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Four Days Left For A La Carte Options

Registration for A La Carte Options Deadline is July 2.  While we'd love for you to attend the Full Week Antioch Writers' Workshop (and we know you'd like to, too), sometimes a full week commitment just doesn't fit a writer's schedule.

Antioch Writers' Workshop's A La Carte Options (all held at Antioch University Midwest in Yellow Springs, Ohio), are designed for writers who are testing the writing waters, writers who are looking for a quick dose of inspiration, writers who don't have a full week available to attend the full conference, or writers who want to try a portion of the workshop before committing to attending for the full week in a future year.

A La Carte options include the Saturday Seminar, Morning Only Classes, and the Afternoon "Focus on Form" Seminar.

These options go fast! Learn more about our A La Carte options on our A La Carte program page, or register on our  A La Carte registration page.

2013 Scholarship Winners

Congratulations to the winners of this year's scholarships. 

Betty Crumrine Scholarship 

The first place winner of the  Betty Crumrine scholarship is Cathy Amboy. First place winners receive a full waiver of registration and tuition for the Full Week experience.

Bill Baker Scholarship 

The first place winner of the Bill Baker scholarship is Karen DePinto. First place winners receive  a full waiver of registration and tuition for the Full Week experience.

The second place winner is Charlotte Pack. Second place winners receive a half waiver of registration and tuition.

Judson Jerome Scholarship

The first place winner of the Judson Jerome scholarship is Kelly Thomas. First place winners receive  a full waiver of registration and tuition for the Full Week experience. 

The second place winner is Kathy Roberson. Second place winners receive a half waiver of registration and tuition.

Sinclair Community College Contest

The winner of Best in Show and First Place Adult Creative Nonfiction is Roby Boley for "Me Am Dad". Best in Show receives full-tuition at this summer's workshop.

Adult Fiction
First Place -- Tyler Lacona "Echo"
Second Place -- M.C. McElroy "The Flycatcher"
Third Place -- Jennifer Hilty "Average"
Honorable Mention -- Cheryl Asbury "Beloved"

Adult Poetry
First Place -- Christina Dendy "As We Play Killing"
Second Place -- Brandon Edward North "Family Death"
Third Place -- Juliet MonBeck "Eleven"
Honorable Mention -- Jennifer Hilty "Overdramatic"

Adult Creative Nonficition
First Place -- Rob E. Boley "Me Am Dad"
Second Place -- Ashley Joetta Velazquez "Where Words Can Breathe"
Third Place -- Mary Ellen Bagen "The Medicine Show Is Coming!"

High School Fiction 
First Place -- Laura Bullock "True Colors"
Second Place -- Zoe Chang "Stars Burning"
Third Place -- Zoe Chang "Michael"

High School Poetry 
First Place -- Jasiris Tapia "Leave Me Be"
Second Place -- Indigo MonBeck "The Upside Down Tree"
Third Place -- Emily Williams "The Law of Conservation of Matter"
Honorable Mention -- Jessica Carey "Sinking"

Mock Turtle/AWW Poetry
Best in Show -- Eileen Klug
  
Adult Category
First Place -- Kerry Trautman
Second Place -- Elizabeth Schmidt
  
Teen Category
First Place -- Ursula M. Kremer
Second Place -- Deborah Rocheleau

Dayton Daily News Short Story Contest

Adult Category 

The winner of 1st Place, Adult Category, and overall Best in Show is Ted Weatherup of Springfield, Ohio. Best in Show winners receive a scholarship to attend the full week classes and events of the 28th Annual Antioch Writers' Workshop Summer Program.

Second Place -- Renee Hankins "Almost A Saint"

Third Place -- Steve Mayne "The Amish"
Honorable Mention -- Christina Consolino "Gift from the Grim Reaper"

Teen Category 

The 1st place winner in the Teen Category was 17-year-old Maria Bete of Beavercreek for the story "The Way to Manhattan". First place winners receive a $125 scholarship toward Antioch Writers' Workshop 28th Annual Summer Program. 

