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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 2013 Spring Heat Writers Retreat Schedule (Check for Updates) |
Fiction Faculty: Caitlin Horrocks
Caitlin Horrocks is author of the story collection This Is Not Your City, named
a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, a Barnes and Noble Discover
Great New Writers selection, and one of the best books of 2011 by the San
Francisco Chronicle. Her stories appear in The New Yorker, The Best American
Short Stories, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prize, The Paris
Review, Tin House, One Story, and elsewhere. Her awards include the
Plimpton Prize and a Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Fellowship. She is the
fiction editor of The Kenyon Review, and teaches at Grand Valley State
University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Caitlin Horrocks is author of the story collection This Is Not Your City, named
a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice, a Barnes and Noble Discover
Great New Writers selection, and one of the best books of 2011 by the San
Francisco Chronicle. Her stories appear in The New Yorker, The Best American
Short Stories, The PEN/O. Henry Prize Stories, The Pushcart Prize, The Paris
Review, Tin House, One Story, and elsewhere. Her awards include the
Plimpton Prize and a Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference Fellowship. She is the
fiction editor of The Kenyon Review, and teaches at Grand Valley State
University in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Poetry Faculty: Gerry LaFemina
Gerry LaFemina is the author of nine collections of poetry, prose poetry and
short fiction, including his most recent Vanishing Horizon (Anhinga Press,
2011) and Steam Punk (Smalls Books, 2012). He’s also been the editor or co-
editor of three poetry anthologies and has served as the editor of two
different literary journals. Among his awards are an Irving Gilmore
Emerging Artist Fellowship, a Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural
Affairs Individual Artist Fellowship, the Bordighera Prize in Poetry, and a
Puschart Prize. He directs the Frostburg Center for Creative Writing at
Frostburg State University where he’s an associate professor of English.
Gerry LaFemina is the author of nine collections of poetry, prose poetry and
short fiction, including his most recent Vanishing Horizon (Anhinga Press,
2011) and Steam Punk (Smalls Books, 2012). He’s also been the editor or co-
editor of three poetry anthologies and has served as the editor of two
different literary journals. Among his awards are an Irving Gilmore
Emerging Artist Fellowship, a Michigan Council for the Arts and Cultural
Affairs Individual Artist Fellowship, the Bordighera Prize in Poetry, and a
Puschart Prize. He directs the Frostburg Center for Creative Writing at
Frostburg State University where he’s an associate professor of English.
Thursday 5/16:
3:00-5:00: Arrival and “registration”
5:30 Dinner together
7:00-10:00 Faculty Introductory Sessions:
LaFemina: TBA.
Horrocks: TBA.
Friday 5/17:
9:00-10:00 Revision. Re-Vision. (LaFemina)
10:15-11:45
Poetry Workshop- LaFemina
Fiction Workshop- Horrocks
Lunch
1:00-3:00 Workshop
Time to write/relax
Dinner
7:00-9:00 LaFemina and Horrocks reading and q-
and-a
3:00-5:00: Arrival and “registration”
5:30 Dinner together
7:00-10:00 Faculty Introductory Sessions:
LaFemina: TBA.
Horrocks: TBA.
Friday 5/17:
9:00-10:00 Revision. Re-Vision. (LaFemina)
10:15-11:45
Poetry Workshop- LaFemina
Fiction Workshop- Horrocks
Lunch
1:00-3:00 Workshop
Time to write/relax
Dinner
7:00-9:00 LaFemina and Horrocks reading and q-
and-a
Saturday 5/16:
9:00-10:00 Fiction Starters (Horrocks)
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch
1:00-2:00 Craft talks
Horrocks: TBA
LaFemina: TBA
2:00-3:00 On publishing
Time to write/relax/winter sports
Dinner
7:00-9:00 Participant reading/ work sharing
Sunday 5/19:
9:00-10:30 Workshop
Brunch together
Goodbyes
9:00-10:00 Fiction Starters (Horrocks)
10:15-11:45 Workshop
Lunch
1:00-2:00 Craft talks
Horrocks: TBA
LaFemina: TBA
2:00-3:00 On publishing
Time to write/relax/winter sports
Dinner
7:00-9:00 Participant reading/ work sharing
Sunday 5/19:
9:00-10:30 Workshop
Brunch together
Goodbyes
May 16-19, 2013
| Ralph A. MacMullan Conference Center | Higgins Lake, MI |
Tuition and Costs:
3 Nights accommodations, meals (Thursday dinner through Sunday brunch) , and workshop
$500 single occupancy
$450 double occupancy
$50 nonrefundable down payment to be paid by May 1, 2013. Click here to download the mail-in registration
form.
3 Nights accommodations, meals (Thursday dinner through Sunday brunch) , and workshop
$500 single occupancy
$450 double occupancy
$50 nonrefundable down payment to be paid by May 1, 2013. Click here to download the mail-in registration
form.
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Spring Heat
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