Saturday Seminar A La Carte Option

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! SCHEDULE Saturday, July 12, 2014 --8:15-8:45: check in and continental breakfast (bagels, muffins, juice, coffee, tea, yogurt) provided. --8:45--Brief overview of the day, and meet the Saturday Seminar Faculty --9:00-11:30: From Spark to Finish: How-To's on the Path to Publication: Overcoming your fears, finding inspiration, and staying motivated--Led by Gayle Brandeis --11:30-12:30: Lunch (provided) --12:30-1:45: Breakout sessions on various topics of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction. --2:00-3:15: Breakout sessions on various topics of poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction. --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 Andre Dubus III COST FOR SATURDAY SEMINAR is $150.00; Registration deadline is July 8. $50 of this is a nonrefundable registration feel; the portion which is $100 tuition may be refunded in part or full depending upon timing and circumstances. REGISTRATION FOR SATURDAY SEMINAR 1. Follow this handy link: Saturday Seminar: http://tinyurl.com/Saturday-Seminar-Summer-2014 2. OR--email the director at sshort@antiochwritersworkshop.com or info@antiochwritersworkshop.com to request a printed registration form. You also can attend the Saturday Seminar: ► In combination with a Full Week experience as a reduced cost add-on ($75). Register via Full Week link: http://tinyurl.com/Summer-Full-Week-2014 ► In combination with a Morning Only Classes A La Carte as a reduced cost add-on ($75). Register via Morning Only link http://tinyurl.com/Morning-Only-Summer-2014 ► In combination with the Afternoon Only "Getting Started" Seminar as a reduced cost add-on ($75). Register via Afternoon only link: http://tinyurl.com/Afternoon-Only-Summer-2014 For more information about A La Carte Options visit our website.

Beat the May 28 LitSalon Deadline!

Join literature lovers at the next AWW LitSalon to celebrate writing and books in general and to meet with Erin Flanagan, short story writer and author of two fabulous story collections, It's Not Going to Kill You and The Usual Mistakes, both published by The University of Nebraska Press. Her stories have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Colorado Review, The Missouri Review, The Connecticut Review, and elsewhere. She had held fellowships to Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, The Sewanee Writers’ Conference, The Breadloaf Writers’ Conference, UCross, and The Vermont Studio Center. Erin is also a creative writing professor at Wright State University. Erin will have her books available for purchasing and autographing. Learn more about her work atwww.erinflanagan.net

Short stories are, in many ways, the perfect summer reading fare... and what better setting to hear about short stories and why they are gaining in popularity, than in a back-yard picnic setting? The event will be hosted at the home of Teri Rizvi, co-founder of University of Dayton's Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop; Teri lives North of Dayton, and the location's address will be shared with registrants closer to the event. Teri will provide yummy foods and beverages.

Em-ceeing for the event, in "Actor's Studio" style will be Dayton Daily News Senior Editor and WHIO radio personality Ron Rollins.

Also at the event, we'll have a fun silent auction with valuable prizes--everything from AWW event certificates, to autographed books, to food items, and more! (We'll list the silent auction items on our Facebook page closer to the event.)

All this... and you'll help out AWW at the same time! 50% of the modest attendance fee ($20.00 per individual/$35.00 per couple) is tax deductible.

When: Sunday, June 1, 2014, 4-7 p.m.

Where: Residence of Teri Rizvi; location and directions will be provided to registrants closer to the event.

Cost: $35 per couple or $20 per individual. Limited to a total of 24 individuals. ALL fees go to support scholarships as well as the Young Writers and other programs of the Antioch Writers' Workshop. FIFTY PERCENT of cost is tax deductible; participants will receive a letter stating donation amount.

To Participate:

1. Register via this convenient link: http://tinyurl.com/AWWJune1LitSalon

2. OR... EMAIL Sharon Short, Executive Director of Antioch Writers' Workshop, atinfo@antiochwritersworkshop.com OR sshort@antiochwritersworkshop.com. Include your name, phone number, and email in your email or phone message, and indicate that you're contacting AWW about LitSalon.

