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Writing Together, IWWG’s 2024 Summer Conference, will take place August 1-5 on the beautiful, seaside campus of Roger Williams University in Bristol, Rhode Island. Join us for this once-a-year immersive weekend; experience Community, Connection, and Creativity in the company of women Writing Together. Register now!
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Thursday, August 1
 

3:30pm EDT

CHECK-IN TO RESIDENCE
All rooms are in 'quad' suites, set up for four (2 bedrooms, 2 in each room). Single rooms (single occupancy per room) share bath, common area and kitchen with another single occupancy room in the suite. Double rooms (double occupancy in twin beds) share bath, kitchen, and common area with another double room occupancy in the suite.
Thursday August 1, 2024 3:30pm - 5:00pm EDT
Bayside Residences
  Orientation/Reception/Mindful

4:30pm EDT

Dinner
Thursday August 1, 2024 4:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
The Commons
  Dining

7:00pm EDT

Welcome & Open Mic
Thursday August 1, 2024 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
GO1 - Auditorium
  Orientation/Reception/Mindful
 
Friday, August 2
 

7:00am EDT

Morning Meditation
Tune into yourself and Mount Hope Bay and connect quietly with others as the conference begins. Lisa will guide us into and out of ten minutes of silent, breath-awareness meditation.
Speakers
avatar for Lisa Freedman

Lisa Freedman

Lisa Freedman is an author, activist, and professor of creative writing at The New School in New York City. She holds an MFA from the New School and is certified as a mindfulness meditation teacher by Dhama Moon/Tibet House. She founded and directs Breathe/Read/Write, an online community... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 7:00am - 7:45am EDT
Waterside
  Orientation/Reception/Mindful

7:00am EDT

Breakfast
Friday August 2, 2024 7:00am - 9:30am EDT
The Commons
  Dining

8:30am EDT

Poetry Intensive: A Daring Adventure
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.—John Steinbeck
As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.—Rumi
Writing is a way of finding and creating meaning is our lives as well as creating art. This generative workshop is based on getting to first thought,  connecting with your senses, and letting go of conscious control.  We will form a supportive community and write daily from prompts, poems, music, art and objects. You will enter the creative process, find an authentic voice and leave with fresh ideas for new writing. Take a risk. Come join us in this Daring Adventure!

Speakers
avatar for Linda Leedy Schneider

Linda Leedy Schneider

Intensive Poetry
LINDA LEEDY SCHNEIDER, a psychotherapist in private practice and poetry mentor, was awarded The Contemporary American Poetry Prize by Chicago Poetry.  She has written six collections of poetry including Through My Window: Poetry of a Psychotherapist (Plain View Press).  A former... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Intensive, Poetry

8:30am EDT

Mythmaking & the Art of Memoir: A Writing Workshop
Memoirs help us find meaning in our lives by showing us how our lives fit into a larger mythic pattern. Although not every memoir reflects a mythic theme, most memoir writers unconsciously reveal mythic themes in their desire to find meaning in their lives. Memoirs address the domains of myth: Who am I? Who are my people? What is my journey? What is my purpose? We will explore contemporary memoirs by Joan Didion, Dani Shapiro, Natasha Trethewey and James McBride from a mythological perspective and respond to short writing prompts to expand your perspective about your own memoir.

Speakers
avatar for Maureen Murdock

Maureen Murdock

Maureen Murdock, Ph.D. is the author of the best-selling book, The Heroine’s Journey, which explores the rich territory of the feminine psyche. This groundbreaking book was released by Shambhala Publications in 2020 in a 30th anniversary publication. It has been translated into... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Memoir

8:30am EDT

Poetry of the Chakras: A Blossoming of Us
Embark on the “Poetry of the Chakras” journey, a transformative experience merging poetry, yoga, and meditation to nurture your spiritual blossoming. This special edition workshop, tailored for the 2024 IWWG Summer Conference, condenses the exploration of the main seven chakras into a three-day intensive. The workshop will explore the profound wisdom of the ancient sages, who likened each chakra to a blossoming lotus flower. Through a delicate balance of yoga, meditation, and poetry, participants will be guided to awaken these energy centers so consciousness can blossom. Aligned with this year's conference theme, "Writing Together - Connection, Creation, Community," each session is designed to:
  • Session 1: Root to Heart to Crown - Connection: Dive into our foundational bonds and the love that liberates us, embodying our connections to self, the Earth, and the Divine.
  • Session 2: Sacral to Throat - Creation: Engage our creative essence and express our truths, celebrating the power of creation, gratitude, and grief.
  • Session 3: Solar Plexus to Third Eye - Community: Harness our power and stories to build and serve our communities, recognizing the collective wisdom we share.
    Throughout this three-day intensive, participants will immerse themselves in yoga, meditation, and creative writing to foster an intimate and collective experience. Please bring a yoga mat and other props to support your practice. Join us for this transformative journey and be part of our collective blossoming.

