2011 Summer Conference
Remember the Magic
The 34th Annual Summer Conference
June 24 - July 1, 2011: (starts with dinner on Friday, ends with breakfast the following Friday)
The overall value of this conference...
is the creation of an atmosphere which stretches you:
- As a writer
- As a woman
- As a person
...to celebrate the feeling of being alive in the company of kindred spirits.
Open to all women regardless of professional portfolio
- 40 separate workshops held each day, unless otherwise noted
- Workshop directors culled from every part of the U.S., Canada and abroad
- Maximum capacity: 350
- Since 1976, the IWWG Women’s Writing Conferences have been responsible for the publication of hundreds of books in major houses
- Equal importance given to the use of writing as a tool for daily practice and personal growth
- All ages and backgrounds represented
- Get-togethers for mutual critiquing of work
Workshop Program
All workshops are held once each day for the week-long period and are 90 minutes in length, unless otherwise noted.
Click on any Workshop for a Description and on any Workshop Director for her bio.
The Art and Craft of Writing
Play, Write and Playwrighting: Unmasking the Play Within You - Judy L. Adourian- Plot: The Heart of Your Story - Lynne Barrett
- So You Think Your Life’s a Movie—Reel Magic! - Linda Bergman
- The Muse Salon: Bringing out the Depth in Writing through Music - Rainelle Burton
- Writing Fiction and Memoir: One Page at a Time - Pat Carr
- The Building Blocks of Popular Fiction - Zita Christian
- Discovering Your Characters: Listening Then Crafting (Sat., Mon., Wed.) - Susanne Davis
- Letters and Literature: Writing Life, Love and Longing (Sat-Sun) - Rachel De Baere
- Beyond the Margins: A Master Class in Writing in the 21st Century - June Gould
- What in Goddess' Name Is a Prose Poem? - Marj Hahne
- Shimmering Images and Inherited Stories: Building a Memoir from the Truths They Tell - Lisa Dale Norton
- Editorial Essentials: How to Edit Your Writing Before You Show It to Anybody - Natalie Reid
- The Blank Page: Writing Adrift, Writing A Draft - Eunice Victoria Scarfe
- The Wonder of Words: Writing for Your Life (Sat.-Mon.); Personal Writing Consultation (Tues.-Thur., by appointment) - Linda Leedy Schneider
- Writing Effective Dialogue - Judith Searle
- The Voice in Our Poems: How Are We Heard? What Can We Listen For? - Myra Shapiro
- From Journal, To Essay, To Memoir - Susan Tiberghien
- The Laughter of Women: Sublime to Outrageous and the Irony in Between - Anne F. Walradt
MARKETING AND PUBLISHING
- Legal Pitfalls: How to Protect Yourself and Your Work in Print and Electronic Publishing - Sheila J. Levine
- The New Rules of Book Proposals: How to Build Confidence, Community, and Connection in the Digital Age - Melissa Rosati
- The Smart Writers’ Guide: What to Know Before, During and After Writing a Book (Sat.- Mon.) - Carren Strock
CRITIQUE SESSIONS
- Open Critiques/Poetry (Mon-Thur) - Rachel De Baere
- Open Critiques/Fiction - Pat Carr and Rainelle Burton
- Open Critiques/Nonfiction - Susan Tiberghien and Lynne Barrett
- Open Critiques/Popular Fiction - Anne F. Walradt
TRANSFORMATION OF SELF
Sacred Acts of Healing: Writing the Transformation Story - Stephanie Alston-Nero- Healing through Changing Our Home Environment - Terry Apicella
- French… With Pleasure! - Jacqueline Aupetit
- Intensive Journal® Workshop ($41 workshop materials fee) - Joanne Hackett Ching
- Finding the Me in Memory: Tools for Women in Transition - Judith Huge
- The Image, the Word, the Story: Tools for Transformation - Jan Phillips
- Writing From the Natural World: An Exploration of Inner and Outer Nature non-linear Knowledge - Mary Reynolds Thompson
- How to Be a Diva - Claudia Clemente
- Inviting the Image to Speak: Writing from Soul Collage® ($2.00-$5.00 materials fee) - Judith Prest
- The Healing Spirit of Story: The Ancient Art of Dollmaking ($35 workshop materials fee) - Nina Reimer
THE ARTS, THE BODY & HEALTH
- Tai Chi in Between: Writing From the Dan Tian - Sandra Balint
- Writing from the Silence Space - eDeRuth
- Pen and Pose: A Workshop in Yoga and Writing - Yael Flusberg
- Raising Your Photography to a New Level - Making Your Good Pictures Great (Tues-Thur.) - Carren Strock
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