Spring Heat Writers Retreat
The Spring Heat Writer’s Retreat is designed to take you out of your
routine and into your poetry or fiction writing. Break the post winter
doldrums out on the shore of Higgins Lake. With ample time to hike,
explore, or write beside a crackling fire, this weekend is designed to build
community, to give you a much-needed vacation, to inspire your
imagination, and to improve your craft.
routine and into your poetry or fiction writing. Break the post winter
doldrums out on the shore of Higgins Lake. With ample time to hike,
explore, or write beside a crackling fire, this weekend is designed to build
community, to give you a much-needed vacation, to inspire your
imagination, and to improve your craft.
| The 2012 Spring Heat Writers Retreat Schedule (Check for Updates) |
Fiction Faculty: George Dila
George Dila’s second story collection, Nothing More to Tell, was
published by Mayapple Press in July 2011. Bonnie Jo Campbell called
the new collection “funny, perplexing and heartbreaking”, Jack Driscoll
“visceral and graceful”, and Lee K. Abbott “sly and crafty.” His work has
been awarded the Literal Latte Fiction Prize, the Antioch Writers
Workshop Baker Prize, named a Story South Notable Story, and been
nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A native Detroiter, George now lives in
Ludington, where he is the founder/director of the literary program
Ludington Visiting Writers, which publishes Driftwood: A Review of
Michigan Writing. He is also the fiction editor of Third Wednesday Journal.
George Dila’s second story collection, Nothing More to Tell, was
published by Mayapple Press in July 2011. Bonnie Jo Campbell called
the new collection “funny, perplexing and heartbreaking”, Jack Driscoll
“visceral and graceful”, and Lee K. Abbott “sly and crafty.” His work has
been awarded the Literal Latte Fiction Prize, the Antioch Writers
Workshop Baker Prize, named a Story South Notable Story, and been
nominated for a Pushcart Prize. A native Detroiter, George now lives in
Ludington, where he is the founder/director of the literary program
Ludington Visiting Writers, which publishes Driftwood: A Review of
Michigan Writing. He is also the fiction editor of Third Wednesday Journal.
Poetry Faculty: Gerry LaFemina
A noted editor, fiction writer, teacher and poet, Gerry
LaFemina is the author of nine books, including his latest
Vanishing Horizon, 2011, Anhinga Press). For The Parakeets of
Brooklyn he received the 2003 Bordighera Prize. His other
books include Zarathustra in Love and The Window Facing
Winter. Currently he directs the Frostburg Center for
Creative Writing at Frostburg State University where he also
teaches.
A noted editor, fiction writer, teacher and poet, Gerry
LaFemina is the author of nine books, including his latest
Vanishing Horizon, 2011, Anhinga Press). For The Parakeets of
Brooklyn he received the 2003 Bordighera Prize. His other
books include Zarathustra in Love and The Window Facing
Winter. Currently he directs the Frostburg Center for
Creative Writing at Frostburg State University where he also
teaches.
Thursday 4/26:
3:00-5:00: Arrival and “registration”
5:30 Dinner together
LaFemina: TBA.
Dila: TBA.
Friday 4/27:
9:00-10:00 Revision. Re-Vision. (LaFemina)
10:15-11:45
Poetry Workshop- LaFemina
Fiction Workshop- Dila
Lunch
1:00-3:00 Workshop
Time to write/relax
Dinner
7:00-9:00 LaFemina and Dila reading and q-and-a
3:00-5:00: Arrival and “registration”
5:30 Dinner together
LaFemina: TBA.
Dila: TBA.
Friday 4/27:
9:00-10:00 Revision. Re-Vision. (LaFemina)
10:15-11:45
Poetry Workshop- LaFemina
Fiction Workshop- Dila
Lunch
1:00-3:00 Workshop
Time to write/relax
Dinner
7:00-9:00 LaFemina and Dila reading and q-and-a
Saturday 4/28:
9:00-10:00 Fiction Starters (Dila)
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch
1:00-2:00 Craft talks
Dila: TBA
LaFemina: The Line
2:00-3:00 On publishing
Time to write/relax/winter sports
Dinner
7:00-9:00 Participant reading/ work sharing
Sunday 4/28:
9:00-10:00 Last questions
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch together
Goodbyes
9:00-10:00 Fiction Starters (Dila)
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch
1:00-2:00 Craft talks
Dila: TBA
LaFemina: The Line
2:00-3:00 On publishing
Time to write/relax/winter sports
Dinner
7:00-9:00 Participant reading/ work sharing
Sunday 4/28:
9:00-10:00 Last questions
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch together
Goodbyes
| Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center | Higgins Lake, MI |
Tuition and costs: Four days of workshop $165 with a $25 discount for Peninsula Writers members
Room and board (dinner Thursday through lunch Sunday): $235 double occupancy $300 single occupancy (payable on
arrival).
$25 nonrefundable down payment to be paid by April 2, 2012. Click here to download the mail-in registration form.
Room and board (dinner Thursday through lunch Sunday): $235 double occupancy $300 single occupancy (payable on
arrival).
$25 nonrefundable down payment to be paid by April 2, 2012. Click here to download the mail-in registration form.
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April 26-29, 2012