Speakers
avatar for Sarah Martin

Friday August 2, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G108 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

8:30am EDT

Secrets & Lies: Writing Mystery and Suspense
In this workshop we will focus on how elements of mystery and suspense are used to structure storytelling in genres that promise these effects and in any fiction that draws interest from what is forbidden, or shameful, or perhaps joyfully concealed. Through examples and story-developing exercises, you’ll explore how point of view, time structure, use of place, and combinations of characters provide opportunities for deception, misunderstanding, discovery, surprise, misery, and/or laughter.

Speakers
avatar for Lynne Barrett

Lynne Barrett

Lynne Barrett is the author of Magpies (fiction gold medal, Florida Book Awards), and editor of the anthology Making Good Time, True Stories of How We Do, and Don’t, Get Around in South Florida. Her recent stories and essays appear in Orange Blossom Review, Rivanna Review, Necessary... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G106 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Fiction

10:15am EDT

True Stories/Well Told: Planting Your Memoir in the Reader’s Mind


NOTE: This intensive workshop requires both pre-registration (by July 17) and prior submission of 1-3, double-spaced pages of your own writing (by July 24).
Amy Hempel writes, “I meet a person, and in my mind I’m saying three minutes; I give you three minutes to show me the spark.” This is true for readers as well. Once you capture your readers’ attention, your job is to hold it so your story becomes part of their own experience, takes up residence in their own memory, becomes a memoir that has mattered to them. In this workshop we will be working closely with each other and with your own writing to increase the chance this happens. Topics include using your opening paragraphs to show them “the spark,” continuing to add questions your readers will crave the answers to, becoming a narrative voice that, in Kelly Corrigan’s words, your readers “will want to spend three (or three hundred) pages with.” In addition, we will be working on revealing your characters’ complications (including yours) through actions and increasing the resonance of your writing by adding a third arc to the usual two: narrative and character. There’s a lot more. Annie Dillard tells the would-be memoir writer, “You have to take pains not to hang on the readers’ arms, like a drunk, and say ‘And then I did this, and it was so interesting’.” Memoir can become more memorable; this intensive workshop helps you discover how.

Speakers
avatar for Judith Huge

Judith Huge

Judith Huge has spent over 30 years developing innovative approaches to both learning and writing. As president of her own national consulting firm, teacher of both undergraduate and graduate-level college courses, and director of writing workshops across the country, she has made... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Intensive, Memoir

10:15am EDT

Writer as Witness
Writer as Witness 
We will read a wide range of writers who tackle difficult issues in the world. Some document current injustice and suffering. Others bear witness to history. This is for any writer, no matter the genre, who wants to explore what Carolyn Forche has described as poetry of witness. This is a hands-on writing workshop.

Speakers
avatar for June Gould

June Gould

Memoir
June Gould, Ph.D., is a poet, novelist and the non-fiction author of, The Writer in All of Us, E.P. Dutton, In the Shadow of Trains and Beyond the Margins. She has also co-written, Counting the Stones, a book of Holocaust poetry.  She is a Master writing teacher who has led International... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Memoir

10:15am EDT

Writing Toward Wholeness
What is wholeness? How do we approach our longing for wholeness? We will look first at journaling as the door to a deeper understanding of ourselves. Then at active imagination to listen to the voice within and find our stories. The third day we will look at memoir writing, putting the pieces of ourselves together as we cultivate our deeper selves. There will be handouts and suggested writing exercises. All are welcome for one day or for the three!

Speakers
avatar for Susan Tiberghien

Susan Tiberghien

Susan M. Tiberghien, American author and teacher living in Geneva, brings together spirituality and psychology in her work. Author of four memoirs and two writing books, she has taught at International Women’s Writing Guild, C.G. Jung Centers, and writers’ associations in Europe... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Multi-genre

10:30am EDT

LUNCH
Friday August 2, 2024 10:30am - 1:00pm EDT
The Commons
  Dining, Lunch

1:00pm EDT

Mindful Editing: Improve Your Own Writing (In-Person)
Be mindful. Edit with grace and clarity. Engage your inner editor and let your creative writer brain take a well-deserved 75-minutes off!  In this workshop, Andi Penner will share with you some mindful self-editing processes and guidelines she has honed over years as an English professor, technical writer and editor, and poet. Andi advocates clear, correct, and error-free writing to help you enhance your reputation as a writer who cares about her medium, i.e., words on a page. You will learn and practice basic editing concepts and skills in a fun, safe environment. You’ll leave with new knowledge and several resources (print and online). Even with minimal but careful attention to style, you can greatly enhance your own work.
Speakers
avatar for Andi Penner

Andi Penner

Andrea (Andi) M. Penner, an IWWG member for 3 years, recently retired from a long and varied career in college teaching, administration, technical writing, and editing. She’s also published two collections of poetry, When East Was North (2012) and Rabbit Sun Lotus Moon (2017). Andi... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Editing

