A La Carte Option--Morning Only Classes

A La Carte participants can elect to attend Morning Classes with all Full Week Experience participants, Monday July 9, through Friday July 13, 8 a.m.-12:30 p.m. The cost is $125 registration plus $250 tuition. This option can be taken alone or in combination with the Saturday Seminar. Mornings start with a complimentary continental breakfast followed by lectures in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and the business of writing. The morning only option is for writers who need their afternoons free but want to brush up on techniques, get inspired, and meet other writers.

Morning only classes include seminars in Fiction, Professional Skills for Writers, Poetry, and Creative Nonfiction as well as John Grogan's Master Class on Sunday, July 8.

Fiction
Author Hallie Ephron leads 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. 

Hallie Ephron

Hallie Ephron is the author of over 10 books, including the Dr. Peter Zak mystery series and the novel Never Tell a Lie (HarperCollins, 2009), whichPublishers Weekly called "stunning" and a "deliciously creepy tale of obsession." The book has been translated into 7 languages and was nominated for multiple awards, including the Mary Higgins Clark Award. It won the David Award for best mystery of 2009. Never Tell a Lie was adapted for film as And Baby Will Fall for the Lifetime Movie Network. Ephron is an award-winning book reviewer for the Boston Globe and has taught elementary school, at the college level, and in corporations. In addition, Ephron is active in writing workshops and retreats, combining her love of writing and teaching. Learn more at  www.hallieephron.com.

Professional Skills for Writers
Explore a different topic each day with writing professionals in this segment of morning classes. Break-out sessions include:

• "How To Pitch" by author Sharon Short and Dayton Daily Newseditor Ron Rollins
• "How To Give A Reading" by author Tobin F. Terry
• Visiting agent talks by Brooks Sherman and Becky Vinter ofFinePrint Literary in New York, New York
• First Book Talk by AWW alumnus and novelist David Halperin
• Editor's panel discussion with editors Sarah Hawley fromOrange Frazier Press, Christina Dendy and Matthew Birdsall from Mock Turtle Zine , Tobin Terry from Chagrin River Review,Denny Russel from Antioch University Voice
• "How To Polish Your Query" by author Nancy Pinard and aspiring author Mary Ann Schenk
• "Tips for Editing Your Own Work" by writers and instructors Judy DaPolito and Mary Tom Watts

Poetry
Author Jeff Gundy leads an examination of the elements of poetry (e.g., form, meter, and sound) with discussion of examples of successful poems.

Jeff Gundy

Jeff Gundy is Professor of English at Bluffton University in Ohio, teaching creative writing, poetry and literature. His books include Spoken Among the Trees, Walker in the Fog: On Mennonite Writing, Deerflies, Scattering Point: The World in a Mennonite Eye, Rhapsody with Dark Matter, and Flatlands. Jeff has also published poetry in numerous journals, including Exquisite Corpse, Georgia Review, North American Review, Shenandoah, and The Sun. Lean more about Jeff Gundy at www.bluffton.edu/~gundyj/

Creative Nonfiction
Author Jerry Dennis leads an examination of the elements of nonfiction (e.g., structure, research, and accuracy) with discussion of how these elements work in successful writing.

Jerry Dennis

In the 25 years that Jerry Dennis has earned his living as a freelance writer, he has emerged as one of America's most celebrated writers about nature and the outdoors. His essays in such publications as Audubon, Smithsonian, Orion, National Geographic Traveler, and the New York Times have won many awards and are frequently reprinted and anthologized. His eleven books, most recently The Windward Shore: A Winter on the Great Lakes, have appeared on national bestseller lists. Among Jerry's awards are the Michigan Author of the Year Award, the Sigurd Olson Nature Writing Award, Michigan State University's Great Lakes Culture Award, and three Best Book of the Year awards from the Outdoor Writers Association of America. Learn more about Jerry Dennis at www.jerrydennis.net

Register for this A La Carte option today on our A La Carte registration page.  

A La Carte Option -- Saturday Seminar

The Saturday Seminar will take place July 7, 2011, 8 a.m.-4 p.m. The cost is $125 registration plus $25 tuition. This option can be taken alone or in combination with the Full Week Experience, the Morning Only Classes, or the Evening Only Classes. Participants can choose three of the following sessions to attend:

Drawing from your life experience for fiction, essays, creative-non fiction, or memoirs--led by instructor Brady Allen. 

