Tag: Residency

Congratulations to the Newest MFAW Alumni

On behalf of the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference Board of Stewards and the alumni community of the Goddard College MFAW program, we want to extend our congratulations and warmest welcome to those who graduated during the recent Port Townsend residency:   Pam Dionne Kimi Hardesty Sean Hart Mitch Inclan Tina Ontiveros Erik Rodgers   We wish… Continue reading Congratulations to the Newest MFAW Alumni

Fellowship for MFAW-WA Faculty Member Beatrix Gates

MFAW-WA faculty member Beatrix Gates has received an appointment as an Alan Jutzi Fellow for Non-traditional Scholars at the Huntington Library next year. The fellowship is for the poetry project, “Good Seeing: Poem of the Full Sky,” which highlights 20th c. astronomer Henrietta Swan Leavitt who discovered the means for Hubble’s measuring the universe and… Continue reading Fellowship for MFAW-WA Faculty Member Beatrix Gates

Deborah Brevoort is Going to Kenya

MFAW-VT faculty member Deborah Brevoort has been invited to serve as a mentor to the Rainmaker musical theatre initiative in Kenya, a new program that is being led by Kenyan pop composer Eric Wainaina. The first workshop will be held in June in Naro Moru, Kenya.  She will be joined by American composer Fred Carl… Continue reading Deborah Brevoort is Going to Kenya

Alchemy of the Word

You asked for them: Those moving, inspiring, thought-provoking keynote and graduation lectures that you couldn’t stop thinking about.  At the residencies for the Goddard MFA in Creative Writing program, “Can I get a copy of that?” is an even more common refrain than “Trust the process!” And now, they can be yours. Goddard College is… Continue reading Alchemy of the Word

Amtrak Writer’s Residency: Rail Tale

I’m writing to you today from the Amtrak quiet car, on a southbound train somewhere in New Jersey. Although the Amtrak Writer’s Residency Program is “currently evaluating the future of the program and do not have a timeline for when the next submission process will launch,” you can still pay out of pocket for a DIY Amtrak residency. That’s what I’ve been doing in 2017, now that my full-time teaching job is in Virginia and my fiancé is a theater director in New York.

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’ve graduated in Port Townsend, Washington, during the February 2017 residency:   Sarah Beahan   Molly Dwyer   Cara Lang   Anna Martin… Continue reading Congratulations to the Newest MFAW Alumni!

A Gift for Yourself: The Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat

Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat Fri, Feb. 10 – Monday, Feb. 13, 2017, Port Townsend, Washington Registration is still open for 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 and Goddard… Continue reading A Gift for Yourself: The Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat

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’ve graduated in Port Townsend, Washington, during the July 15 – 23 residency:   Loba Wakinyan Azul   D. Bergman Friscia   Wanda… Continue reading Congratulations to the Newest MFAW Alumni!

Bon Voyage Garden Party

We’re very happy to share below a note from Elena Georgiou, inviting everyone from the CWC alumni community to attend a Bon Voyage Garden Party to commemorate the retirements of Paul Selig, Nicola Morris, Rachel Pollack, and Jane Wohl, on Sunday evening, June 26.  We’re not able to begin the CWC&R a day early to… Continue reading Bon Voyage Garden Party

Pele’s Fire, Write to the Core: A Glimpse Inside

By Heather Leah Huddleston A writer’s retreat on the Big Island of Hawaii may sound like a far-off dream, but now, it is a reality. Pele’s Fire: Write to the Core, a writer’s retreat at Kalani, a 120-acre retreat space located near the village of Pahoa, is taking place in April 2016. “…for me, the… Continue reading Pele’s Fire, Write to the Core: A Glimpse Inside

The MFAW Post-Graduate Semester

Deadline to apply for both campuses is December 1st Yes, you can come back! We have a new Post Graduate Semester (PGS) option for MFAW alums who want professional feedback in a community atmosphere as they revise, complete, and polish a writing project. Or begin a new project. After years of percolating the idea in response to… Continue reading The MFAW Post-Graduate Semester

Goddard College MFA in Writing Program Offers TV and Libretto Writing

Plainfield, Vt., and Port Townsend, Wash.—Goddard College announced that its low-residency Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFAW) program will offer two new areas of study, television writing and libretto writing, beginning in June of 2015, the start of its fall semester. The program already offers a robust dramatic writing concentration in screenplay and… Continue reading Goddard College MFA in Writing Program Offers TV and Libretto Writing

Some [tiny] examples of the EXTREMELY AMAZING THINGS THAT HAPPEN CASUALLY AT GODDARD AND NOWHERE ELSE*

by Kristen E. Nelson  I got to study with Rebecca (mother-f***ing) Brown. That’s sometimes how I say her name when I get excited about Rebecca, and once you read/meet/encounter/learn from Rebecca, you continue to be excited about her. I read her short story collection What Keeps Me Here and then read all of her books.… Continue reading Some [tiny] examples of the EXTREMELY AMAZING THINGS THAT HAPPEN CASUALLY AT GODDARD AND NOWHERE ELSE*

Traveling Toward Publication

by Kristen Ringman From the moment I arrived on campus, I felt the magic of Goddard.  It wasn’t just the gorgeous woods fringing the campus.  It wasn’t the music building, where the students gathered every evening and often remained until morning.  It wasn’t Darla, the little dog that Program Director Paul Selig always had by… Continue reading Traveling Toward Publication

Come Back to Goddard

The Port Townsend residency, happening now, is excited to be welcoming two of our Vermont alumni, Mary Johnson and Cara Hoffman, who will be reading and doing workshops Monday through Thursday next week. The readings are open to the public, and offer a great time to come see the campus, walk the beach, and get… Continue reading Come Back to Goddard

Welcome Laleh Khadivi

Novelist and documentary filmmaker Laleh Khadivi is joining the faculty in Port Townsend this semester.  Introducing herself in her own words, Laleh writes: “I came to literature through film. My documentary work has focused on the criminal justice system and immigration and I have directed pieces for A&E and produced work for HBO and Sundance.… Continue reading Welcome Laleh Khadivi