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SUMMARY:Mining Your Stories Writing Retreat
DESCRIPTION:Join us for the ninth annual Writing Retreat at Shake Rag Alley\, open to writers of all levels. We're excited to kick off the weekend with a visit from Kao Kalia Yang reading from her NEA Big Read The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir.\n\nExplore storytelling\, fiction\, memoir\, flash\, poetry\, and small press publishing with retreat faculty Sheree L. Greer\, Raki Kopernik\, C. Kubasta\, Rebecca Jamieson\, and Kristin Mitchell\, with immersive workshops\, manuscript consultations\, and engaging talks. This weekend of writing in community will challenge you to explore new forms\, deepen your writing practice\, and are led by award-winning published authors and active\, experienced teachers of writing.\n\nChoose your writing workshop with a focus on memoir (Greer)\, fiction (Kopernik)\, or poetry (Kubasta) and join a community of writers for a three-day intensive with prompts\, sharing\, and feedback. Interwoven around these main workshops are morning writing time\, pop-up workshops and panels with Rebecca Jamieson (flash essay) and Kristin Mitchell (small press publishing)\, as well as social events\, a faculty reading\, and open mics. The community of Mineral Point will be sure to inspire with its galleries and local artists. Shake Rag Alley's campus provides bio-breaks and quiet spaces to write as well.\n\nManuscript consultations with faculty are available on a first-come\, first-served basis and at a very affordable price.\n\nRetreat price $340\n\nincludes main workshop selection\, Morning Pages\, optional workshops and activities\, and lunches. Each writing retreat participant will also receive a copy of Yang's memoir.\n\nClass size limited to 12. Registration deadline is May 5.\n\nLearn more: https://shakeragalley.org/retreat-index/writing-retreat/
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Join us for the ninth annual Writing Retreat at Shake Rag Alley\, open to writers of all levels. We&rsquo\;re excited to kick off the weekend with a visit from Kao Kalia Yang reading from her NEA Big Read The Latehomecomer: A Hmong Family Memoir.
\n\nExplore storytelling\, fiction\, memoir\, flash\, poetry\, and small press publishing with retreat faculty Sheree L. Greer\, Raki Kopernik\, C. Kubasta\, Rebecca Jamieson\, and Kristin Mitchell\, with immersive workshops\, manuscript consultations\, and engaging talks. This weekend of writing in community will challenge you to explore new forms\, deepen your writing practice\, and are led by award-winning published authors and active\, experienced teachers of writing.
\n\nChoose your writing workshop with a focus on memoir (Greer)\, fiction (Kopernik)\, or poetry (Kubasta) and join a community of writers for a three-day intensive with prompts\, sharing\, and feedback. Interwoven around these main workshops are morning writing time\, pop-up workshops and panels with Rebecca Jamieson (flash essay) and Kristin Mitchell (small press publishing)\, as well as social events\, a faculty reading\, and open mics. The community of Mineral Point will be sure to inspire with its galleries and local artists. Shake Rag Alley&rsquo\;s campus provides bio-breaks and quiet spaces to write as well.
\n\nManuscript consultations with faculty are available on a first-come\, first-served basis and at a very affordable price.
\n\nRetreat price $340
\n\nincludes main workshop selection\, Morning Pages\, optional workshops and activities\, and lunches. Each writing retreat participant will also receive a copy of Yang&rsquo\;s memoir.
\n\nClass size limited to 12. Registration deadline is May 5.
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LOCATION:Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts 18 Shake Rag St. Mineral Point\, WI 53565
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URL:https://www.mineralpoint.com/events/details/mining-your-stories-writing-retreat-101012
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