1:00pm EDT

Reel Story Class: ScreenPlay: So You Think Your Life's A Movie (Session 1)
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! This class is not just for screenwriters. It is for novelists, memoirists, personal essayists, short-story writers, or ANYONE who wants to learn to get to their own good story FAST. It's a wild ride, fun and informative. Students will learn the nuts and bolts of screenwriting: the industry accepted three-act structure of a film including the all-important log line, plot points, subplots, character, dialogue and on the last day, Linda will stop and start an Academy Award winning film to see in action what you've learned previously, such as character’s arcs, plot points and act breaks.
Speakers
avatar for Linda Bergman

Linda Bergman

So You Think Your Life's a Movie?
Linda Bergman has worked for every major studio and TV network. She has been paid to write 21 film and TV scripts and has produced five of them. With experience as a seller and a buyer in Hollywood, she will lead you through the steps to write your film. And to prove her steps, she... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Screenplay

1:00pm EDT

The Art of Poems
Reading and writing poems through sensory exercises, we will experience and create poems that stir us to feel in unexpected ways. 

Speakers
avatar for Myra Shapiro

Myra Shapiro

Myra Shapiro, born in the Bronx, returned to New York City after forty-five years in Georgia and Tennessee where she raised two daughters and worked as a teacher and librarian. Her books of poetry are I'll See You Thursday and 12 Floors Above the Earth, her memoir, Four Sublets: Becoming... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Poetry

1:00pm EDT

Writing to Heal - Healing to Write
 "Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."      Helen Keller                                                                                                                                                              
How do you turn pain into poetry, fear into fiction and trauma into storytelling? How can you excavate the past to create powerful writings in the present? What are the waking, walking wounds that get in the way of your words? How do you recover from rejection slips, writing blocks and unfinished manuscripts? Come and create in the community of each other using music and meditation, engaging exercises, inanimate objects, humor and handouts. Discover new ways of being and belonging, owning your truths and sharing the stories your scars want to tell. All writing levels, all genres and all hearts are welcome.

Speakers
avatar for Dorothy Randall Gray

Dorothy Randall Gray

Dorothy Randall Gray is the author of bestseller Soul Between The Lines (Avon/HarperCollins), an inspirational teacher, award-winning visual artist, and LA Poet-in- Residence. Her publications include Muse Blues, The Passion Collection, Woman, Fierce With Reality, Family, Tamarinda... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G106 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Multi-genre

2:45pm EDT

From Inspiration to Publication: The Tremendous Potential of Our Words
Our writing has its own narrative arc—it starts with a tiny thought, then travels from mind to heart to page to the people. Our words matter. Stories can change a life, a culture. We are both the creators and shepherds of our projects. The more we understand the power of our words, the purpose of our stories, the more passion will we invest in their birth and life. This workshop deals with both the yin and yang of that process: the intuitive, interior creative side and the logical, external marketing side. We will cover both the WHY-TO and the HOW-TO of our craft, since it is the fusion of both that leads to success. Bring your creativity to a new level, sharpen your focus and voice, and learn what it takes to get your words in print.
Some of the areas we'll cover include:
• Seeing the whole picture of your project from inspiration to publication
• Five elements of a winning book proposal
• Understanding and growing your audience
• Finding your voice and trusting its authority no matter what you’re writing 
• Wrestling with the publish/self-publish/do I need an agent conundrums
• Using every avenue for creating your platform and expanding your creative reach



Speakers
avatar for Jan Phillips

Jan Phillips

Jan Phillips is a writer, teacher, photographer and activist. She is the author of 10award-winning books and publisher of the photo-memoir Born Gay. She is a nationalworkshop/retreat director who connects the dots between creativity, spirituality andsocial justice. Her books include... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Multi-genre

2:45pm EDT

Getting Below the Words: A Journey Through SoulCollage®
Working with images can take us deep. Images can get to “the words below the words”and can help us bridge the gap when there are experiences for which we don’t yet have the words. Working with SoulCollage® is like awake dream work. You will find that working with images can be refreshing and can recharge your creative batteries. No previous “artist experience or skill” needed. Come with “beginners mind”, ready to engage in deep play and discovery! In this workshop, you will learn about the process of SoulCollage®. Each day we will cover a different facet of the process, and each day you will be able to create cards for your individual, intuitive deck of SoulCollage® cards. Part of the process is written dialogue with the images on the cards you have made. Each day, you will have the option to use some of the workshop time to write from your cards. Even though all art supplies will be furnished, please feel free to bring copies of photos of important people, animals, landscapes in your lives, or to bring any images that call to you between now and then. (But you do not need to bring anything-- there will be PLENTY of images, art paper, stickers etc. to choose from every day!!!!). There will be a voluntary daily donation to help cover the cost of art supplies. Each participant will also receive a poetry packet and handouts that give more in depth background on the SoulCollage® process.
SoulCollage® is a process for creating small collages on matboard. There is no “regulation size” but the most commonly used size is 5 X 8 inches, because it needs to be small enough to be a card in a deck of intuitive cards, but large enough to work with easily when collaging. This process was developed by Seena Frost, and at this writing there are hundreds of trained SoulCollage® facilitators in the US and around the world. Judith Prest trained in 2008 with Seena Frost to be a facilitator of SoulCollage® workshop. For more background on SoulCollage®, visit their website at www.soulcollage.com.
Speakers
avatar for Judith Prest