3. Sharon will follow up in late May with detailed instructions and directions.

5. Deadline to register: May 29, 2014.

Saturday Seminar Sessions and Leaders

The Morning Session for All Attendees on "Getting Inspired, Setting Goals and Staying Motivated", will be led by Afternoon Seminar faculty Gayle Brandeis. Gayle Brandeis   Gayle is the author of Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (HarperOne), Dictionary Poems (Pudding House Publications), the novels The Book of Dead Birds (HarperCollins), which won Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize for Fiction in Support of a Literature of Social Change, Self Storage (Ballantine) and Delta Girls (Ballantine), and her first novel for young readers, My Life with the Lincolns (Holt). She released The Book of Live Wires, the sequel to The Book of Dead Birds, as an e-book in 2011. Gayle's poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies (such as Salon.com, The Nation, and The Mississippi Review) and have received several awards, including the QPB/Story Magazine Short Story Award, a Barbara Mandigo Kelley Peace Poetry Award, and a grant from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. In 2004, the Writer Magazine honored Gayle with a Writer Who Makes a Difference Award. Gayle holds a BA in "Poetry and Movement: Arts of Expression, Meditation and Healing" from the University of Redlands, and an MFA in Creative Writing/Fiction from Antioch University. Learn more about Gayle at www.gaylebrandeis.com FOCUS ON NONFICTION FREELANCING AND WRITING FOR REGIONAL PRESSES -- Wendy Hart Beckman Wendy Hart Beckman  Wendy's seventh book, Founders and Famous Families of Cincinnati, was published in May 2014. She has published nearly 300 articles in print and online publications, and has received a baker’s dozen of awards for her writing, editing and desktop publishing. Her articles have been published in Writer’s Digest, Cincinnati Magazine, M.D. News Magazine, and elsewhere. She is currently working on a history of the University of Cincinnati’s College of Nursing, due out this fall, and is completing her first novel. Beckman’s bachelor’s degrees are in geology and natural science/technical communications from Virginia Tech and the University of Cincinnati, respectively. She has a master’s degree in English-with a concentration in editing and publishing-and a graduate certificate in professional writing from UC. FOCUS ON POETRY -- Grace Curtis Grace Curtis    Grace Curtis’ chapbook, The Surly Bonds of Earth was selected by Pulitzer Prize winning poet, Stephen Dunn as the 2010 winner of the Lettre Sauvage chapbook contest. Her book, The Shape of a Box will be published in 2014 by Dos Madres Press. Grace has had prose and poetry in such journals as The Chaffin Journal, Red River Review, The Baltimore Review, Waccamaw Literary Journal, Scythe, Clockwise Cat, Dark Lady Poetry, Phoebe Journal and others. She works for The Antioch Review. Her blog is www.N2Poetry.com. FOCUS ON SCIENCE FICTION / FANTASY / HORROR -- Tim Waggoner Tim Waggoner   Tim Waggoner has published over thirty novels and three short story collections, and his articles on writing have appeared in Writer’s Digest and Writers’ Journal, among others. He teaches creative writing at Sinclair Community College and in Seton Hill University’s Master of Fine Arts in Writing Popular Fiction program. Visit him on the web at  www.timwaggoner.com. FOCUS ON MYSTERY -- Cyndi Pauwels Cyndi Pauwels Cyndi’s short fiction has appeared in Mock Turtle ‘zine, Over My Dead Body!, The View from Here (UK), and other journals. She has published a non-fiction book, Historic Warren County: An Illustrated History (2008), and two anthologized personal essays through Sugati Publications’ Reflections from Women series. When she’s not immersed in writing her next novel, Cyndi is an adjunct at Clark State Community College in Springfield, Ohio, teaching freshman composition. Her debut novel Forty & Out will be released in September by Deadly Writes Publishing. FOCUS ON YOUNG ADULT FICTION -- Kristina McBride Kristina McBride   Kristina McBride is a former English teacher and yearbook advisor. She has published two novels for young adults - The Tension of Opposites (May 2010) and One Moment (June 2012). Her third novel for young adults, A Million Times Goodnight, will be released in the fall of 2015. She lives in Ohio with her husband and two young children. Visit her online at http://www.kristinamcbride.com FOCUS ON SELF-PUBLISHING AND COLUMN WRITING -- Lesley Pearce Keating Leslie Pearce Keating Leslie Pearce-Keating is a writing professor at Ohio State University and a fourteen-year columnist for The Daily Record of Wooster, where she has written over 750 weekly columns. Leslie has also written features for AKC Gazette and AKC Family, the latter winning a prestigious Maxwell Award from the Dog Writers of America. This past fall, Leslie self-published a memoir called Hannah’s Memory Box about her therapy dog that helped her through the death of her father and her daughter’s struggle with Lyme disease.