Second Place -- Anna Williamson "John"

Third Place -- Skya Wright "Tales of an Extremely Awkward Teenager"
Honorable Mention -- Deborah Rocheleau "Chef's Log"

Youth Category

The 1st place winner in the Youth Category was 11-year-old Jazlyn Simon of Dayton for "A Shadowell Summer". First place winners receive a $25 gift card to Books and Co. at The Greene. 

Second Place -- Helen Sparrow "No Future" 

Congratulations again to the 2013 scholarship winners! For more information about scholarships for the Antioch Writers' Workshop and how to apply, visit our scholarship page.

One Week Left for A La Carte Registration

Registration for A La Carte Options Deadline is July 2.  While we'd love for you to attend the Full Week Antioch Writers' Workshop (and we know you'd like to, too), sometimes a full week commitment just doesn't fit a writer's schedule.

Antioch Writers' Workshop's A La Carte Options (all held at Antioch University Midwest in Yellow Springs, Ohio), are designed for writers who are testing the writing waters, writers who are looking for a quick dose of inspiration, writers who don't have a full week available to attend the full conference, or writers who want to try a portion of the workshop before committing to attending for the full week in a future year.

A La Carte options include the Saturday Seminar, Morning Only Classes, and the Afternoon "Focus on Form" Seminar.

These options go fast! Learn more about our A La Carte options on our A La Carte program page, or register on our  A La Carte registration page.

Saturday Seminar Schedule

Whether you want a one-day writing seminar in craft, nuts and bolts, and inspiration-or you want to kick-start your full week experience-this Saturday Seminar is for you, whether you're writing poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, several (or all!) of those genres, or just haven't quite started yet but need some help!     

8:15-9:00: check in and continental breakfast (bagels, muffins, juice, coffee, tea, yogurt) provided.

9:00-10:00: Opening Panel--Overcoming your fears--Led by ALL Saturday Seminar faculty

10:15-11:30: Breakout sessions:

• Poetic forms (Led by Jaime Adoff)
• Getting started as a writer Led by Rebecca Morean, published essayist, short story writer, author of In The Dead of Winter (as Abbey Pen Baker), and Antioch Writers' Workshop board president
• Point of View for Fiction and Creative Nonfiction writers(Led by Mike Mullin)

11:30-12:30: Lunch (provided)
12:30-1:45: Breakout sessions 

• Making Setting/Place come alive in your writing (Led by Jaime Adoff)
• Developing Great Characters and Dialogue
• Grammar Boot Camp (Led by Kate Geiselman andRebecca Kuder--We promise it will be fun!)

2:00-3:15: Breakout sessions 

• Imagery and word choice (Led by Jaime Adoff)
• Getting published Led by Sharon Short, author of My One Square Inch of Alaska (Penguin Plume) and the self-publishedSanity Check.
• Going from "tell" to "show"... or how to make a scene (in your writing, that is)

3:30-4:30: Closing Panel: What now? Setting Goals and Next Steps for     your writing journey! (Led by ALL Saturday Seminar faculty.)
4:30-6:00: Dinner break (On your own); registration for those attending     the Morning Only, Afternoon Only, or Full Week Programs for the         rest of the week.
6:00: Dessert reception
7:00: Keynote with Lee Martin

You can attend the Saturday Seminar as:

► A stand-alone experience

► In combination with a Full Week experience

► In combination with EITHER Morning Only Classes OR Afternoon Only Focus on Form

For more information on faculty, registration, afternoon seminars, andA La Carte options, visit our websitehttp://www.antiochwritersworkshop.com or emailinfo@antiochwritersworkshop.com.

The July 2 A La Carte Registration Deadline is a week closer!

The deadline to register for this summer's Antioch Writers' Workshop Full-Week Experience has passed, but there's still time to register for the A La Carte Options. Here's a date you don't want to miss! 

