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Indiana University Writers' Conference
       
Website http://www.indiana.edu/~writecon
Year Established 1940
Program Description AM & PM workshops & classes, evening readings.
Number of Programs/Year 1
Program Length 6 days
Group Size or S:T Ratio 90
Program Focus Autobiography/Memoir, Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry
Faculty 2008: Jean Valentine, Donald Antrim, Reginald Shepherd, Karen Joy Fowler, Tony Ardizzone, Ross Gay, Anne-Marie Oomen, Alison Umminger.
Costs $500 for workshop & classes, $250 for classes only. Hotel & dorm lodging available. Limited number of scholarships. $50 application fee.
U.S. Locations Indiana (Bloomington)
Months June
Sponsor's Calendar Link http://www.indiana.edu/~writecon/home.html
Contact Bob Bledsoe
Director
Indiana University Writers' Conference
464 Ballantine Hall
Bloomington, IN 47405
United States
Phone: 812-855-1877
Fax: 812-855-9535
E-Mail:
Neil Perry, Associate Director: ndperry@indiana.edu

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Learn-Connect-Sell. Writer-friendly, highly rated conference features top editors, agents and magazine and book publishing professionals at one of the world's most beautiful settings.

Writers Retreat Workshop (WRW)
Writers Retreat Workshop (WRW)
Internationally acclaimed Writers Retreat Workshop, selected by USA Weekend as a learning "vacation that can change your life". Described as a "writers boot-camp." Limited Registrations.

Manhattanville Summer Writers' Week
Manhattanville Summer Writers' Week
Annual Writer's Week in June features workshops with well-known published authors. 2008 is the 25th Anniversary year! On Manhattanville College's beautiful suburban campus, 30 minutes from New York City. 6/23-27/2008

Writing the Breakout Novel and High Tension Workshop
Writing the Breakout Novel and High Tension Workshop
Two workshops. One Goal. Your best writing year ever. Writing the Breakout Novel and The High Tension Workshop with New York Literary Agent, Donald Maass.

Write on the Sound Writers' Conference and Pre-Conference
Write on the Sound Writers' Conference and Pre-Conference
Limited to 200 attendees, the conference provides a wide variety of workshop sessions and the opportunity to network with aspiring and published authors.

Robert Vaughan's Write on the Beach Writers' Retreat
Robert Vaughan's Write on the Beach Writers' Retreat
Week-long workshops, limited to three guests, with author Robert Vaughan at his beachside home. March 30 - April 4, April 6 - 11, April 13 - 18, April 20 - 25, April 27 - May 2, 2009 Private tutoring available throughout the year. Contact Robert at RVaug0575@aol.com

Write From the Heart Seminars & Coaching
Write From the Heart Seminars & Coaching
Works In Progress: Completing Your Book for Publication. With leading writing coach and author of 30-plus books. Positive, informative, and supportive.

WordHarvest Writers Workshops & Tony Hillerman Writers Conference
WordHarvest Writers Workshops & Tony Hillerman Writers Conference
Learn to write dialog, add excitement to action scenes, avoid genre cliches, plot your way to success and capture an agent's attention. 11/5-9/2008. Albuquerque, N.M.

Whidbey Island Writers Conference
Whidbey Island Writers Conference
Feast on the years of experience offered by presenters specifically selected for their talent, passion for writing, and desire to share their gifts with you.

Wesleyan Writers Conference
Wesleyan Writers Conference
52nd year - For new writers, established writers, and everyone interested in the writer's craft. Includes seminars, informal workshops, manuscript consultations with faculty, writing time.

Writers Studio at UCLA Extension
Writers Studio at UCLA Extension
Participate in the four-day intensive Writers Studio and attend in-class and online courses at the most comprehensive writing program in the United States.

Tin House Summer Writers Workshop
Tin House Summer Writers Workshop
One-week writing intensive featuring workshops, readings, seminars, panels, mentorships. Prestigious faculty of writers of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Reed College, Portland.

The Writers Studio
The Writers Studio
Students publish and win awards. Classes Online, in NYC and Tucson. Alumni include Jennifer Egan, Walter Mosely, Martha McPhee, Lesley Dormen. Tutorials available.

The International Artists' and Writers' Workshops in Ghana
The International Artists' and Writers' Workshops in Ghana
Writing workshops, cultural excursions, culinary discoveries, social events, participant readings, urban bustle in the capital city, followed by coastal village beach retreat.

Algonkian Writer Conferences and NYC Pitch and Shop
Algonkian Writer Conferences and NYC Pitch and Shop
A single best way to craft the novel? Pitch it? Become published? Yes. Algonkian and NYC Pitch and Shop provide finest faculty and method.

South Carolina Writers Workshop Conference
South Carolina Writers Workshop Conference
The Method, the Market & the Muse - The 2008 SCWW Conference offers something for everyone, from beginning writers to published authors! 10/24-26/2008 • Myrtle Beach, SC.