2014 Summer Afternoon Seminar Spots Going Fast!

Available Afternoon Seminar Spots!

The 2014 AWW Afternoon Seminars are filling up! But, there may still be time for you to make it into one of these excellent seminar opportunities: Afternoon Fiction Seminar--Short Fiction Focus-Erin Flanagan Erin Flanagan Erin Flanagan is the author of two short story collections-The Usual Mistakes and It's Not Going to Kill You and Other Stories-both published by The University of Nebraska Press. Her stories have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Colorado Review, The Missouri Review, The Connecticut Review, and elsewhere. She had held fellowships to Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, The Sewanee Writers' Conference, The Breadloaf Writers' Conference, UCross, and The Vermont Studio Center. She is a professor of Creative Writing at Wright State University and serves on the Antioch Writers' Workshop Board of Directors. Afternoon Poetry Seminar-Marly Youmans Marly Youmans  photo credit: Rebecca Beatrice Miller Marly Youmans is the author of five novels: Little Jordan (David R. Godine, Publisher, 1995);Catherwood (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996); The Wolf Pit (FSG, 2001, The Michael Shaara Award); and Val/Orson (UK: P. S. Publishing, 2009); and A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage (Mercer University Press, 2012, The Ferrol Sams Award for Fiction.) In addition, she has published two Appalachian fantasies for young adults, The Curse of the Raven Mocker (FSG, 2003) and Ingledove (FSG, 2005). Her poetry collections are: Thaliad, an epic adventure in verse from Phoenicia Publishing of Montreal, 2012; The Foliate Head, from Stanza Press (UK, 2012); The Throne of Psyche (Mercer University Press, 2011); and Claire ( Louisiana State University, 2003). She also has several novels due out in the near future:Glimmerglass and Maze of Blood from Mercer. A reprint of Catherwood will appear soon as well. She is a native of the Carolinas currently living in a snowbank in Cooperstown, New York with her husband and three children. Learn more about Marly at thepalaceat2.blogspot.com. Getting Started with Fiction or Creative Nonfiction (No Manuscript Required) Instructor-Gayle Brandeis Gayle Brandeis Gayle is the author of Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (HarperOne), Dictionary Poems (Pudding House Publications), the novels The Book of Dead Birds(HarperCollins), which won Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize for Fiction in Support of a Literature of Social Change,Self Storage (Ballantine) and Delta Girls (Ballantine), and her first novel for young readers, My Life with the Lincolns (Holt). She released The Book of Live Wires, the sequel to The Book of Dead Birds, as an e-book in 2011. Gayle's poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies (such as Salon.com, The Nation, and The Mississippi Review) and have received several awards, including the QPB/Story Magazine Short Story Award, a Barbara Mandigo Kelley Peace Poetry Award, and a grant from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. In 2004, the Writer Magazine honored Gayle with a Writer Who Makes a Difference Award. Gayle holds a BA in "Poetry and Movement: Arts of Expression, Meditation and Healing" from the University of Redlands, and an MFA in Creative Writing/Fiction from Antioch University. Learn more about Gayle at www.gaylebrandeis.com These seminars will fill quickly. All other afternoon seminars led by Hallie Ephron, Katrina Kittle, and Eileen Cronin are full. To request admittance to full seminars, applicants must be placed on a wait list. Registration for the Full Week Program and A La Carte is now open online. The deadline to register is JUNE 22, 2014. A program description and schedule are available on our website.

LitSalon Deadline May 29!

