Introducing Weekend Workshops with Master Teachers!
I’ve learned in my brief time here that Sacramento has an abundance of writing talent, and it has been my pleasure to teach private workshops and showcase emerging local writers via Stories on Stage. I still plan to develop and support writers by scheduling a third year of national and local emerging talent for Stories on Stage in 2012, by working privately as a manuscript consultant with writers both within and beyond Sacramento, and by hosting small-group workshops from my Midtown apartment.
However, I believe there are fiction and creative nonfiction writers in the greater Sacramento area hungry for learning experiences from what I refer to as Master Teachers, writers with rich publication and teaching histories, the kind of writers who teach in the best MFA programs and writers conferences across the country, teachers who write craft texts or edit magazines as prominent as the Atlantic Monthly.
Workshops will take place over a weekend, include both Saturday and Sunday, roughly from 10-4 PM with a 90 minute break for lunch. Workshops will be capped at twelve students, and focus on craft, narrative choices, and discussion of student manuscripts, distributed and read in advance. The weekend will usually include an event that’s open to the public, either a reading or craft lecture.
If you would like to be on the email list for these workshops, please fill out the contact form (link on menu bar above).
UPCOMING WORKSHOPS
May 12&13, 2012
Peter
Ho Davies is the author of the story collections Equal Love
& The Ugliest House in the World and the historical novel The
Welsh Girl. His work has appeared in Harpers, Atlantic Monthly,
Paris Review, Prize Stories: The O. Henry Awards and Best
American Short Stories. Granta named him a “Best Young British
Novelist” in 1993. Peter teaches in the University of Michigan MFA program and
has taught at the Bread Loaf and Napa Writers Conferences. The workshop
will be capped at 12 students. The cost is $400. This class currently has a waitlist.
June 30 & July 1, 2012
Mixed Genre Fiction & Creative Nonfiction Workshop
Lynn
Freed has published six novels, a story collection, and
a collection of essays. Her work has appeared in The New Yorker, The
New York Times, Elle, Harpers, Best American Short Stories, and
Pen/O. Henry Prize Series. Lynn teaches in the writing program at UC Davis
and at the Squaw, Napa, and Bread Loaf writers’ conferences. This workshop will be split between six
fiction and six creative nonfiction writers (capped at 12 total). You must sign
up for both the workshop and a specific genre, in order to maintain the
appropriate balance. This workshop is perfect for multi-genre writers or
writers interested in exploring beyond their primary genre, whether that is
fiction or nonfiction. The cost is $400. To apply for the workshop, use
the contact form and include a brief writing sample.
September 1&2,
2012
Kevin
(Mc) McIlvoy is the author of the novels A
Waltz, The Fifth Station, Little Peg, and Hyssop, and the
story collection The Complete History of New Mexico. I refer to Mc as
the manuscript whisperer, for his ability to both guide and inspire
writers. Mc currently teaches in the Low Residency MFA program at Warren Wilson
and is a regular faculty member at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference. He has a
devoted following as an editor and teacher of writing, and a particular
interest in working with mature developing writers.. The workshop will be
capped at 12 students. The cost is $400. There are currently four spaces
available in this workshop. To apply for the workshop, use the
contact form and include a brief writing sample.
There is an interview with Kevin McIlvoy posted on the SoS blog, which you can read here.