Everyone dreams of moving to the beach and becoming a writer. For one weekend in June, you can. UNCW’s nationally recognized Department of Creative Writing announces its inaugural summer writers conference, June 28-30.
In partnership with Randall Library and Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, the Department of Creative Writing presents three days of workshops, discussions and readings, highlighted by a keynote address by noted author and UNCW faculty member Clyde Edgerton and workshops and classes with faculty members Lavonne J. Adams (poetry), Wendy Brenner (fiction), Nina de Gramont (fiction and young adult), James Fitzgerald (publishing), Virginia Holman (creative nonfiction), Emily Louise Smith (publishing), and Beth Staples (publishing).
The conference will focus on the artistic challenges of crafting and revising publishable work, as well as the current publishing climate. Students will have the opportunity to learn about what goes on behind the scenes of literary magazines and small presses.
As befitting our location, we'll offer environmental and place-based writing in a variety of genres, as well as optional tours of local attractions Airlie Gardens and Fort Fisher.
Learn more about our workshop leaders.
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Writers 18 and older are invited to register. |
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