The deadline to join literature lovers at the next AWW LitSalon is May 29. Come celebrate writing and books in general and to meet with Erin Flanagan, short story writer and author of two fabulous story collections, It's Not Going to Kill You and The Usual Mistakes, both published by The University of Nebraska Press. Her stories have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Colorado Review, The Missouri Review, The Connecticut Review, and elsewhere. She had held fellowships to Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, The Sewanee Writers’ Conference, The Breadloaf Writers’ Conference, UCross, and The Vermont Studio Center. Erin is also a creative writing professor at Wright State University. Erin will have her books available for purchasing and autographing. Learn more about her work atwww.erinflanagan.net

Short stories are, in many ways, the perfect summer reading fare... and what better setting to hear about short stories and why they are gaining in popularity, than in a back-yard picnic setting? The event will be hosted at the home of Teri Rizvi, co-founder of University of Dayton's Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop; Teri lives North of Dayton, and the location's address will be shared with registrants closer to the event. Teri will provide yummy foods and beverages.

Em-ceeing for the event, in "Actor's Studio" style will be Dayton Daily News Senior Editor and WHIO radio personality Ron Rollins.

Also at the event, we'll have a fun silent auction with valuable prizes--everything from AWW event certificates, to autographed books, to food items, and more! (We'll list the silent auction items on our Facebook page closer to the event.)

All this... and you'll help out AWW at the same time! 50% of the modest attendance fee ($20.00 per individual/$35.00 per couple) is tax deductible.

When: Sunday, June 1, 2014, 4-7 p.m.

Where: Residence of Teri Rizvi; location and directions will be provided to registrants closer to the event.

Cost: $35 per couple or $20 per individual. Limited to a total of 24 individuals. ALL fees go to support scholarships as well as the Young Writers and other programs of the Antioch Writers' Workshop. FIFTY PERCENT of cost is tax deductible; participants will receive a letter stating donation amount.

To Participate:

1. Register via this convenient link: http://tinyurl.com/AWWJune1LitSalon

2. OR... EMAIL Sharon Short, Executive Director of Antioch Writers' Workshop, atinfo@antiochwritersworkshop.com OR sshort@antiochwritersworkshop.com. Include your name, phone number, and email in your email or phone message, and indicate that you're contacting AWW about LitSalon.

3. Sharon will follow up in late May with detailed instructions and directions.

5. Deadline to register: May 29, 2014.

Visiting Editor -- Nathan Roberson

In addition to all morning classes and choice of afternoon seminar, Summer Full Week Experience participants enjoy individual pitch sessions with a visiting agent or editor.  Nathan Roberson This year's visiting editor, Nathan Roberson has been an editor with the Crown Publishing Group, a division of Penguin Random House, for six years. In that time, he has worked on titles across numerous genres, ranging from crime fiction, thrillers, and genre fiction, to memoir, narrative non-fiction and history, to self-help and business. Some notable titles he’s worked on include Tom Reiss’ Pulitzer Prize-winning The Black Count, Paul Collins’ Edgar-nominated Duel With the Devil, The New York Times bestselling memoirs of Condoleezza Rice, Rosalind Wiseman’s bestselling book on modern boyhood Masterminds and Wingmen, the internationally bestselling thrillers of John Verdon, and The New York Times bestselling memoir The Buy Side by Turney Duff. Prior to his arrival at Crown, Nathan worked with the Waxman Leavell Literary Agency, HarperCollins, and Kaplan Publishing. He attended New York University, where he studied English and Creative Writing.

Young Writers' Scholarship Deadline Approaching!

For the fifth year, Antioch Writers' Workshop--a nationally recognized creative writing workshop since 1986--offers an opportunity for young writers (those entering 10th-12th grades in fall 2014, or ages 15-18) to attend the workshop held at Antioch University Midwest in Yellow Springs, July 12-18.

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 20. 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 News sponsors.

The Young Writers' program includes attendance to the workshop's morning classes with all participants and the Young Writers' Afternoon Seminar led by Mike Mullin. Mullin is author of the acclaimed Young Adult novel Ashfall, named as a top Y.A. novel of 2011 by NPR and Kirkus reviews and Ashen Winter. Learn more about his novels at www.ashfallbook.com.

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.

