POETRY WORKSHOP: JULY 19 - 26, 2008
WRITERS WORKSHOPS: AUGUST 2 - 9, 2008
SCREENWRITING: AUGUST 2 - 9, 2008
Community of Writers
Every summer for 39 years, the Community of Writers at Squaw valley
has brought together poets and prose writers for separate weeks of
workshops, individual conferences, lectures, panels, readings, and
discussions of the craft and the business of writing. Our goal is
to assist writers to improve their craft and thus move them closer to
publication. The Community has a competitive admissions procedure
and the level of writing is high, but interested writers and poets
should not hesitate to apply.
Complete
information on how to apply to each program can be found by following
the program links above and then following the "How to Apply" links. Make
sure your submission/application arrives before the May deadline; all
submissions will be read and evaluated before any admissions decisions
are made.
The Community of Writers was established in 1969 by novelists Blair Fuller and Oakley Hall, who were both residents of the valley.
It was originally staffed by a band of San Francisco writers including
David Perlman, Barnaby Conrad and John Leggett, the latter two of
whom went on to found, respectively, the Santa Barbara Writers
Conference and the Napa Writers Conference.
The Community of Writers continues to be directed by Brett Jones.
Over
the years the community has mounted workshops in Fiction, Nonfiction,
Screenwriting, Playwriting, Poetry, and Nature Writing (the Art of the
Wild Program, which was co-produced by the University of California at
Davis), and Writing the Medical Experience. Lisa Alvarez and Louis B.
Jones now direct the Writers Workshop, which was for twenty years
directed by Carolyn Doty. Literary agent Michael Carlisle directs the
Nonfiction Program. Galway Kinnell directed the Poetry Program for 17
years and Robert Hass has directed it since 2004. Diana Fuller directs
the Screenwriters Workshop, which was founded by screenwriters Tom
Rickman and Gill Dennis.
The Community publishes Omnium Gatherum & Newsletter,
chronicling the publishing and other successes of its participants.
The 2007/2008
Issue is available now!
The Community of Writers rents houses and condominiums in the Valley
for participants to live in during the week of the conference. If, when
you are accepted, you would like us to arrange your accommodations, you
can choose between Single, Double and Multiple rooms within these
units.
A
Single will be a room in which a participant will stay alone and is
$500* for the week. A Double will have twin beds and will be
shared with another participant of the same sex and is $350* for the
week. A Multiple will have bunk beds and will be shared with two or
more participants of the same sex and is $200* for the week, (subject
to availability). If you will need a specific kind of room, return
your deposit with the form as soon as possible after acceptance.
*Prices subject to change without notice.
Dinners
are provided six evenings during the week. Participants are on their
own for breakfast and lunch. There are major supermarkets in Tahoe City
and Truckee, ten miles from Squaw Valley, and the Community Market or the 7-11 in Squaw Valley
should have everything you need. You may prepare your breakfasts
and lunches in your house, or visit one of the cafes in the valley.
Squaw valley,
located in the California Sierra Nevada, close to the north shore of
Lake Tahoe, is a ski resort, the location of the 1960 Winter Olympics.
Summers are warm and sunny; participants will have opportunities to
hike to the local waterfalls, take nature walks up the mountain, swim
in Lake Tahoe, and play tennis, ice skate, or bike along the Truckee
River.
Brett Hall Jones, Executive Director
Squaw Valley Community of Writers
PO Box 1416
Nevada City, CA 95959
(530) 470-8440
Email: brett "at sign" squawvalleywriters "dot" org
(We have removed the link, and spell it out this way to help reduce unwanted spam.)
SUMMER
(June 15 - August 15)
PO Box 2352, Olympic valley, CA 96146
(530) 583-5200
Email: brett "at sign" squawvalleywriters "dot" org
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 The
Community is a 501(C)3 Nonprofit Corporation. We depend on the
generosity of friends, former participants and staff to fund the
scholarship and tuition waivers we grant to our talented
participants. Donations of any size are appreciated. Checks can
be made out to The Community of Writers and mailed to the address
above. Or you can visit http://www.justgive.org and donate with a credit card.
Download Donation Letter
In
2003, under the directorship of Dr. David Watts, the Community of
Writers presented Writing the Medical Experience. Sarah Lawrence
College took over the conference in 2004. We are delighted to report
that Sarah Lawrence College will host the conference again this year.
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