TUESDAY, JULY 2 -- A La Carte Options

Registration for A La Carte Options Deadline is July 2.  While we'd love for you to attend the Full Week Antioch Writers' Workshop (and we know you'd like to, too), sometimes a full week commitment just doesn't fit a writer's schedule.

Antioch Writers' Workshop's A La Carte Options (all held at Antioch University Midwest in Yellow Springs, Ohio), are designed for writers who are testing the writing waters, writers who are looking for a quick dose of inspiration, writers who don't have a full week available to attend the full conference, or writers who want to try a portion of the workshop before committing to attending for the full week in a future year.

A La Carte options include the Saturday Seminar, Morning Only Classes, and the Afternoon "Focus on Form" Seminar.

These options go fast! Learn more about our A La Carte options on our A La Carte program page, or register on our  A La Carte registration page.

Afternoon Only A La Carte Option

"Getting Started in Writing Fiction and Nonfiction" is the only Afternoon Seminar available as an A La Carte option. This is also the only Afternoon Seminar that does not require participants to provide a manuscript.

Participants will work under the guidance 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, 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.

Summer Morning Only A La Carte Option

Morning only classes include seminars in Fiction, Professional Skills for Writers, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction.

 

All full-week participants and those who sign up for the Morning Only A La Carte option gather for these lectures which include the opportunity to ask writing questions of the faculty members. The instructors may incorporate in-class writing or optional homework. These classes are all held at Antioch University Midwest.

Morning Fiction with Lee Martin

Morning fiction classes are an examination of the elements of fiction (e.g., plot, character, and point of view) with discussion of how these elements work in successful writing led by Lee Martin, Pulitzer Prize Finalist author of The Bright Forever, and three other novels, including Break the Skin.

 

Lee Martin

Martin's other books are the novels, River of Heaven andQuakertown; the memoirs, Such a Life, From Our House, and Turning Bones; and the short story collection, The Least You Need to Know. His 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. www.leemartinauthor.com

  

Morning Poetry with Cathy Smith Bowers

Morning Poetry classes led by Cathy Smith Bowers are an examination of the elements of poetry (e.g., form, meter, and sound) with discussion of examples of successful poems.

  

Cathy Smith Bowers

Cathy, who was named Poet Laureate of North Carolina in 2010, is the author of four books: The Love that Ended Yesterday in Texas (inaugural winner of the Texas Tech University Press First Book Competition, 1992); Traveling in Time of Danger (Iris Press, 1999), A Book of Minutes (Iris Press, 2004), and The Candle I Hold Up to See You (Iris Press, 2009). Her powerful poems about family and loss have appeared in The Atlantic Monthly, The Georgia Review, Poetry,The Southern Review and The Kenyon Review. She is currently on the faculty for Queens' M.F.A. in Creative Writing Program, UNC Asheville's Great Smokies Writing Program and at Wofford College in Spartanburg, S.C.

Morning Creative Nonfiction/Memoir Instructor-Dinty W. Moore

Morning Creative Nonfiction/Memoir classes led by Dinty W. Moore examine the elements of nonfiction (e.g., structure, research, and accuracy) with discussion of how these elements work in successful writing.

  

Dinty W. Moore

Dinty is author of numerous books, including The Mindful Writer: Noble Truths of the Writing Life,Crafting the Personal Essay: A Guide for Writing and Publishing Creative Nonfiction, and the memoir Between Panic & Desire, winner of the Grub Street Nonfiction Book Prize. Having failed as a zookeeper, modern dancer, Greenwich Village waiter, filmmaker, and wire service journalist, he now writes essays and stories. He has been published in The Southern Review, The Georgia Review, Harpers, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, The Philadelphia Inquirer Magazine, Gettysburg Review, Utne Reader, and Crazyhorse,

among numerous other venues. Dinty lives in Athens, Ohio, which he calls "the funkadelicious, hillbilly-hippie Appalachian epicenter of the locally-grown, locally-consumed, goats-are-for-cheese, paw-paws-are-for-eatin', artisanal-salsa, our-farmers-market-rocks-the-hills sub-culture," where he grows his own heirloom tomatoes and edible dandelions, and teaches in and serves as director of Ohio University's BA, MA, and PhD in Creative Writing program.