Sharon Short, Director, Antioch Writers' Workshop said, "The Young Writers' program helps develop the next generation of creative writers of fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Students develop their craft, learn from outstanding mentors, create long-lasting friendships, and make a nice addition to their college applications. We're happy to offer the program again."

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 email info@antiochwritersworkshop.com.

Check out what former AWW Young Writers had to say about the program.

Free Writers' Seminar This Sunday, May 18

Antioch Writers' Workshop and Books & Co are offering the next Free Writers' Seminar on May 18, 2:00-3:30 p.m. at Books & Co at The Greene. The seminar, "Nature Writing," will be led by Bill Felker.     As spring segues into summer, we all feel drawn to enjoy the outdoors more and more. And of course, as writers, we're tempted to write about those encounters with nature! In this workshop, we will explore how we might use nature in our writing, how we can gather information about nature, and with whom we would like to share our work.  Bill Felker has been writing nature columns and almanacs for regional and national publications since 1984. His Poor Will’s Almanack has appeared as an annual publication since 2003 and he hosts a weekly segment by the same name on WYSO, the NPR radio station in Yellow Springs. Exploring everything from animal husbandry to phenology, Felker has become well known to farmers as well as urban readers throughout the country. He is an occasional speaker on the environment at nature centers, churches and universities, and he has presented papers related to almanacking at academic conferences, as well. Felker has received three awards for his almanac writing from the Ohio Newspaper Association. "Better writing cannot be found in America's biggest papers," stated the judge on the occasion of Felker’s award in 2000.      Join Bill Felker to learn more about nature writing at Books & Co at The Green on May 18 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM. 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 or the Second Sunday Free Writers' Workshop, visit http://www.antiochwritersworkshop.com or emailinfo@antiochwritersworkshop.com.     The Antioch Writers' Workshop will be held July 12-18, 2014 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).

Young Writers Program Participants Remember...

With the Young Writers program participants gain an experience that lasts a lifetime: making fast friends, meeting working authors, and producing their own work. 

Deborah Rocheleau first came to AWW through the young writers' program, then returned again after high school. Here's Deborah's recollection of her AWW experience: 

I took a writing class at Sinclair Community College this spring, all online, so that I never met my professor. Until I signed up for the Antioch Writer's Workshop. When I began researching writing opportunities in my area, I found a surprising amount of overlap in the writing community. My teacher, Rebecca Morean, not only ran the scholarship contest I'd entered, but was on the board of the Antioch Writer's Workshop. At the conference, I met my teacher, but I also got to be a student along with her of the other speakers. Writers of all ages and experiences meet at the conference to learn from each other and offer their own advice and encouragement. For ongoing opportunities, participants can exchange contact information, learn about college writing programs and calls for submissions, follow blogs and Facebook pages, and join writers' groups all across Ohio. I now have a group of local writers I can go to for critique and support, as well as to provide my own feedback and encouragement. And the best part of the conference, the opportunity to network with other writers, is the part that doesn't end with the week. 

If you're interested in learning more about the Young Writers program, this year's faculty member YA novelist Mike Mullin,  check out the details on our website.

Young Writers Program Participants Remember...

With the Young Writers program participants gain an experience that lasts a lifetime: making fast friends, meeting working authors, and producing their own work. In a heartfelt reflection on her week at AWW, former Young Writers participant Marissa recalls the excitement of being accepted and her reflections on the program:

...I had the blessing to attend the Antioch Writers Workshop in Yellow Springs as a young writer. I remember crying because I misunderstood the information when I applied – I was sure that I would be notified by June 12, when really that was the start date for notification. I cried even harder when I got an email at midnight that said “Congratulations! You have been selected as a participant in the Antioch Writers’ Workshop Young Writers’ Program!” I also screamed, and danced, and accidentally woke up my mother.

I cried because I finally had the opportunity to fit in somewhere, even if my family couldn’t technically afford it. I had a choice: I could replace my dying iPod, get new clothes in the fall and winter, or go to Antioch. 

I chose Antioch.

If you're interested in learning more about the Young Writers program, this year's faculty member YA novelist Mike Mullin,  check out the details on our website.