Judith Prest

Judith Prest is a poet, photographer, mixed media artist and creativity coach. Her poems have been published in several literary journals and in seven anthologies. Recently, her chapbook manuscript, After, was accepted by Finishing Line Press, and is scheduled to be in print by May... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm EDT
G108 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, SoulCollage®

2:45pm EDT

How to Bring Untold History to Life
Do you have a history in your mind to write in a creative way, but you do not know how or where to start? Why does that specific history matter to you? Why are you holding on to the story? Please come and bring untold history in your heart to Tanya’s workshop. Tanya will show how her history based on “Comfort Woman” was written in poems and translated into different languages and how she turned it into a play. This workshop will benefit people who have
something in their mind to write but procrastinate to write about that story. This is how Tanya wrote Comfort Woman:

Tanya was shocked and horrified to learn about comfort women during her MFA program. As a Korean American woman, it altered her perspective to realize nobody in her life was aware, or had made her aware, of an atrocity directed at Korean women. She hesitated to write about it at first, uncertain whether she
should take up the responsibility for talking about the comfort women from an uninformed perspective. Compelled to do more than raise comfort women’s stories, she wanted to engage others in thoughtful witness to a trauma that has been historically dismissed. Through documentary research, Tanya gained the insight and confidence to connect deeply with her subject matter. Her research became a thesis, which became a collection of poetry, and now, a play.

Workshop 
What kind of art form do you want to create with history that you want to share in an artistic form? Do you have a historical story in your mind to write in creative ways? Bring all the research information that you have so far and let’s make a plan: In this class, participants will share what story in their mind to start writing and how they want to share in platform. Tanya will have methods to work on how to research and how to record. Tanya will bring how she researched through books, photos, articles, etc to share with you her project. After this class, participants will be inspired to start to tell their untold stories and will walk out the class with their simple plan to start in their hands.
Speakers
avatar for Tanya Ko Hong

Tanya Ko Hong

Tanya Ko Hong (Hyonhye) is an internationally published poet, translator, and cultural curator championing bilingual poetry and poets. Born and raised in South Korea, she immigrated to the USA at the age of eighteen. She holds an MFA degree from Antioch University, Los Angeles. Tanya’s... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Multi-genre

2:45pm EDT

The Lioness in Winter
Aging means loss, but it does not mean all is lost as we navigate old age. This workshop, based on the book of the same name by author Ann Burack-Weiss, will explore the lived experience of aging women. Writers of every genre are welcome. Using excerpts from the book, writers will be prompted to dialogue with Ann and her Lionesses, such as Collette, May Sarton, MFK Fisher, Florida Scott-Maxwell, Diana Athill, and Maya Angelou, as well as with each other. Writers will leave the workshop having strengthened their core sense of self, while generating poems or essays that may contribute to the canon on women and aging. 

Speakers
avatar for Heather Cariou

Heather Cariou

HEATHER SUMMERHAYES CARIOU B.F.A., M.S. (Narrative Medicine) was a2016/17 post-graduate Fellow in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University, andrecipient of the 2019 Stanford Med Kalanithi Writing Award. She worked professionallyfor several years as an actor/singer/dancer in both... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

2:45pm EDT

Your Memoir As Monologue: A Play Lab for Writing Theatrical Monologues for the Stage (Session 1)
Memoir as Monologue is a three-Day Play Lab intensive with a public SHOWCASE performance online with guest actors, produced by Kelly DuMar. All writers will have the chance to have their monologue performed in the showcase, with a follow up Q&A. This workshop will help you artistically express what you’ve overcome and achieved, and creatively share your experience to benefit others through the medium of theater. You’ll learn how to write successful dramatic monologues based on your life that are personally meaningful, emotionally satisfying, and relevant and engaging for an audience. Through writing prompts and creative exploration, you’ll develop your ordinary and extraordinary life experiences into powerful, dramatic monologues that can be performed by an actor––or you––with universal appeal. We’ll include a discussion of elements of dramatic structure, including the role of conflict, plot, communicating subtext, voice, narrative, and the importance of set-up. New writing will be generated and revised daily. Beginning and experienced writers are welcome.  
Speakers
avatar for Kelly DuMar

