http://writing.shawguides.com/ ShawGuides - Learning Vacations, Educational Travel and Creative Career Programs en-us Copyright 2012 ShawGuides http://backend.userland.com/rss/ Tue, 22 May 2012 13:00:32 EST http://www.shawguides.com/images/learning_vacations_creative_careers/learning_vacations_creative_careers.gif http://www.shawguides.com <IMG SRC="http://writing.shawguides.com/images/Sponsors/Thumb/wildacres.gif" BORDER="0" height="75" ALT="Writers Conferences Workshops in Little Switzerland, North Carolina"> h3 center BLUE RIDGE WILDACRES WRITERS WORKSHOP July 7-14, 2012 center h3 This week-long, residential workshop is like no other! Held on a mountain top in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, we offer the serious writer what they are looking for a valuable learning experience with a top teaching faculty plus a variety of nighttime programs that will touch your hearts and make you laugh. b Faculty b Includes Phebe Davidson Janice Fuller (team teaching) and Jim Clark (Poetry), Philip Gerard Lee Zacharias (Creative Nonfiction), Ron Rash (Short Story), Luke Whisnant (Flash Fiction),Carrie Brown John Gregory Brown (Novel), Vicki Lane (Commercial Fiction). We have it all beautiful rooms, delicious meals, landscaped grounds, and fantastic workshops. Each evening, we will either stimulate your mind or provide an atmosphere reminiscent of the fun you enjoyed as a child. Four scholarships are available to serious writers ages 21 . We also offer a Writing Retreat on July 1-7, only for those attending the workshop. center b Please visit our website at a href http writing.shawguides.com WildacresWritersWorkshop website www.wildacreswriters.com a and take a picture tour. b center We promise you will leave the mountain with a renewed writing vigor and memories you will never forget. Small classes (10 students), workshops in AM and PM alternating. Subjects poetry, creative nonfiction, short story, flash fiction, novel, and commercial fiction. Year Established: 1986 Number of Programs/Year: 2 Program Length: 1 week Group Size or S:T Ratio: 100 Program Focus: Fiction, Non-fiction, Poetry Faculty: 2012 Inlcudes Phebe Davidson, Janice Fuller Jim Clark (Poetry), Philip Gerard Lee Zacharias (Creative Nonfiction), Ron Rash (Short Story), Luke Whisnant (Flash Fiction), Carrie Brown John Gregory Brown (Novel), Vicki Lane (Commercial Fiction) Costs: 620 workshop fee includes 7 nights shared lodging, meals, manuscript critique. 360 retreat fee (for alums or workshop participants) includes lodging meals. Four scholarships are available. U.S. Locations: Little Switzerland, North Carolina Global Locations: Months: July Click for more information: http://writing.shawguides.com/WildacresWritersWorkshop/ http://writing.shawguides.com/WildacresWritersWorkshop/ http://writing.shawguides.com/WildacresWritersWorkshop/20120309 ShawGuides.com Fri, 09 Mar 2012 05:07:36 EST