Announcing Visiting Agent Hannah Brown Gordon

In addition to all morning classes and choice of afternoon seminar, Summer Full Week Experience participants enjoy individual pitch sessions with visiting agents. 

 

Hannah Gordon Brown

Visiting agent Hannah Brown Gordon (Folio Literary and Media) represents absorbing and compelling writing, both fiction and nonfiction, and is seeking to represent authors across many genres. She is especially interested in stories and narratives that blend genres, including thriller, suspense, historical, literary, speculative, memoir, pop-science, psychology, humor, and pop culture. She enjoys the creative process of working with writers and collaborating closely with them throughout all stages of their careers.

Hannah graduated from Barnard College with a degree in Creative Writing and English Literature and then began her publishing career at Sanford J. Greenburger Associates.

An additional agent will be added to the program at a later date.

THIS WEEKEND! Free Writers' Seminar, Sunday, May 18

Antioch Writers' Workshop and Books & Co are offering the next Free Writers' Seminar this Sunday, May 18 2:00-3:30 p.m. at Books & Co at The Greene.

As spring segues into summer, we all feel drawn to enjoy the outdoors more and more. And of course, as writers, we're tempted to write about those encounters with nature! In this workshop, we will explore how we might use nature in our writing, how we can gather information about nature, and with whom we would like to share our work.

This session will be led by Bill Felker, who has been writing nature columns and almanacs for regional and national publications since 1984. His Poor Will’s Almanack has appeared as an annual publication since 2003 and he hosts a weekly segment by the same name on WYSO, the NPR radio station in Yellow Springs. Exploring everything from animal husbandry to phenology, Felker has become well known to farmers as well as urban readers throughout the country. He is an occasional speaker on the environment at nature centers, churches and universities, and he has presented papers related to almanacking at academic conferences, as well. Felker has received three awards for his almanac writing from the Ohio Newspaper Association. "Better writing cannot be found in America's biggest papers," stated the judge on the occasion of Felker’s award in 2000.

Join Bill Felker to learn more about writing poems at Books & Co at The Green on May 18 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM. 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 or the Second Sunday Free Writers' Workshop, visit http://www.antiochwritersworkshop.com or email info@antiochwritersworkshop.com.

 

The Antioch Writers' Workshop will be held July 12-18, 2014 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).

Introducing Getting Started with Fiction or Creative Nonfiction (No Manuscript Required) Instructor-Gayle Brandeis

Gayle Brandeis   Gayle is the author of Fruitflesh: Seeds of Inspiration for Women Who Write (HarperOne), Dictionary Poems (Pudding House Publications), the novels The Book of Dead Birds (HarperCollins), which won Barbara Kingsolver's Bellwether Prize for Fiction in Support of a Literature of Social Change, Self Storage (Ballantine) and Delta Girls (Ballantine), and her first novel for young readers, My Life with the Lincolns (Holt). She released The Book of Live Wires, the sequel to The Book of Dead Birds, as an e-book in 2011. Gayle's poetry, fiction and essays have appeared in numerous magazines and anthologies (such as Salon.com, The Nation, and The Mississippi Review) and have received several awards, including the QPB/Story Magazine Short Story Award, a Barbara Mandigo Kelley Peace Poetry Award, and a grant from the Barbara Deming Memorial Fund. In 2004, the Writer Magazine honored Gayle with a Writer Who Makes a Difference Award. Gayle holds a BA in "Poetry and Movement: Arts of Expression, Meditation and Healing" from the University of Redlands, and an MFA in Creative Writing/Fiction from Antioch University. Learn more about Gayle at www.gaylebrandeis.com

