- Take writing classes taught by such award-winning children's writers and editors as Joy Cowley, Patricia Lee Gauch, Eileen and Jerry Spinelli, Kathi Appelt, Helen Hemphill, Kathryn Erskine, and Sneed Collard III, to name just a few of the wonderful writers at the Writers Workshop.You also get to have breakfast, lunch, and dinner with them for a week.
- Choose from more than forty-five hour-long workshops.
- Meet and chat with the Highlights editors and other staff.
- Get to know people interested in writing for children from across the U.S. and around the world.
- Go on such fun outings as a picnic at a farm and a barbecue at a lakefront house .
- Listen to inspirational speeches on writing and literature by such prize-winning writers as Sharon Creech.
- Receive two intensive critiques on your writing from a talented, experienced writer.
- Feast at gala banquet dinners at the historic Athenaeum Hotel.
- Enjoy the ambience of Chautauqua, home of the famed Chautauqua Institution, where you'll step back in time as you stroll past the Victorian gingerbread homes and a lovely lake, take in a concert at the Amphitheatre or head down a cobbled path to a lecture.
- Connect with mentors - both faculty and attendees - who can help you with your writing.
Readers, what writers' conferences and workshops have you attended that you loved or would recommend?
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Ditto, Kathy!! What an inspiring experience.
ReplyDeleteI went in 2004 and loved the whole experience. It was definitely one of the highlights of my writing life so far!
ReplyDeleteMine, too, Dawn!
ReplyDeleteI want to so much. Maybe next year. I've been to Founder's Workshops. I reviewed one on my blog which looks an awful lot like yours. (http://rosihollinbeckthewritestuff.blogspot.com/2011/05/highlights-founders-workshop-with-peter.html) I love the workshops! And I've been to a Carolyn Yoder Alumni Retreat, which I also love so much I'm going to another one this weekend, but I do hope to go to Chautauqua. Lucky you!
ReplyDeleteKathy:
ReplyDeleteI totally agree with your assessment! As for recommendations of conferences, I'd say the SCBWI-LA is spectacular but more overwhelming because you do most of the same things as Chautauqua but squished into 3 or 4 days!
I've put up 3 posts on my blog about Chautauqua so far and expect one more, then a giveaway. Check out my blog and you're welcome to sign up and follow too.
Gail
http://writefromthesoulvisualeyes.blogspot.com