Registration is still open for the 2017 Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat. This is CWC’s 20th Anniversary! Read on and consider joining the celebration. As always, this year’s Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat will open with a Plenary Panel featuring essay presentations and discussion on a theme chosen by consensus the previous year. For this… Continue reading An Anniversary Gift to Yourself
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Come Celebrate CWC’s 20th Anniversary!
Registration is still open for the 2017 Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat. Wondering what to expect if you decide to attend? Read on! As always, this year’s Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat will open with a Plenary Panel featuring essay presentations and discussion on a theme chosen by consensus the previous year. For this CWC… Continue reading Come Celebrate CWC’s 20th Anniversary!
CWC&R Registration Opens Wednesday, February 15
Registration for the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat (CWC&R) opens on this Wednesday, February 15. This year’s CWC&R will take place from July 3 – 7 on Goddard’s Plainfield, Vermont, campus. As always, this conference and retreat will feature: Opening Plenary Panel Stations of the Word Writing Workshops Individual, Quiet Writing Time A “Life… Continue reading CWC&R Registration Opens Wednesday, February 15
If You’re Going to AWP, Stop by Goddard’s Table
Are you and your writer friends going to the 2017 AWP Conference? If so, do stop by Goddard College’s table, which will be in Booth No. 304-T. Assuming packages arrive safely, and as long as supplies last, you’ll also be able to pick up a free copy of CLOCKHOUSE Volume Four: There’s… Continue reading If You’re Going to AWP, Stop by Goddard’s Table
Last Call: CLOCKHOUSE Submissions
If you’d like your creative non-fiction, drama, fiction or poetry considered for inclusion in CLOCKHOUSE’s Volume Five, this is your last chance to submit–February 1 is the deadline! We are pleased and excited to announce that Goddard MFAW faculty member Aimee Liu will curate the volume’s Folio. Aimee is the bestselling author of the novels Flash… Continue reading Last Call: CLOCKHOUSE Submissions
Congratulations to the Newest MFAW Alumni!
On behalf of the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference‘s Board of Stewards and the alumni community of the Goddard College MFAW program, I want to extend my congratulations and warmest welcome to those who graduated in Plainfield, Vermont, during the January 2017 Residency: Derrick Bergeron Jasmine Evans Kris Johannesson Bethany Kelly Karen… Continue reading Congratulations to the Newest MFAW Alumni!
The CLOCKHOUSE Folio
It’s a bit of legal language between the covers: “Clockhouse is a national literary journal published in partnership with Goddard College by the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference, the alumni association of Goddard’s MFA in Creative Writing Program.” This partnership is more than a formality, though: it’s one graced by the advice, care, and hands-on-work of Clockhouse’s faculty… Continue reading The CLOCKHOUSE Folio
CLOCKHOUSE: Words for a Year’s End and Beginning
“This issue celebrates the pain and brilliance in the breaths we take or don’t. See how much time has to offer in the 2016 issue of Clockhouse.” So says Editorial Director Sarah Cedeño in her reflection on what so many wonderful writers contributed to Clockhouse’s Volume Four. Sarah’s “Moments, Lapses, and Spans” feels timely as… Continue reading CLOCKHOUSE: Words for a Year’s End and Beginning
CLOCKHOUSE Volume Four
Copies of 2016’s Clockhouse Volume Four are available, and submissions are still open for what will be Clockhouse’s 2017 Volume Five. Published in partnership with Goddard College by the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference, Clockhouse is an eclectic conversation about the work-in-progress of life–a soul arousal, a testing ground, a new community, a call for change. Volume Four’s… Continue reading CLOCKHOUSE Volume Four
Register Now: Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat
Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat Fri, Feb. 10 – Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, Port Townsend, Washington It’s here! We are thrilled to announce the second annual Lighthouse Writers Conference and Retreat (LWC&R). Revitalize your own work amid the richness of Goddard’s Port Townsend writing community at Fort Worden, while developing strong connections with fellow alumni… Continue reading Register Now: Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat
Save the Dates!
1997 – 2017! And Two Conference & Retreat Opportunities for Celebration We’re thrilled to announce The Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat in will take place in Port Townsend from February 10 – 13, 2017. Registration for this C&R will be open from October 15 – January 15. and The Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat will… Continue reading Save the Dates!
Memories of CWC&R 2016
As you’ll see from the following photos, it was a wonderful week! If you were part of it, many thanks. If you weren’t able to come this year, we hope you’ll consider joining us next year. We’ll post those dates here and on the CWC website as soon as we have them! … Continue reading Memories of CWC&R 2016
Another Sneak Preview: CLOCKHOUSE Volume Four!
CLOCKHOUSE Volume Four will be presented to the CWC and MFAW community at a Preview Reading and Celebration during the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat, and it will be published in July. To give a sense of what we can all look forward to, here’s CLOCKHOUSE Editorial Director Sarah Cedeño’s introductory note to the… Continue reading Another Sneak Preview: CLOCKHOUSE Volume Four!
Sneak Preview: CWC&R Schedule
Co-Coordinators Lucy Turner and Carolyn Bardos have done a wonderful job organizing this year’s Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat. While there may be a bit more tweaking of the time slots, those attending can look forward to: Monday, June 27th 11:00 – 1:00 Arrivals, Check-ins, and Welcomes Aiken Lounge 11:45 – 12:45 Lunch… Continue reading Sneak Preview: CWC&R Schedule
Publication as Incubation
by Sarah Cedeño, Editorial Director of Clockhouse I write this in the final days of May. The upcoming issue of Clockhouse, to be released in July, has been long in the works, but longer than our talented staff of nonfiction, fiction, dramatic and poetry editors know, longer than our design and production editor knows,… Continue reading Publication as Incubation
Giving Back: Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat
I love parties. I also love the opportunity to get to know people one-on-one, in some quiet book-walled room or garden corner. Perhaps most fundamentally, I love the chance to be of help in a good endeavor if and when an opportunity presents itself. Luckily for me—and for others similarly inclined—such things are part of… Continue reading Giving Back: Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat
Wondering What to Expect at CWC&R?
Registration is still open for the 2016 Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat. Wondering what to expect from the Goddard MFA alumni conference if you decide to attend? Read on!
CLOCKHOUSE Congratulates James Hannaham!
Congratulations to James Hannaham on winning the 2016 PEN/Faulker Award for Fiction! We at Clockhouse are thrilled to congratulate James Hannaham on winning the 2016 PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction for his novel Delicious Foods (Little, Brown). In his interview in the current issue of Clockhouse, James speaks about the all-too-factual bedrock of his novel, which… Continue reading CLOCKHOUSE Congratulates James Hannaham!
AWP Alumni & Faculty Reception
On Thursday, March 31st, 6:30-8:00 pm, Goddard College is hosting an Alumni and Faculty Reception at the AWP conference for both the MFAW and BFAW programs in the JW Mariott Hotel’s Diamond Salon 8. Join us! Reconnect with your community, bring your friends!
To the Lighthouse!
Think back to your time at Goddard. The moment of arrival on campus, the first glimpse of your friends and fellow writers from previous residencies. Late nights listening to work at Goddard student salons, exchanging ideas about writing, writers, and literature over a few beers, a glass of wine, or a plate of microwaved nachos.… Continue reading To the Lighthouse!