Sewanee Writers' Conference & Young Writers' Conference
Sewanee Writers' Conference & Young Writers' Conference
The Sewanee Writers' Conference offers a twelve-day opportunity to work with and learn from some of America's best working writers. Join us 7/15-27/2008. Sewanee, Tennessee.

Santa Barbara Writers Conference
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30 different craft-based workshops with top authors and agents, speakers, panels, late-night critique sessions, receptions and closing dinner, opportunities to pitch your projects. June 20-25, 2009. This year our Poetry Conference, March 13-15, 2009, welcomes Cornelius Eady.

San Miguel de Allende Writers' Workshops
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Come to the exquisite city of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico for inspiring writing workshops with distinguished instructors. Next program, August 11-15, 2008.

San Francisco Writing for Change Conference
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Changing the World, One Book at a Time. This event, for nonfiction writers who want to make a difference, features Mike Farrell and Gay Hendricks!

Progoff Intensive Journal Program
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Nationwide and year-round writing workshops for self-development. A powerful technique to spur creativity and overcome writers' block, endorsed by Judy Collins and Donald Spoto.

Pikes Peak Writers Conference
Pikes Peak Writers Conference
April 25-27, 2008: Join the three-day, jam-packed expedition into the world of fiction writing at PPWC. Includes workshops, interviews with agents/editors, meals, and manuscript consultations.

Palm Beach Poetry Festival
Palm Beach Poetry Festival
Six advanced and two intermediate poetry workshops, includes one-on-one conference, readings, craft talks, social events, fun, sun. In lively Delray Beach, FL. January 19-24, 2009.

New York Writers Workshop Non-fiction Pitch Conference
New York Writers Workshop Non-fiction Pitch Conference
Three-day conference for non-fiction writers who pitch their book proposals to three different editors from major New York publishing houses. October 10-12, 2008 • New York, NY.

Nightwriters in California
Nightwriters in California
Five days of relaxing but intensive writing at the legendary Bishop's Ranch, amid vineyards of Healdsburg, in Sonoma wine country north of San Francisco .

Margaret Irby Writing Workshops
Margaret Irby Writing Workshops
Nurture your creativity with gifted writing teacher Margaret Irby at these one-week workshops in the magical cities of Istanbul, Turkey (8/22-27/08) and Paris, France (10/12-18/08).

Jackson Hole Writers Conference
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Get inspired, get critiqued, get connected: at the 2008 conference in the Tetons with Elizabeth George, Gail Tsukiyama, Jane Hamilton, Bob Mayer, Kyle Mills. 6/26-29/2008.

Iowa Summer Writing Festival
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An opportunity for you to share your work in a community that wishes it well. 130 short-term workshops across the genres for writers of all levels.

Gotham Writers' Workshop - WritingClasses.com
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New York professional writers' leading creative writing school offers comprehensive workshops online and in NYC in over a dozen writing genres. "Best of Web" – Forbes

Fifth House Lodge Retreat
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Fifth House Lodge in Maine is a writers' retreat offering personalized writing retreats for individuals, group writing workshops and other programs of interest to writers.

Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference
Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference
Bring your completed manuscript or manuscript-in-process to the decision-makers. The first poetry conference realistically designed to set poets on a path towards book publication.

Columbus Writers Conference
Columbus Writers Conference
August 24-25, 2007. An exciting range of topics (40+) presented by writers, editors, literary agents; one-to-one consultations; and more.

Colgate Writers’ Conference
Colgate Writers’ Conference
The Colgate Writers' Conference offers daily workshops of ten or fewer participants, personal consultations, craft talks, panel discussions, readings, and informal conversations. 6/22-28/2008

ClarityWorks Writing Retreats and Writers Workshops
ClarityWorks Writing Retreats and Writers Workshops
Write fearlessly in a women-only retreat. Scenic autumn writing retreat in the Blue Ridge Mountains near Asheville. November 9-16, Lake Logan, NC. Peggy Millin facilitates. 828/298-3863.

Authorlink Virtual Classroom for Writers
Authorlink Virtual Classroom for Writers
New in 2008! Talk directly to publishing pros about polishing and selling your work. Interactive online writing courses taught by published professionals in state-of-the-art teleconferences.

Atlantic Writers Workshop
Atlantic Writers Workshop
Unleash your creativity and sharpen your skills in fiction and memoir with weekly New York City classes and excursions to Mexico and New England.

Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat & Literary Festival
Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat & Literary Festival
Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat & Literary Festival, a five-day celebration of words, stories and ideas. June 22 to 27, 2008 • Aspen, Colorado

Antioch Writers' Workshop
Antioch Writers' Workshop
Antioch Writers' Workshop, July 12-18, 2008. Fiction, narrative nonfiction, memoir, poetry, mystery. Accessible faculty, intensive seminars, manuscript critiques, agent meetings. Come join our community of writers.

Abroad Writers Conference—Authors without Borders
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Experience the world while you write. Networking opportunities await you while attend lectures, readings and workshops with award-winning authors and agents. 2008: Provence/Cote d'Azur, France; Ravello, Italy; Puerto Vallarta or Tulum, Mexico; Newton Stewart, Scotland; and Chiang Mai, Thailand.

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