San Miguel Writers' Conference
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Mexico: A Cautionary Tale, By JC Sullivan
Backpacking Poet, JC Sullivan, recently attended the 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference. She sent us an email that stated, “The Conference was amazing — everyone was raving about how fabulous and inspiring it was. What a beautiful gift to the world.” Also included was the following poem. Mexico: A Cautionary Tale I was warned. Repeatedly. … Continue reading
2012 Eight Hour Intensive Workshops
This year’s intensive writing workshops are filling up. If you want a chance to work in a smaller group with a professional writer, (Separate Registration) go to our website and reserve a place before it’s too late. This year we have scheduled eleven two-day workshops for Monday and Tuesday February 20 and 21, 2012. All … Continue reading
Individual Consultations at the 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference
Do you have a novel that you’re itching to get some professional feedback on? Need help polishing that screenplay before you hit Hollywood? Maybe your manuscript is finished and you’re looking for advice on how to break into the online literary world. Whatever stage of a project you are in an “Individual Consolation” can be … Continue reading
“When You Google Afghan Girl” By Valerie Wallace
The San Miguel Writers’ Conference is proud to present Valerie Wallace, the winner of the 2012 writing contest in the category of poetry. The following is one of the three poems she submitted to this years writing contest. When You Google Afghan Girl When you search, she’s everywhere Girl with mint-green eyes, that one … Continue reading
2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference “Writing Contest”
This year we received three times as many submissions as we had expected and our judges have been busy for the past few weeks reading each piece of writing with care. There were political pieces, stories of losing wives and husbands, erotic literature, historical excerpts from novels, and many many more. In each category the … Continue reading
Spotlight Jennifer Clement
The San Miguel Writers’ Conference is pleased to announce that author, Jennifer Clement, will be part of the 2012 faculty. On Friday February 17, she will lead a concurrent, ninety-minute session, “It Is A Delicious Thing To Write: Poetry Workshop.” Participants will do in-class exercises as well as discuss persona, the senses and synesthesia, dialogue, … Continue reading
Spotlight Béa Aaronson
The San Miguel Writers’ Conference is excited to announce that Béa Aaronson will be part of the faculty at our seventh annual event. In a ninety-minute workshop, “Bea’s Beyond Boundaries: Weird & Wonderful Writing Workshop – The Workshop That Can Change Your Life!” she will explore the creative act of writing. Béa was born in … Continue reading
Intensive Writing Workshops
Every year the San Miguel Writers’ Conference offers intensive writing workshops for those who want to work in a smaller group with a professional writer (Separate Registration). This year we are pleased to announce that we have scheduled 11 two-day workshops for Monday and Tuesday February 20 and 21, 2012. All intensive workshops are limited … Continue reading
Spotlight Shelley Puhak
The San Miguel Writers’ Conference is excited to announce that Shelley Puhak will be joining us in February 2012. Shelley will be teaching a ninety-minute session, “The Down and Dirty Guide to Free Verse Forms,” as well as leading an eight-hour intensive poetry workshop, “The Craft of Revision: (Re)forming Your Poems.” Shelley lives in Baltimore … Continue reading
Spotlight Joy Harjo
The Writers’ Conference is excited to announce that Joy Harjo will be coming to San Miguel in 2012, and giving a keynote performance, “Soul Talk, Song Language,” on Friday February 17 which will include music and poetry. On Sunday February 19 she will be participate in a panel on “Writing in the 21st Century.” Joy … Continue reading
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