Kelly DuMar

ABOUT KELLY DUMAR: Kelly is a playwright and poet who facilitates workshops for creative writers across the US. Kelly’s fourth poetry collection, “jinx and heavenly calling,” was published in March 2023 by Lily Poetry Review Press. Her award-winning plays have been produced... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 2:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
G106 - Global Heritage Hall
  Intensive, Play Lab

4:30pm EDT

Fiction Critique
Speakers
avatar for Lynne Barrett

Lynne Barrett

Lynne Barrett is the author of Magpies (fiction gold medal, Florida Book Awards), and editor of the anthology Making Good Time, True Stories of How We Do, and Don’t, Get Around in South Florida. Her recent stories and essays appear in Orange Blossom Review, Rivanna Review, Necessary... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Critique

4:30pm EDT

Non Fiction Critique
Speakers
avatar for Susan Tiberghien

Susan Tiberghien

Susan M. Tiberghien, American author and teacher living in Geneva, brings together spirituality and psychology in her work. Author of four memoirs and two writing books, she has taught at International Women’s Writing Guild, C.G. Jung Centers, and writers’ associations in Europe... Read More →
avatar for Judith Huge

Judith Huge

Judith Huge has spent over 30 years developing innovative approaches to both learning and writing. As president of her own national consulting firm, teacher of both undergraduate and graduate-level college courses, and director of writing workshops across the country, she has made... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Critique

4:30pm EDT

Poetry Critique
Speakers
avatar for Myra Shapiro

Myra Shapiro

Myra Shapiro, born in the Bronx, returned to New York City after forty-five years in Georgia and Tennessee where she raised two daughters and worked as a teacher and librarian. Her books of poetry are I'll See You Thursday and 12 Floors Above the Earth, her memoir, Four Sublets: Becoming... Read More →
avatar for Linda Leedy Schneider

Linda Leedy Schneider

Intensive Poetry
LINDA LEEDY SCHNEIDER, a psychotherapist in private practice and poetry mentor, was awarded The Contemporary American Poetry Prize by Chicago Poetry.  She has written six collections of poetry including Through My Window: Poetry of a Psychotherapist (Plain View Press).  A former... Read More →

Friday August 2, 2024 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Critique

4:30pm EDT

DINNER
Friday August 2, 2024 4:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
The Commons
  Dining, Dinner

6:30pm EDT

Conversation with Sigrid Nunez
Friday August 2, 2024 6:30pm - 7:00pm EDT
VIRTUAL-ZOOM

7:00pm EDT

OPEN MIC
Friday August 2, 2024 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
GO1 - Auditorium
  Open Mic
 
Saturday, August 3
 

7:00am EDT

Breakfast
Saturday August 3, 2024 7:00am - 9:30am EDT
The Commons
  Dining

8:30am EDT

Poetry Intensive: A Daring Adventure
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.—John Steinbeck
As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.—Rumi
Writing is a way of finding and creating meaning is our lives as well as creating art. This generative workshop is based on getting to first thought,  connecting with your senses, and letting go of conscious control.  We will form a supportive community and write daily from prompts, poems, music, art and objects. You will enter the creative process, find an authentic voice and leave with fresh ideas for new writing. Take a risk. Come join us in this Daring Adventure!

Speakers
avatar for Linda Leedy Schneider

Linda Leedy Schneider

Intensive Poetry
LINDA LEEDY SCHNEIDER, a psychotherapist in private practice and poetry mentor, was awarded The Contemporary American Poetry Prize by Chicago Poetry.  She has written six collections of poetry including Through My Window: Poetry of a Psychotherapist (Plain View Press).  A former... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Intensive, Poetry

8:30am EDT

Authentically Me: The Value of My Story
Join us for a transformative workshop, "Authentically Me: The Value of My Story," where we delve into the essence of your unique narrative. Discover the profound significance of your story and unlock the six key elements that identify and define your self-worth and the value you bring to the world. In this empowering session, we will guide you through introspective exercises and discussions to help you recognize and embrace the authentic you.
Key Workshop Elements:
  1. Self-Reflection: Embark on a journey of self-discovery through guided reflections, allowing you to gain insights into your authentic self via your personal experiences, perspectives, and beliefs.
  2. Storytelling Techniques: Revisit the art of storytelling as a powerful tool for self-expression. Explore various techniques to communicate your narrative effectively.
  3. Values Clarification: Identify the core values that shape your beliefs and actions, providing a foundation for understanding your unique contribution to the world.
  4. Distinguish Who You Are Vs What You Do: Create a brief analysis evaluating who you are at your core versus what you do to help uncover your strengths and acknowledge challenges, fostering a holistic understanding of your capabilities and areas for growth.
  5. Impactful Communication: Develop skills to communicate your story authentically, fostering authentic, meaningful connections with others.
  6. Create a 1-3 Minute Pitch: Create a short pitch that highlights who you are, your beliefs, and integral parts of your evolving story.
By the end of this workshop, you will have gained a deeper understanding of yourself, recognizing the intrinsic value you bring to the world. Join us in creating a space where authenticity is celebrated, stories are honored, and self-worth is elevated. Embrace the power of your narrative and embark on a journey towards living authentically, uniquely, and unapologetically you.

