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
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Last Call! Register Now for the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat
The Registration for the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat ends May 15, 2016! While it’s true we that we do take late registration if space permits, please do email co-coordinator Carolyn Bardos at cbardos@clockhouse.net if you’re still thinking of joining us. The conference occurs during the MFAW-VT residency and includes solitary time for writing; works-in-progress sessions… Continue reading Last Call! Register Now for the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat
Stations of the Word: A CWC&R TRADITION
Sam Sherman, a former co-coordinator of the conference and a past member of the Board of Stewards, has designed these sessions for the last several years, and she’s now at work designing a Stations of the Word to delight us in 2016. Here are her thoughts on this beloved CWC&R tradition: The first year I… Continue reading Stations of the Word: A CWC&R TRADITION
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
CWC&R: Of Plenary Topics Past and Future
Registration for the 2016 Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat is Still Open! On a balmy summer night last year, the participants of the Clockhouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat gathered in the Clockhouse at the center of Goddard’s Vermont campus for the conference’s first readings. Some of us knew each other well already, and some had… Continue reading CWC&R: Of Plenary Topics Past and Future
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!
One Registration Closes, Another Opens
By Kathryn Cullen-DuPont It’s been wonderful to see the Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat (LWC&R) come together and welcome the registrations of its first participants. February 12-15 promise to be four wonderful conference and retreat days on the Port Townsend program site, featuring: An opening panel featuring Sarah Kishpaugh, Alison Bailey, and Theresa Barker Writing… Continue reading One Registration Closes, Another Opens
New Convergence
When I graduated from the Port Townsend campus in July 2014, I knew what I would miss the most about the Goddard MFAW program was the semi-annual convergence of word people that constitutes residencies at Fort Worden. Though I was aware that our MFAW alumni association offered a conference and retreat in Vermont, the landmark… Continue reading New Convergence
The Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat
It’s finally here! We’re thrilled to announce that registration is open for the inaugural session of the Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat (LWC&R), which will be held February 12 through 15, 2016. This is an opportunity to revitalize your own work amid the richness of Goddard’s Port Townsend MFAW community at Fort Worden while… Continue reading The Lighthouse Writers’ Conference & Retreat
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
Don’t Write?!?!
Rahna Reiko Rizzuto talks strategies to free yourself from the stranglehold our society’s consumer priorities may be having on your writing today on Hedgebrook’s blog: “I’ve been thinking a lot about being a writer in this world. Not about the need to raise our diverse voices, or to break down the barriers that keep too… Continue reading Don’t Write?!?!
The Gifts of Retreat
It’s 94 degrees in Brooklyn, and I am writing in a pair of blue cashmere fingerless gloves. They are a gift from a dear friend – crafted from recycled goodness, and sent from Canada. They are also a shared talisman that connects me to my tribe: a group of women who inspire me, recognize me,… Continue reading The Gifts of Retreat
Trusting the Process in Tucson
by Kristen Stone One of the most amazing things about my Goddard experience (beside the invective to TRUST THE PROCESS, something I still wrestle with, on the daily, in my writing and non-writing lives) is the connections I made with writers—who became friends—around the country. One such friend is Kristen Nelson, founder and Executive Director… Continue reading Trusting the Process in Tucson
So Someone Called Me a Narcissist…and other thoughts on writing, learning and teaching
My name is Regina Tingle and I write memoir. According to a recent statement by a fiction writer who will remain unnamed, this makes me an “attention-seeking narcissist.” Fine. I’ll step up to that. In fact, I’ll indulge my narcissistic self by sharing a story from my own experience. I don’t find it coincidental that… Continue reading So Someone Called Me a Narcissist…and other thoughts on writing, learning and teaching
Autumn in Tuscany – A Writing Retreat
If inspiration, landscape, mouthfuls of words and food and wine are what you’re looking for. If getting away, delving deep, writing, being heard, writing some more and attentive feedback are what you’re looking for. If gentle morning yoga, invigorating hikes, days of sun and the occasional afternoon rain are what you’re looking for. If unexpected… Continue reading Autumn in Tuscany – A Writing Retreat
Writing residencies and retreats
Who’s been where, and which writing retreats do you recommend? Aerogramme’s new list of retreats for 2015 includes Hedgebrook, an oasis for women writers near and dear to my heart: hard to get into (with 1500 applications this year!) but worth reapplying for, since, once you are a Hedgebrook alumna, you have a family for… Continue reading Writing residencies and retreats