Top of the Rock for May 1999


Summer Writing Workshops



"Sumer is icumen in," as that smarty Geoffrey Chaucer puts it. And that means it's time to dust off that novel you worked on over all those lunch hours, those poems you've been hiding under your pillow, that play you've been tinkering with on the office computer, that memoir you've been sharing with friends and family. It's time to think about summer writing workshops. They're everywhere. And a fair number of them are taking place all across Nebraska.

SUMMER WRITING WORKSHOPS


Creighton Young Writers' Workshop
Creighton University will hold its second Young Writers' Workshop this summer in its historic Creighton House. This year there will be two workshops — a one-day workshop for 7th-9th graders (June 9th) and the three-day workshop for high school juniors (June 10th-12th) Both workshops will cover poetry and fiction, depending on the student's interest, and will provide intense, exciting, and productive experiences. First-rate writers and teachers will guide workshop participants through the writing process in workshops and one-on-one conferences.
Fort Kearny Writers' Conference
Join Charles Fort, Susanne K George, Robert Hill Long, and Mary Clearman Blew July 12-16 for group and private workshop sessions. Conference participants receive a one-on-one critique of their work with an accomplished professional writer, and there are opportunities to network with other writers during the course of the week.
Mari Sandoz Young Writers' Workshop
Four published authors (Bill Clemente, Twyla Hansen, David Martin, and Karen Shoemaker) will be in residence all week (June 6-12, 1999) at Chadron State College, offering young writers group information and one-on-one writing assistance, along with an interesting set of field trips.
Literary Conferences in Nebraska and Beyond
From Prague to Port Angeles, Washington, summer is the season for writing workshops. Here's a healthy selection of some of the best.



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redball.gif Paul Eggers's Saviors
redball.gif Richard Dooling's Brainstorm
redball.gif A Tribute to Wright Morris
redball.gif Tillie Olsen
redball.gif Nebraska Literature Festival
redball.gif Duane Hutchinson
redball.gif George O'Connell's Getting the Range
redball.gif Art Homer
redball.gif Creighton Conference
redball.gif Black Star Press
redball.gif Mildred Walker
redball.gif Richard Dooling's Critical Care
redball.gif Mary Helen Stefaniak's Self Storage
redball.gif Jonis Agee's South of Resurrection
redball.gif Solstice '97
redball.gif Eamonn Wall's Iron Mountain Road
redball.gif Grace Bauer's The Women at the Well
redball.gif Susan Aizenberg's Peru
redball.gif Nebraska Poets Calendar
redball.gif Nebraska Book Arts Center
redball.gif Missouri Valley Reading Series
redball.gif Nebraska Cowboy Poetry Gathering
redball.gif Marly Swick's Paper Wings
redball.gif Nebraska Shakespeare Festival
redball.gif Prairie Schooner
redball.gif Nebraska Poets
redball.gif Ron Hansen's Atticus




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