Speakers
avatar for Terri Bailey

Terri Bailey

Founder/ED, Balley Learning and Arts Collective
Terri L. Bailey is a Gainesville, Florida native, born and raised in the Pleasant Street/5th avenue district. She is a writer of poetry, speculative fiction, black horror, and a spoken word artist. To date, she lists her proudest writing accomplishments as:1.Having her poem, “Normally... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

8:30am EDT

Mythmaking & the Art of Memoir: A Writing Workshop
Memoirs help us find meaning in our lives by showing us how our lives fit into a larger mythic pattern. Although not every memoir reflects a mythic theme, most memoir writers unconsciously reveal mythic themes in their desire to find meaning in their lives. Memoirs address the domains of myth: Who am I? Who are my people? What is my journey? What is my purpose? We will explore contemporary memoirs by Joan Didion, Dani Shapiro, Natasha Trethewey and James McBride from a mythological perspective and respond to short writing prompts to expand your perspective about your own memoir.

Speakers
avatar for Maureen Murdock

Maureen Murdock

Maureen Murdock, Ph.D. is the author of the best-selling book, The Heroine’s Journey, which explores the rich territory of the feminine psyche. This groundbreaking book was released by Shambhala Publications in 2020 in a 30th anniversary publication. It has been translated into... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Memoir

8:30am EDT

Poetry of the Chakras: A Blossoming of Us
Embark on the “Poetry of the Chakras” journey, a transformative experience merging poetry, yoga, and meditation to nurture your spiritual blossoming. This special edition workshop, tailored for the 2024 IWWG Summer Conference, condenses the exploration of the main seven chakras into a three-day intensive. The workshop will explore the profound wisdom of the ancient sages, who likened each chakra to a blossoming lotus flower. Through a delicate balance of yoga, meditation, and poetry, participants will be guided to awaken these energy centers so consciousness can blossom. Aligned with this year's conference theme, "Writing Together - Connection, Creation, Community," each session is designed to:
  • Session 1: Root to Heart to Crown - Connection: Dive into our foundational bonds and the love that liberates us, embodying our connections to self, the Earth, and the Divine.
  • Session 2: Sacral to Throat - Creation: Engage our creative essence and express our truths, celebrating the power of creation, gratitude, and grief.
  • Session 3: Solar Plexus to Third Eye - Community: Harness our power and stories to build and serve our communities, recognizing the collective wisdom we share.
    Throughout this three-day intensive, participants will immerse themselves in yoga, meditation, and creative writing to foster an intimate and collective experience. Please bring a yoga mat and other props to support your practice. Join us for this transformative journey and be part of our collective blossoming.

Speakers
avatar for Sarah Martin

Saturday August 3, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G108 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

8:30am EDT

Secrets & Lies: Writing Mystery and Suspense
In this workshop we will focus on how elements of mystery and suspense are used to structure storytelling in genres that promise these effects and in any fiction that draws interest from what is forbidden, or shameful, or perhaps joyfully concealed. Through examples and story-developing exercises, you’ll explore how point of view, time structure, use of place, and combinations of characters provide opportunities for deception, misunderstanding, discovery, surprise, misery, and/or laughter.

Speakers
avatar for Lynne Barrett

Lynne Barrett

Lynne Barrett is the author of Magpies (fiction gold medal, Florida Book Awards), and editor of the anthology Making Good Time, True Stories of How We Do, and Don’t, Get Around in South Florida. Her recent stories and essays appear in Orange Blossom Review, Rivanna Review, Necessary... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G106 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Fiction

9:00am EDT

“Our Blinding, Bright Lives” : A Meditation and Freewriting Circle #1
We will gather, and Lisa will guide us in five minutes of silent, breath-awareness meditation. Then we will freewrite off quotes and poems by Tracy K. Smith and share what comes through. The sharing is optional. The focus here is listening – listening to your inner self, listening to Tracy K. Smith’s lines, and listening to your own and each other’s words. 