Introducing Afternoon Poetry Seminar-Marly Youmans

Marly Youmans  photo credit: Rebecca Beatrice Miller

Marly Youmans is the author of five novels: Little Jordan (David R. Godine, Publisher, 1995); Catherwood (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1996); The Wolf Pit (FSG, 2001, The Michael Shaara Award); and Val/Orson (UK: P. S. Publishing, 2009); and A Death at the White Camellia Orphanage (Mercer University Press, 2012, The Ferrol Sams Award for Fiction.) In addition, she has published two Appalachian fantasies for young adults, The Curse of the Raven Mocker (FSG, 2003) and Ingledove (FSG, 2005). Her poetry collections are: Thaliad, an epic adventure in verse from Phoenicia Publishing of Montreal, 2012; The Foliate Head, from Stanza Press (UK, 2012); The Throne of Psyche (Mercer University Press, 2011); and Claire ( Louisiana State University, 2003). She also has several novels due out in the near future: Glimmerglass and Maze of Blood from Mercer. A reprint of Catherwood will appear soon as well. She is a native of the Carolinas currently living in a snowbank in Cooperstown, New York with her husband and three children. Learn more about Marly at thepalaceat2.blogspot.com

AWW LitSalon With Erin Flanagan June 1

Join literature lovers at the next AWW LitSalon to celebrate writing and books in general and to meet with Erin Flanagan, short story writer and author of two fabulous story collections, It's Not Going to Kill You and The Usual Mistakes, both published by The University of Nebraska Press. Her stories have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Colorado Review, The Missouri Review, The Connecticut Review, and elsewhere. She had held fellowships to Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, The Sewanee Writers’ Conference, The Breadloaf Writers’ Conference, UCross, and The Vermont Studio Center. Erin is also a creative writing professor at Wright State University. Erin will have her books available for purchasing and autographing. Learn more about her work atwww.erinflanagan.net

Short stories are, in many ways, the perfect summer reading fare... and what better setting to hear about short stories and why they are gaining in popularity, than in a back-yard picnic setting? The event will be hosted at the home of Teri Rizvi, co-founder of University of Dayton's Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop; Teri lives North of Dayton, and the location's address will be shared with registrants closer to the event. Teri will provide yummy foods and beverages.

Em-ceeing for the event, in "Actor's Studio" style will be Dayton Daily News Senior Editor and WHIO radio personality Ron Rollins.

Also at the event, we'll have a fun silent auction with valuable prizes--everything from AWW event certificates, to autographed books, to food items, and more! (We'll list the silent auction items on our Facebook page closer to the event.)

All this... and you'll help out AWW at the same time! 50% of the modest attendance fee ($20.00 per individual/$35.00 per couple) is tax deductible.

When: Sunday, June 1, 2014, 4-7 p.m.

Where: Residence of Teri Rizvi; location and directions will be provided to registrants closer to the event.

Cost: $35 per couple or $20 per individual. Limited to a total of 24 individuals. ALL fees go to support scholarships as well as the Young Writers and other programs of the Antioch Writers' Workshop. FIFTY PERCENT of cost is tax deductible; participants will receive a letter stating donation amount.

To Participate:

1. Register via this convenient link: http://tinyurl.com/AWWJune1LitSalon

2. OR... EMAIL Sharon Short, Executive Director of Antioch Writers' Workshop, atinfo@antiochwritersworkshop.com OR sshort@antiochwritersworkshop.com. Include your name, phone number, and email in your email or phone message, and indicate that you're contacting AWW about LitSalon.

3. Sharon will follow up in late May with detailed instructions and directions.

5. Deadline to register: May 29, 2014.

Introducing Afternoon Fiction Seminar--Short Fiction Focus-Erin Flanagan

Erin Flanagan

Erin Flanagan is the author of two short story collections-The Usual Mistakes and It's Not Going to Kill You and Other Stories-both published by The University of Nebraska Press. Her stories have appeared in Prairie Schooner, Colorado Review, The Missouri Review, The Connecticut Review, and elsewhere. She had held fellowships to Yaddo, The MacDowell Colony, The Sewanee Writers' Conference, The Breadloaf Writers' Conference, UCross, and The Vermont Studio Center. She is a professor of Creative Writing at Wright State University and serves on the Antioch Writers' Workshop Board of Directors.

