From the Acting Director, Jennifer Brice
Has the polar vortex got you dreaming of summer? How about a summer writers’ conference? If so, consider ours.
We offer daily craft talks, workshops, shop talks, and evening readings followed by convivial conversation and (if
you’re still standing) a cocktail or two on the faculty club porch.
To name two of the things that distinguish us from the competition: 1) We offer a writers’ retreat option for people
who’d like to join us for everything but the workshops, and 2) We offer novel- and memoir-intensive workshops for
people who’d like to submit a whole manuscript, not just the first chapter. We also grant generous scholarships to
those in need of them and, for the first time this year, two full fellowships that will cover everything but travel.
This summer’s workshops include the two I mentioned above, in short- and long-form prose, two poetry workshops,
and two new workshops, the first for writers of young adult fiction, the second for those who’d like the structure of
guided prompts and congenial company while they generate writing toward a longer project.
For a detailed description of each
workshop, check the conference website. There you’ll also find brief
biographies of
each of our fabulous faculty members. Because conversation and consultation are at the heart of what we do, we
promise you’ll find us available and friendly as well as helpful.
The conference unfolds on the campus of Colgate University, a top-tier liberal arts college for nearly 3,000 students.
The campus offers air-conditioned
libraries and study areas; ample
recreational athletics facilities; a
boathouse; an
18-hole championship
golf course; computer facilities and wireless access throughout campus.
Also in residence during the week of our conference will be the
Manhattan String Quartet and the
Robert Flaherty Film Seminar, both of which make some events available to us.
APPLY TODAYGot any questions? Feel free to write or call. Not sure you’re ready to come this year, but want to stay in touch? Send
us your name and
contact information, and we’ll add you to our mailing list.