Speakers
avatar for Lisa Freedman

Lisa Freedman

Lisa Freedman is an author, activist, and professor of creative writing at The New School in New York City. She holds an MFA from the New School and is certified as a mindfulness meditation teacher by Dhama Moon/Tibet House. She founded and directs Breathe/Read/Write, an online community... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
VIRTUAL-ZOOM
  Virtual Track

10:15am EDT

True Stories/Well Told: Planting Your Memoir in the Reader’s Mind


NOTE: This intensive workshop requires both pre-registration (by July 17) and prior submission of 1-3, double-spaced pages of your own writing (by July 24).
Amy Hempel writes, “I meet a person, and in my mind I’m saying three minutes; I give you three minutes to show me the spark.” This is true for readers as well. Once you capture your readers’ attention, your job is to hold it so your story becomes part of their own experience, takes up residence in their own memory, becomes a memoir that has mattered to them. In this workshop we will be working closely with each other and with your own writing to increase the chance this happens. Topics include using your opening paragraphs to show them “the spark,” continuing to add questions your readers will crave the answers to, becoming a narrative voice that, in Kelly Corrigan’s words, your readers “will want to spend three (or three hundred) pages with.” In addition, we will be working on revealing your characters’ complications (including yours) through actions and increasing the resonance of your writing by adding a third arc to the usual two: narrative and character. There’s a lot more. Annie Dillard tells the would-be memoir writer, “You have to take pains not to hang on the readers’ arms, like a drunk, and say ‘And then I did this, and it was so interesting’.” Memoir can become more memorable; this intensive workshop helps you discover how.

Speakers
avatar for Judith Huge

Judith Huge

Judith Huge has spent over 30 years developing innovative approaches to both learning and writing. As president of her own national consulting firm, teacher of both undergraduate and graduate-level college courses, and director of writing workshops across the country, she has made... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Intensive, Memoir

10:15am EDT

Finding Mrs. Phillis: a poets lemonade
Poet Phillis Wheatley Peters survived and was published while enslaved. She did it by making connections - the sweetest cup of lemonade within her sour situation! We will discuss poems and letters she shared with folks/ you will get prompts and write poems based on the theme. 
Speakers
avatar for Toni Bee

Toni Bee

Poet / Curator/ Event Host/ Founder / StoryTeller, tonibee.org
Toni Bee is a poet, educator, and photographer raised in Boston, MA, educated in Roxbury. She was elected Poet Populist of Cambridge - the first woman to grace that position.  Toni is also the Inaugural Cambridge Poetry Ambassador and was a teaching artist and storyteller at The... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
G106 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

10:15am EDT

Writer as Witness
Writer as Witness 
We will read a wide range of writers who tackle difficult issues in the world. Some document current injustice and suffering. Others bear witness to history. This is for any writer, no matter the genre, who wants to explore what Carolyn Forche has described as poetry of witness. This is a hands-on writing workshop.

Speakers
avatar for June Gould

June Gould

Memoir
June Gould, Ph.D., is a poet, novelist and the non-fiction author of, The Writer in All of Us, E.P. Dutton, In the Shadow of Trains and Beyond the Margins. She has also co-written, Counting the Stones, a book of Holocaust poetry.  She is a Master writing teacher who has led International... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Memoir

10:15am EDT

Writing Toward Wholeness
What is wholeness? How do we approach our longing for wholeness? We will look first at journaling as the door to a deeper understanding of ourselves. Then at active imagination to listen to the voice within and find our stories. The third day we will look at memoir writing, putting the pieces of ourselves together as we cultivate our deeper selves. There will be handouts and suggested writing exercises. All are welcome for one day or for the three!

Speakers
avatar for Susan Tiberghien

Susan Tiberghien

Susan M. Tiberghien, American author and teacher living in Geneva, brings together spirituality and psychology in her work. Author of four memoirs and two writing books, she has taught at International Women’s Writing Guild, C.G. Jung Centers, and writers’ associations in Europe... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Multi-genre

10:15am EDT

Reframe our world through words: Exploring word definition through mindful writing
This session explores how words define our world and often suppress our view. Once we settle in, the leader will share with participants a reading on the word "before" and how she discovered the limits of this word in her world and share with participants the process of mindful writing. The session then begins with silent readings from our favorite books on mindfulness. Bring your own, or borrow one from the leader's library. Next, find a reading to help open your space and support your ability to meditate on your writing. Open your journal, find a word to reframe, and write.
It is recommended that participants bring a journal and favorite writing instrument for freelance writing, as computers often block our ability to focus on mindful writing. There is plenty of time for word and grammar checks later!

 
Speakers
avatar for Joyce L'Heureux

Joyce L'Heureux

Joyce L’Heureux holds her Master of Arts in Communication from the University of Rhode Island. She has and continues to study mindfulness and meditation from various programs, most recently completing Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Foundations Teacher Training. Ms. L’Heureux... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 10:15am - 12:00pm EDT
G108 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

10:30am EDT

LUNCH
Saturday August 3, 2024 10:30am - 1:00pm EDT
The Commons
  Dining, Lunch

11:00am EDT

Flashes of Fiction
In this workshop, we will look at and write flash fiction, and pay careful attention to what makes this form unique. We will discuss the palpable and rich textures these tiny stories can evoke and how other authors weave such elements with so few words. Through examples and flash-story developing exercises, we will define how character, point of view, description, and setting play key roles in this form. This workshop is for any level and we will work on several exercises to help you work with the form.
Speakers
avatar for Melissa Michal

