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Olvar Wood Writing Retreat
       
Website http://www.perilousadventures.net
Year Established 2008
Program Description Writing retreat that offers courses, mentorships & manuscript appraisals; sponsors a short story competition
Program Length 1 day-5 weeks
Group Size or S:T Ratio 4-7
Program Focus Autobiography/Memoir, Children's, Fiction, Mystery, Nature, Publishing, Romance, Science Fiction/Fantasy, Travel, Young Adult
Faculty Author Nike Bourke (The Bone Flute), has supervised MA & PhD students in creative writing.
Costs From $AU350/weekend, $AU1000/week includes breakfasts, lunches; lodging from $A200/2 nights.
Global Locations Australia (Palmwoods)
Months Year round
Sponsor's Calendar Link http://www.perilousadventures.net/Olvar/OlvarWood.html
Contact Nike Bourke
Writer
Olvar Wood
PO Box 252
Palmwoods, QLD 4555
Australia
Phone: (63) 7 5445 9222
Fax: (63) 7 5445 9277
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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.

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.

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.

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.

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).

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.

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

Abroad Writers Conference—Authors without Borders
Abroad Writers Conference—Authors without Borders
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.

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.

Yosemite Writers Conference
Yosemite Writers Conference
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.

San Francisco Writing for Change Conference
San Francisco Writing for Change Conference
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!

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Fifth House Lodge Retreat
Fifth House Lodge Retreat
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.

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

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 .

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.

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.

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.

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
Santa Barbara Writers Conference
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.

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.

Iowa Summer Writing Festival
Iowa Summer Writing Festival
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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

Gotham Writers' Workshop - WritingClasses.com
Gotham Writers' Workshop - WritingClasses.com
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

Progoff Intensive Journal Program
Progoff Intensive Journal Program
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.

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.

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

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

Jackson Hole Writers Conference
Jackson Hole Writers Conference
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.

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