No Open Hours This Weekend
On Saturday/Sunday, April 19/20, 2011, there will be no open hours.
Please join us Friday, April 25, at 7:00 pm for a Literary Salon with author Jane Alison.
Author Jane Alison will discuss what happens when what you need to write is the truth—but you know that the truth will be painful, for you or for others. Alison will explore the risks you take when writing from personal experience and will share her own slow journey from fiction to memoir. Free and open to the public.
Jane Alison was born in Canberra, Australia, and studied classics at Princeton and Brown universities and creative writing at Columbia. Her first novel, The Love-Artist, was published in 2001 by Farrar, Straus & Giroux and has been translated into seven languages. It was followed by The Marriage of the Sea (FSG, 2003), Natives and Exotics (Harcourt, 2005), and a memoir, The Sisters Antipodes (Harcourt, 2009). Her latest book is Change Me: Stories of Sexual Transformation from Ovid, from Oxford University Press. Alison currently lives in Charlottesville and teaches creative writing at the University of Virginia.
WriterHouse and C-VILLE Weekly invite you to submit a short work of creative nonfiction to Charlottesville’s annual writing contest. The final judge will be author Jane Alison. We are beginning a new tradition of rotating genres, with 2014 the first year for Creative Nonfiction (Fiction to return in 2016). One first prize winner will be awarded $500 and a one-year WriterHouse membership in each of the following categories: General, Local Flavor, and Youth. The winning pieces will be published in a July edition of C-VILLE Weekly and winners will be invited to read at a celebratory event.
Contest guidelines:
Instructor: Mary-Sherman Willis
Cost: $60 Members | $65 Non-Members
1 Saturday, April 26, 2014 | 1:00 PM-5:00 PM
Limited to 12 students.
A poem sequence can be as short as a pair of linked poems, or as long as book. What makes a sequence different from a single poem or a collection? Learn what binds a sequence together and keeps it going. We’ll explore the craft elements of time and place, character and voice, language, form, plot, image, and metaphor in sequences by Seamus Heaney, Anne Carson, C.D. Wright, Martha Collins, and others.
Read more: Seminar: Stringing the Pearls: The Poetry Sequence
Instructor: Kathryn Erskine
Cost: $90 Members | $100 Non-Members
Saturday, May 10, 2014 | 9:00 AM-4:00 PM
Limited to 12 students.
Do you want to write for kids? We'll analyze the rules and formulae for writing picture books, chapter books, and middle grade and young adult novels. We'll talk about how to start—and complete—your manuscript, common problems in each art form, and what editors are looking for. Most importantly, we'll talk about the difference between a good manuscript and a great one: research, revision, resolve, and writing from the heart.
Instructor: Alison Penning
Cost: $60 Members | $65 Non-Members
Sunday, May 11, 2014 | 9:00 AM-1:00 PM
Limited to 12 students.
When you submit a story or essay to a journal, what happens to it? How many pages will editors read before making a decision, and how can you get them to keep reading? Learn where to send your work, how to write strong cover letters, how to interpret rejection letters, and more. Bring one story or essay you want to submit to journals.
Read more: Seminar: On Submission: Understanding Your First Readers
Creative Writing Camp for Kids
Session I: Monday-Friday, July 14-July 18, 2014 | 1:00 - 5:00pm
Session II: Monday-Friday, July 21-July 25, 2014 | 1:00 -5:00pm
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Grades 3-5: Story Camp
Session 1 Instructor: TBA
Session 2 Instructor: Robin Albertson-Wren, St. Anne's Belfield School
Put your story ideas on paper, or discover new ideas with the help of other writers.
Grades 6-8: Writing Circle
Session 1 Instructor: Erin James, Henley Middle School
Session 2 Instructor: Jen Wilson, Field School THIS CLASS IS NOW FULL
Spend the week playing with different plots and prompts, creating characters, and responding to fellow writers' work.
Grades 9-12 and 2013 High School Graduates: Writing Workshop
Session 1 Instructor: Charlotte S. Wood, Albemarle High School
Session 2 Instructor: Jordan Taylor, St. Anne's-Belfield
Create new work and polish existing pieces (poetry, fiction, movie scripts, etc.) with supportive feedback from the group.
Read more: Write On!: Grades 3-12 Creative Writing Summer Program
Thank You to our Sponsors for
Words and Wine 2013
The following businesses and individuals contributed prizes, food, or other in-kind or cash donations to help make the event a success:
Order WriterHouse gift certificates online for the holidays! Available in a variety of denominations to please any writer you know.
If you're not a member of WriterHouse's fabulous community of writers, here's what you might be missing:
- Discounts on writing classes and workshops
- Advance notification of new writing classes
- Eligibility to apply for workspace and conference room rental
- Admission to public areas of house during open hours
- Admission to members-only events
- Link to your writing site from our website
- Your own blog hosted on the WriterHouse server
Members-only events include our Anniversary Members Party and an upcoming panel of literary journal editors. You can join the fun by joining WriterHouse today.