Professional Skills for Writers 

A different talk every day! Professional Skills for Writers brings together different voices in the writing community. 

Monday--Self-Editing Grammar Boot Camp for Writers (Rebecca Kuder and Becky Morean)

Tuesday--Agent Talk by Hannah Brown Gordon (Foundry Literary + Media)

Wednesday--First book talk by AWW alumni Jen Violi

Thursday--Agent Talk by Suzie Townsend (New Leaf Literary)

Friday--Literary Magazine Editors' Panel, with Tobin Terry (Chagrin River Review), Nathan Floom and Jason Teal (Heavy Feather Review), and Christina Dendy and Matthew Birdsall (Mock Turtle Zine)  

ADDITIONAL Afternoon Professional Skills for Writers 

(NEW THIS YEAR) 

Monday--How to Give a Pitch (led by Sharon Short)

Tuesday--How to Give a Reading (led by Tobin Terry)

Register for the Full-Week or Morning Only A La Cart Option on ourwebsite.

A La Carte Registration Deadline July 2

The deadline to register for this summer's Antioch Writers' Workshop Full-Week Experience has passed, but there's still time to register for the A La Carte Options. Here's a date you don't want to miss! 

TUESDAY, JULY 2 -- A La Carte Options

Registration for A La Carte Options Deadline is July 2.  While we'd love for you to attend the Full Week Antioch Writers' Workshop (and we know you'd like to, too), sometimes a full week commitment just doesn't fit a writer's schedule.

Antioch Writers' Workshop's A La Carte Options (all held at Antioch University Midwest in Yellow Springs, Ohio), are designed for writers who are testing the writing waters, writers who are looking for a quick dose of inspiration, writers who don't have a full week available to attend the full conference, or writers who want to try a portion of the workshop before committing to attending for the full week in a future year.

A La Carte options include the Saturday Seminar, Morning Only Classes, and the Afternoon "Focus on Form" Seminar.

These options go fast! Learn more about our A La Carte options on our A La Carte program page, or register on our  A La Carte registration page.

Faculty Preview: Jen Violi

In anticipation of the 28th Annual Antioch Writers Workshop (July 6-12), we've asked some of this summer's faculty to talk about why they're excited, what participants can expect from this summer's workshop, and to give some writing advice. This installment features AWW  first book speaker, Jen Violi. Jen is an AWW alumni, a book coach, and author of Putting Makeup on Dead People, published by Hyperion. Her YA novel has won awards as well as critical acclaim. Learn more about Jen at www.jenvioli.com. 

Why are you excited about being part of this summer’s Antioch Writers’ Workshop? 

I’m always excited to return to Yellow Springs, a place dear to my heart.  I lived in Dayton for eleven years and have many fond memories of day adventures in John Bryan State Park, getting ice cream at Young’s, shopping for books at Sam & Eddie’s, bringing students to retreats at Glen Helen, and of course, being a participant at the AWW myself.  Being able to return as a published writer feels like one of those rare and lovely full circle moments.  On top of all of that, I get to come and do what I love, which is encouraging and supporting other writers as they unleash their own stories.  I’m so grateful to have been invited.

What can participants look forward to in working with you? 

My signature blend is the sacred and the silly.  I bring both to the table.  I have great reverence for the mysteries of life and the wonders of stories that crack our hearts open.  I also love the Partridge Family and can be expected to launch into ridiculous interpretive dance when the situation calls for it, which happens to be often, in case you were wondering.  Writing is a serious and sacred endeavor, and it’s also a tremendously playful act of creation.  In my work with writers, I honor and make room for both the solemn and the lighthearted.  Speaking of making room…I’m not interested in helping writers tell the stories I want them to tell, but I am invested in helping writers tell the stories they yearn to and must tell. 

In the spirit of the 28th annual Antioch Writers Workshop, what is the best advice you can give to writers in 28 words or less? 

