Monday, October 29, 2012

Announcing Lee Martin, 2013 Antioch Writers' Workshop Keynote Speaker and Morning Fiction Instructor

Lee Martin -- Keynote Speaker
The Antioch Writers' Workshop is pleased to announce that Pulitzer Prize Finalist Lee Martin will be the 2013 Antioch Writers' Workshop Keynote Speaker, and will deliver his address on the evening of Saturday, July 6, 2013 at Antioch University Midwest. This event is open to the public. 

Lee Martin is the  author of The Bright Forever, and three other novels, including Break the Skin. His other books are the novels, River of Heaven and Quakertown; the memoirs, Such a Life, From Our House, and Turning Bones; and the short story collection, The Least You Need to Know

Martin's fiction and nonfiction have appeared in such places as Harper's, Ms., Creative Nonfiction, The Georgia Review, The Kenyon Review, Fourth Genre, River Teeth, The Southern Review, Prairie Schooner, and Glimmer Train. He is the winner of the Mary McCarthy Prize in Short Fiction and fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Ohio Arts Council. He teaches in the MFA Program at The Ohio State University, where he was the winner of the 2006 Alumni Award for Distinguished Teaching. 

Saturday, October 13, 2012

REMINDER: Second Sunday Free Writers' Workshop Sunday, October 14


In preparation for National Novel Writing Month (Nov. 1-30), Antioch Writers' Workshop and Books & Co are offering the next free Sunday Free Writers' Workshop on October 14, 2:00-3:30 p.m. at Books & Co at The Greene in Beavercreek, Ohio.
The workshop, "What You Need To Know Before Juggling Chainsaws or Making the Most of NaNoWrMo: Techniques for Tackling a Novel," is presented by author Greg Belliveau. 
Greg BelliveauGreg Belliveau is a 2008 Christopher Isherwood Grant Recipient, an Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train’s January 2012 Short-Short Fiction Contest, as well as the 2002 Christy Award finalist for Best First Novel, Go Down To Silence (Multnomah: a Division of Random House, 2001). He has been published in The Atticus ReviewThe Cleveland Review, and Vine Leaves of which his vignette “LG Don’t Want To Fly” was selected for their 2012 Best Of Anthology to be published by eMergent Publishing, December 2012. He received his MFA from Pacific University, Oregon, and he currently resides with his wife and two daughters in Ohio. 
No reservations are required for the Second Sunday Free Writers' Workshop, but expressed intention to attend is appreciated. Call Books & Co at The Greene at 937-429-6302. 
For more information about Antioch Writers' Workshop programs or upcoming Sunday Free Writers' Seminars, visit our website or email info@antiochwritersworkshop.com. The Antioch Writers' Workshop will be held July 6-12, 2013 in partnership with Antioch University Midwest and with support from the Yellow Springs Community Foundation; Ohio Arts Council; The Frank Pace, Jr. Foundation; and WYSO (media sponsor).

Monday, October 8, 2012

Second Sunday Free Writers' Workshop on October 14 "What You Need to Know Before Juggling Chainsaws or Making the Most of NaNoWrMo: Techniques for Tackling a Novel"

In preparation for National Novel Writing Month (Nov. 1-30), Antioch Writers' Workshop and Books & Co are offering the next free Sunday Free Writers' Workshop on October 14, 2:00-3:30 p.m. at Books & Co at The Greene in Beavercreek, Ohio.

The workshop, "What You Need To Know Before Juggling Chainsaws or Making the Most of NaNoWrMo: Techniques for Tackling a Novel," is presented by author Greg Belliveau. 
Greg Belliveau
Greg Belliveau is a 2008 Christopher Isherwood Grant Recipient, an Honorable Mention in Glimmer Train’s January 2012 Short-Short Fiction Contest, as well as the 2002 Christy Award finalist for Best First Novel, Go Down To Silence (Multnomah: a Division of Random House, 2001). He has been published in The Atticus Review, The Cleveland Review, and Vine Leaves of which his vignette “LG Don’t Want To Fly” was selected for their 2012 Best Of Anthology to be published by eMergent Publishing, December 2012. He received his MFA from Pacific University, Oregon, and he currently resides with his wife and two daughters in Ohio. 

No reservations are required for the Second Sunday Free Writers' Workshop, but expressed intention to attend is appreciated. Call Books & Co at The Greene at 937-429-6302. 

For more information about Antioch Writers' Workshop programs or upcoming Sunday Free Writers' Seminars, visit our website or email info@antiochwritersworkshop.com. The Antioch Writers' Workshop will be held July 6-12, 2013 in partnership with Antioch University Midwest and with support from the Yellow Springs Community Foundation; Ohio Arts Council; The Frank Pace, Jr. Foundation; and WYSO (media sponsor).


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