Fall Retreat Leader -- Sherri Wood Emmons

Exciting author Sherri Wood Emmons will also lead the 2013 Fall Retreat on November 1-3, 2013 at Grailville Retreat Center.

Sherri Wood Emmons

Sherri Wood Emmons is a freelance writer and editor. Prayers and Lieswas her first work of fiction; her published novels since then are The Sometimes Daughter and The Weight of Small Things. She is a graduate of Earlham College and the University of Denver Publishing Institute. A mother of three, she lives in Indiana with her husband, two fat beagles, and four spoiled cats. Sherri recently led an afternoon fiction seminar at the 2013 summer program for the Antioch Writers' Workshop. Learn more about Sherri at www.sherriwoodemmons.com

You can also learn more about how to join Sherri Wood Emmons and the 2013 Fall Retreat on our website.

Fall Retreat Leader -- Matthew Goodman

The fantastic Matthew Goodman, author of three books of non-fiction will lead the Fall Retreat, November 1-3, 2013 at Grailville Retreat Center. 

Matthew Goodman

Goodman’s latest book, the narrative historyEighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World, was published in 2013 by Ballantine Books. It has been translated into seven languages and was chosen as a Barnes & Noble Spring 2013 Discover Great New Writers selection. His previous book, The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York, was a Borders Books Original Voices selection and was named one of the Best Books of the Year by The Economist magazine. Matthew's essays, articles, and reviews have appeared in numerous publications including The American Scholar,Harvard Review, Bon Appetit, the Forward, and the Utne Reader, and he has taught writing in many colleges and writing conferences, among them the Antioch Writers' Workshop and the Chautauqua Writers Institute.

Learn more about how to join Matthew Goodman and the 2013 Fall Retreat on our website. 

REMINDER: Application Deadline for the Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat is September 10

The deadline to apply for the October 5-7 Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat led by publishing professionals Kevin Haworth and Lynne Hugo at the beautiful, historic Grailville Retreat Center, Loveland, Ohio is Monday, September 10, 2012.

The 2012 Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat gives you a chance to get away and focus on your work-in-progress in an inspiring yet restful setting while receiving guidance from writing and publishing professionals. 

The retreat is designed for writers who have works of fiction (short stories or novels), poetry, or essay(s)/creative nonfiction either complete or in progress and who wish to focus on revising/completing this work and identifying next steps on their writing paths. 

To apply, email info@antiochwritersworkshop.com with the subject line: Fall 2012 Retreat Application. Attach the following TWO documents (please use .doc; .docx; .rtf file format): 

1. A one-page cover letter providing your name, contact information (address, email, phone), and a paragraph or two about where you are on the writing path (what you're working on) and why you want to attend this retreat. 
2. A writing sample: between 10 and 20 double spaced pages for nonfiction or fiction OR between 5 and 10 pages of poetry.  

You may also send your application materials to:

Antioch Writers' Workshop 

c/o Antioch University Midwest 

900 Dayton Street 

Yellow Springs, OH 45387   

No more than fifteen applicants will be selected by the Antioch Writers' Workshop Scholarship Committee. Applications will be accepted between July 25, 2012 and September 10, 2012. Applicants must be over 21 years of age. Applicants will receive a confirmation via email that application has been received within 3 business days of receipt. If you do not receive an email confirmation within 3 business days, please re-send application. Applicants will receive notification of acceptance or decline by email by September 17, 2012, midnight. 

For application policies and more information about the Retreat, visit our website.

Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat Site -- Grailville Retreat Center

This October 5-7, the Antioch Writers' Workshop brings to you a Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat led by publishing professionals Kevin Haworth and Lynne Hugo at the beautiful, historic Grailville Retreat Center, Loveland, Ohio.

The 2012 Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat gives you a chance to get away and focus on your work-in-progress in an inspiring yet restful setting while receiving guidance from writing and publishing professionals. 

The retreat is designed for writers who have works of fiction (short stories or novels), poetry, or essay(s)/creative nonfiction either complete or in progress and who wish to focus on revising/completing this work and identifying next steps on their writing paths. 

The deadline to apply for the Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat is Monday, September 10, 2012. For application guidelines and more information about the Retreat, visit our website.

Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat Schedule

The Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat on October 5-7 at the Grailville Retreat Center in Loveland, Ohio includes "small group discussions" and "one-on-one consultations" led by Kevin Haworth and Lynne Hugo. The direction of these discussions is designed with feedback from the participants. Participants will identify important topics for one-on-one consultations and small group discussions such as publishing, voice, research, or character development. Specifics will be determined using feedback from participants after selection but before the beginning of the retreat.

The schedule for the Weekend Writers' Retreat is as follows:

Monday, September 10, 2012

Application Deadline

Friday, October 5, 2012

6:00 p.m.--Arrive and check in at Grailville

7:00 p.m.--Ice breakers, creative writing exercises, wine, beverages and snacks provided; small group discussions and one-on-one consultations

Saturday, October 6, 2012

@8:30 a.m.--Breakfast delivered to your door! Write on your own in the inspiring setting of Grailville, drawing on the creativity starters and feedback received on Friday evening.

12:30 p.m.--Lunch provided

After lunch until dinner--small group discussions and one-on-one consultations

6:30 p.m.--Dinner provided

Post dinner--participant readings; small group discussions

Sunday, October 7, 2012

@8:30 a.m.--Breakfast delivered to your door! Write on your own, participate in small group discussions and one-on-one consultations

12:30 p.m.--Lunch and final group gathering

2:00 p.m.--Depart Grailville to return home and apply inspiration, motivation and momentum gained at retreat to your own work-in-progress!

The deadline to apply for the Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat is Monday, September 10, 2012. For application guidelines and more information about the Retreat, visit our website.

Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat Leader -- Lynne Hugo

Lynne Hugo

Meet Lynne Hugo, one of two leaders of the 2012 Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat on October 5-7 at the Grailville Retreat Center in Loveland, Ohio. 

Lynne Hugo's publications include five novels, most recently Last Rights, one volume of creative non-fiction, two books of poetry and a children’s book. A National Endowment For The Arts Fellowship recipient, she has also received repeat individual artists grants from the Kentucky Foundation for Women and the Ohio Arts Council. She has taught creative writing through the Ohio Arts Council’s renowned Arts in Education program. She holds a Bachelor’s degree from Connecticut College, and a Master’s from Miami University.

The deadline to apply for the Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat is Monday, September 10, 2012. For application guidelines and more information about the Retreat, visit our website.

Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat Leader -- Kevin Haworth

Kevin Haworth

Meet Kevin Haworth, one of two leaders of the 2012 Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat on October 5-7 at the Grailville Retreat Center in Loveland, Ohio. 

Haworth is Assistant Professor of English at Ohio University, and Executive Editor, Ohio University Press & Swallow Press. He holds an M.F.A., Fiction Writing, Arizona State University and a B.A., English, Vassar College. His publications include The Discontinuity of Small Things, a novel (Quality Words in Print, 2005); Lit From Within: Contemporary Masters on the Art and Craft of Writing (co-editor w/Dinty W. Moore, Ohio University Press, 2011); as well as fiction and non-fiction in Michigan Quarterly Review, Witness, Copper Nickel, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, Center, Cold Mountain Review, Swink, Harpur Palate, Juked, Sentence, Another Chicago Magazine, Permafrost, JBooks, Jewish Literary Supplement, Publishers Weekly, Jewish Education News, Poetica and elsewhere.

The deadline to apply for the Fall Weekend Writers' Retreat is Monday, September 10, 2012. For application guidelines and more information about the Retreat, visit our website.