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Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway

Not your typical writers' conference

Website: www.wintergetaway.com

Conference contact: Peter E. Murphy

Phone: (609) 823-5076

Email: info@wintergetaway.com

Conference date: January 13-16, 2011

Registration deadline: Open until filled. Early registration discount available

Location: Seaview Resort, near Atlantic City, NJ

Genres: novel, short fiction, memoir, children's market, creative nonfiction, song writing, poetry

Workshop size: 5-10

College credit available: no

Cost: $485 includes workshop and some meals - early registration discount available

Scholarships available: yes, see website

Faculty: Stephen Dunn (Pulitzer Prize winner), James Richardson (National Book Award nominee), Barbara Hurd, Laure-Anne Bosselear, Kurt Brown, Thomas Peele & more

Recent faculty: Julianna Baggott, Christian Bauman, Mark Doty, Dorianne Laux, Mimi Schwartz, Terese Svoboda

Conference description: THIS IS NOT YOUR TYPICAL WRITERS' CONFERENCE. Energize your writing with challenging and supportive workshops that focus on starting new material. Advance your craft with feedback from our award-winning faculty.

This intensive three-day weekend features a variety of poetry and prose workshops, each with 10 or fewer participants. This is a conference where you write! Of course you will receive feedback, but our workshops emphasize creating new material. You’ll choose one workshop to focus on during the conference which will help you go deeper.

Join the thousands of people who have enjoyed the Getaway over the past 18 years, developing their craft as writers and making lifelong friends. In addition to your workshop, the weekend includes talks, receptions, open mics, tutorials, a bookstore cafe, sunrise yoga and dancing at the Getaway Disco.

Choose from Beginning Your Novel, Children's Market, Memoir, Creative Nonfiction, Advanced Poetry and more. Register today: www.wintergetaway.com