Brady Allen

Brady Allen teaches writing at Wright State University and is the author of Back Roads and Frontal Lobes (2012), a collection of tales in the genres of horror, crime, the road story, soft sci-fi, dark fantasy, surrealism, existentialism, and even some plain ol' realism. He has published over thirty short stories in magazines, journals, and anthologies in the U.S, England, and Ireland, and has received honorable mentions for a couple of them in the Year's Best Fantasy and Horror volumes from St. Martin's Press, as well as an Individual Artist Fellowship in fiction from the Ohio Arts Council for three others. Learn more at  www.bradyallen.com.

How to research and incorporate fact in your fiction, essays, creative non-fiction, or memoirs--led by Dayton Daily Newsjournalist Joanne Smith.

Joanne Huist Smith is a native of Dayton. She grew up in the Old North Dayton Neighborhood and attended the St. Adalbert's Catholic Elementary School on Valley Street. Joanne graduated from John H. Patterson Cooperative High School, then earned a bachelor's degree in English at Wright State University. She joined the staff of the Dayton Daily News as a reporter in 1997. During her tenure with the newspaper, Joanne has covered Greene and Warren counties, focusing on education and communities. She currently covers Montgomery County government.

How to brainstorm ideas for your fiction, essays, creative non-fiction, or memoirs--led by instructor Rebecca Morean.  

Rebecca Morean

Author of the novel In The Dead Of Winter, under the name Abbey Pen Baker, Rebecca Morean is also a frequent contributor to Salon.com, an instructor of English at Sinclair Community College, and President of the Antioch Writers' Workshop Board of Directors.

How to find publishing markets for your fiction, essays, creative non-fiction, or memoirs--led by essayist and Sinclair Community College English instructor Kate Geiselman.

Kate Geiselman

Kate Geiselman's essays have appeared atSalon.com, The Rumpus, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, and elsewhere online. Several of her essays about teaching have aired on NPR stations on The Story with Dick Gordon, an American Public Media production. Her first short story, "She's not There," was the winner of the Dayton Daily News/Antioch Writer's Workshop short story contest, and her first novel is in progress. She teaches writing at Sinclair Community College.

Register for this A La Carte option today on our A La Carte registration page.

REMINDER: Young Writers Scholarship Deadline

The May 29 deadline for area writers ages 15-18 to apply for the Antioch Writers' Workshop Young Writers program is fast approaching!

For the third year in a row, Antioch Writers' Workshop--a nationally recognized creative writing workshop since 1986--offers an opportunity for young writers (those entering 10th-12th grades in fall 2012, or ages 15-18) to attend the workshop held at Antioch University Midwest in Yellow Springs, July 7-13.

Young writers must submit three pages of creative writing and a letter of recommendation from a teacher, librarian, coach or youth program leader, to the workshop by May 29. Selected writers receive an AWW Young Writers' Scholarship in the amount of $375.00, reducing the total cost of attending to $300.00 for a full week of writing classes, a special writing seminar, and lunches all provided by Dayton Daily Newssponsors.

Trudy Krisher

The Young Writers' program includes attendance to the workshop's morning classes with all participants and the Young Writers' Afternoon Seminar led by Trudy Krisher, award winning author of several Young Adult novels including Spite Fences, Uncommon Faith and Fallout. During the seminar, selected writers will work on individual projects and develop their creative writing craft.

This opportunity is limited to 12 participants and open to students who live in the Ohio counties of Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Madison and Warren.

"We introduced this program two years ago," says Sharon Short, Director, Antioch Writers' Workshop. "The students in the Young Writers' program develop their craft, learn from outstanding mentors, create long-lasting friendships, and make a nice addition to their college applications. The program is a great a way to help develop the next generation of creative writers of fiction, poetry and nonfiction, and we're excited to again offer this program."

Accepted applicants will be notified shortly after May 29. To apply or for more information about the program, please visit the Young Writers page at www.antiochwritersworkshop.com or emailinfo@antiochwritersworkshop.com.