
haiku, to the most obvious (such as epics) through reading and discussion
of examples, and by creating tension in our own poems through prompts and
exercises.
Nelson's six books
include the award winning collections Some Wonder (Gival Press
Poetry Award); Terrestrials (Texas Review Poetry Award); and The
Interpretation of Waking Life (U. of Arkansas Poetry Award). He has
taught poetry at GA Southern University for 26 years.
Meets Saturday,
10-4 pm. $75/70 members.
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MEMOIRS CONTEST
Deadline:
Postmarked by Nov. 30, 2017.
AWARDS:
1st Place: Choice
of a 2 night stay at our Mountain Muse B&B, 3 free workshops, or 50
pages line-edited and revised by our editorial staff
2nd Place: Two
free workshops, or 35 pages line-edited
3rd Place: Choice
of 1 free workshop, or 25 pages line-edited
Up to 10
Honorable Mentions
GUIDELINES:
- Submit
a short story or chapter of a novel of 5,000 words or less.
Multiple entries are accepted.
- Pages
should be paper clipped, with your name, address, phone and title of
work on a cover sheet. Double-space, and use 12 point font.
- The
entry fee per submission is $25 ($20 for Workshop members), and is
payable online.
- Enclose
self-addressed stamped envelope for critique and list of winners, if
sending by mail.
- Make
check or money order payable to The Writers' Workshop, and mail to:
Memoirs Contest, 387 Beaucatcher Road, Asheville, NC
28805.
- Emailed
submissions may be sent to writersw@gmail.com, with
"Memoirs Contest" in the subject. Send in Word Document
only. Please put your contact info on the first page.
- The
entry fee is payable online at www.twwoa.org.
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