The best we have to offer in life is the best we have to offer in writing. When writing, bring your whole, beautiful, messy self to the table.

Visit our website for more information about 2013 Summer Faculty, available programs, and registration information. We look forward to seeing you soon at the 28th Annual Summer Antioch Writers' Workshop!

Faculty Preview: Cathryn Essinger

In anticipation of the 28th Annual Antioch Writers Workshop (July 6-12), we've asked some of this summer's faculty to talk about why they're excited, what participants can expect from this summer's workshop, and to give some writing advice. This installment features Afternoon Poetry Seminar Instructor, Cathryn Essinger.

Why are you excited about being part of this summer’s Antioch Writers’ Workshop? 

I am excited about teaching at Antioch this summer, because I know what a big difference this workshop can make in a young writer’s life.  I attended Antioch’s first writers’ workshop in 1986, and I have come back again and again summer, sometimes as a participant, occasionally as a teacher, but most often just to listen and to support other creative writers.   Antioch has become a touchstone in my life. This is where I found my first writing community.   If I am not in Yellow Springs in July, I want someone to send out a search party!

What can participants look forward to in working with you? 

I think I run a pretty traditional workshop where everyone talks and gets as much feedback as possible on their own work.  That said, I think it’s important to remember that once a poem is on the table, even though the author’s name is still on it, it belong to the reader.  I also believe that writers often learn more from critiquing one another’s work than from having their own work analyzed.  A workshop critique may or may not change that particular poem, but it does change the way writers approach their next piece.  It’s also important to come with an open mind and the desire to help other writers improve their work.  I’d like to think that workshops give every writer a little push into their writing future.

In the spirit of the 28th annual Antioch Writers Workshop, what is the best advice you can give to writers in 28 words or less? 

Be good to yourself—no guilt!  But, do something every day to remind yourself that you are a writer, someone who sees the world with a writer’s eyes.

Visit our website for more information about 2013 Summer Faculty, available programs, and registration information. We look forward to seeing you soon at the 28th Annual Summer Antioch Writers' Workshop!

2013 Antioch Writers' Workshop Summer Schedule

For participants opting to include the Saturday Seminar in registration, the 2013 Antioch Writers' Workshop kicks off on Saturday, July 6 at 8:00 a.m. at Antioch University Midwest.

On the evening of Saturday, July 6 a dessert and wine reception for Full-Week participants beginning at 6:00 p.m. at Antioch University Midwest precedes the 7:00 p.m. Keynote Address by Lee Martin, Pulitzer Prize nominated author of Break the Skin, followed by a book signing.

Sunday, July 7

Noon Box lunch at Antioch University Midwest

1:00 p.m. Faculty Introductions and Participant ice-breaker.

2:30 p.m. Afternoon seminars begin at various locations in Yellow Springs

5:00 p.m. Dinner break

7:00 p.m. Evening Program (Faculty reading)

Monday, July 8 through Friday, July 12

Afternoon seminars at various locations in Yellow Springs; all other events at Antioch University Midwest 

8:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast (coffee, tea, breakfast pastries, fruit)

8:30 a.m. Fiction with Lee Martin

9:30 a.m. Professional Skills for Writers

10:30 a.m. Poetry with Cathy Smith Bowers

11:30 a.m. Creative Nonfiction with Dinty W. Moore

12:30 p.m. Lunch Break-sign up for lunches with faculty!

1:30 p.m. Two ADDITIONAL Professional Skills for Writers sessions,                  Monday and Tuesday Only

               Monday--"How to Give a Pitch" (Sharon Short)

               Tuesday--"How to Give a Reading" (Tobin Terry)

2:30 p.m. Break out to Afternoon Seminars, held at various locations

5:00 p.m. Dinner Break

7:00 p.m. Evening programs (open to public)

For more information on faculty, registration, afternoon seminars, and A La Carte options, visit our website http://www.antiochwritersworkshop.com or email info@antiochwritersworkshop.com.