Introducing Afternoon Fiction Seminar (Novel Length)-Katrina Kittle

Katrina Kittle

Katrina is the author of Traveling Light, Two Truths and a Lie, and The Kindness of Strangers, and The Blessings of the Animals, all with HarperPerennial. The Kindness of Strangers was a BookSense pick and the winner of the 2006 Great Lakes Book Award for Fiction. Early chapters from that novel earned her grants from both the Ohio Arts Council and Culture Works. The Blessings of the Animals was an Indie Next pick (August 2010), a Midwest Connections pick (September 2010), and chosen by the Women's National Book Association as one of ten Great Group Reads for National Book Group Month (October 2010). She earned an MFA in Creative Writing from Spalding University in Louisville. Katrina's first tween novel, Reasons to Be Happy, was published by Sourcebooks Jabberwocky in October 2011. Learn more about Katrina at www.katrinakittle.com 

Introducing Afternoon Fiction Seminar (Novel Length)-Hallie Ephron

Hallie Ephron

Hallie Ephron made a splash writing suspense with Never Tell a Lie published by HarperCollins in 2009. In a starred review, Publishers Weekly called it "stunning" and a "deliciously creepy tale of obsession." USA Today: "You can imagine Hitchcock curling up with this one." It was nominated for multiple awards, including the Mary Higgins Clark Award, and was adapted for film as And Baby Will Fall for the Lifetime Movie Network. Her newest book is There Was an Old Woman published by William Morrow and recently nominated for a Mary Higgins Clark Award for Suspense from the Mystery Writers of America. Her Writing and Selling Your Mystery Novel: How to Knock 'Em Dead with Style (Writers Digest Books) received rave reviews and was the first how-to-write book nominated for the Edgar Award. Hallie is also is an award-winning book reviewer for the Boston Globe.

Introducing Young Writers Program Instructor-Mike Mullin

Mike Mullin Mike is the author of the acclaimed Young Adult novel Ashfall, named as a top Y.A. novel of 2011 by NPR and Kirkus reviews and Ashen Winter. Learn more about his novels at www.ashfallbook.com. During high school, Mike Mullin served as a Congressional Page for the Honorable Andy Jacobs, Jr. and later spent a year in Brazil as a Rotary Youth Exchange Student. He paid his way through college working full-time for Kids Ink Children's Bookstore, graduating in three and a half years with a degree in Political Science and minors in Latin American Studies and Economics. He spent two years computerizing Kids Ink's operations and opening a new store, then returned to school to earn a Master of Business Administration from Indiana University. While studying for his Masters, Mike worked as a reference assistant for the IU library. After graduation, Mike worked in brand management for Procter and Gamble, marketing Pampers diapers. Later, he moved to Spectrum Brands, where he founded the Terminate brand. After Spectrum, Mike launched his own remodeling company. In addition, he has continued to work for Kids Ink as a consultant and part-time helper during his various other careers. Mike wrote his first novel in elementary school and has been writing more or less non-stop ever since. Ashfall is his first published novel. Mike holds a black belt in Songahm Taekwondo. He lives in Indianapolis with his wife and her three cats. Learn more about the Young Writers' program on our website.

Announcing Afternoon Creative Nonfiction/Memoir Seminar Instructor—Eileen Cronin

Eileen Cronin

Eileen Cronin grew up in Cincinnati during the 1960s and 70s, when television was still new and children used their imaginations to create games, plays, and other entertainment. Her family, with its eleven athletic and engaging kids, lived in a neighborhood packed with other Catholic families. As Eileen was a middle child, she learned quickly that she needed to compete for a place in the crowd. This task was complicated by the fact that she was born, inexplicably, with legs that ended at about the knee. Eileen found her place among friends in an all-girl Catholic high school with whom she enjoyed parties, dating, and inventing pranks. Her favorite memories include skinny dipping on summer nights with girlfriends and imagining herself an elusive mermaid. Through poetry and short story writing, Eileen found her voice. Eileen's fiction has been published in literary magazines; she's won the Pirate’s Alley Faulkner Society’s competition and the Washington Writing Prize in short fiction. Her essays have also been published in literary journals, and one of her personal essays was published as a notable essay in Best American Essays. Her debut memoir, Mermaid, about her struggles through “the eyes of a mermaid,” was published in 2014 by W.W. Norton & Co. to great acclaim, and was listed in the February issue of Oprah's "O" magazine as one of "10 titles to pick up now." Learn more about Eileen at http://www.eileencronin.com/