Melissa Michal

Melissa Michal is of Seneca, Welsh, and English decent. She is a fiction writer, essayist, photographer, and coach and consultant. She has been grateful to read at the National American Indian Museum in DC and Amerind Museum in Dragoon. Melissa has work appearing in The Florida Review... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 11:00am - 12:15pm EDT
VIRTUAL-ZOOM
  Virtual Track

12:00pm EDT

Book Fair
Saturday August 3, 2024 12:00pm - 4:00pm EDT
ATRIUM - Global Hertiage Hall
  Book Fair

1:00pm EDT

Writing Peace
Writing Peace - how women are imagining culture and place beyond conflict and war. 
Speakers
avatar for Amy Shimshon-Santo

Amy Shimshon-Santo

Dr. Amy Shimshon-Santo believes that creativity is a powerful tool for personal and social transformation. She was born on Tovaangar land in current day Los Angeles, and has immediate family in the Southwest, the Middle East, and South America. Her art and community work nourish... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
VIRTUAL-ZOOM
  Virtual Track

1:00pm EDT

Reel Story Class: ScreenPlay: So You Think Your Life's A Movie (Session 1)
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! This class is not just for screenwriters. It is for novelists, memoirists, personal essayists, short-story writers, or ANYONE who wants to learn to get to their own good story FAST. It's a wild ride, fun and informative. Students will learn the nuts and bolts of screenwriting: the industry accepted three-act structure of a film including the all-important log line, plot points, subplots, character, dialogue and on the last day, Linda will stop and start an Academy Award winning film to see in action what you've learned previously, such as character’s arcs, plot points and act breaks.
Speakers
avatar for Linda Bergman

Linda Bergman

So You Think Your Life's a Movie?
Linda Bergman has worked for every major studio and TV network. She has been paid to write 21 film and TV scripts and has produced five of them. With experience as a seller and a buyer in Hollywood, she will lead you through the steps to write your film. And to prove her steps, she... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Screenplay

1:00pm EDT

The Art of Poems
Reading and writing poems through sensory exercises, we will experience and create poems that stir us to feel in unexpected ways. 

Speakers
avatar for Myra Shapiro

Myra Shapiro

Myra Shapiro, born in the Bronx, returned to New York City after forty-five years in Georgia and Tennessee where she raised two daughters and worked as a teacher and librarian. Her books of poetry are I'll See You Thursday and 12 Floors Above the Earth, her memoir, Four Sublets: Becoming... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Poetry

1:00pm EDT

Writing about Family Lore and Superstitions
How many times has someone in your family, maybe your mother or father, an aunt or distant cousin, shared an old family story that started like this, “You might not believe this, but this actually happened…” and how many times did you wonder if their stories were true? Many families pass stories and superstitions down from generation to generation and these stories are not limited to a particular culture or geography.
We all might have heard a story about someone who sent a message beyond the grave or who had a miraculous recovery from a mysterious illness or maybe even a family curse. Whatever the story or stories may be, this workshop will help you document the story and add to it with vivid descriptions, characters and maybe even a larger plot that you can turn into a longer creative work.
Speakers
avatar for Elizabeth Santiago, PhD

Elizabeth Santiago, PhD

Elizabeth Santiago, PhD, Liz, is the founder of The Untold Narratives – a free website dedicated to the art and craft of storytelling. As a fiction writer and writing teacher living in Boston, she seeks to elevate underrepresented and under-heard voices. Her debut novel publish... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G07 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

1:00pm EDT

Writing the Matrilineal
This workshop will help us cultivate the seeds of history and story from our mothers and other women ancestors. We will revisit tales we've heard throughout childhood and life--or experiences we've had with women in our family--as inspiration for fantastical fiction. We will invite a little magic into the real world of everyday lives. The magic we create may be in the realm of the very possible (like caregiving for the sick) to the impossible (escaping danger through the supernatural). We will look at various examples in published texts and have time to start our own stories.
Speakers
avatar for DeMisty D Bellinger

DeMisty D Bellinger

DeMisty D. Bellinger lives with her family in Central Massachusetts, where she teaches creative writing. She has a BA in English from University of Wisconsin-Platteville, an MFA from Southampton College, and a PhD from the University of Nebraska. She is an alum of Bread Loaf and Marge... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

1:00pm EDT

Writing to Heal - Healing to Write
 "Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."      Helen Keller                                                                                                                                                              
How do you turn pain into poetry, fear into fiction and trauma into storytelling? How can you excavate the past to create powerful writings in the present? What are the waking, walking wounds that get in the way of your words? How do you recover from rejection slips, writing blocks and unfinished manuscripts? Come and create in the community of each other using music and meditation, engaging exercises, inanimate objects, humor and handouts. Discover new ways of being and belonging, owning your truths and sharing the stories your scars want to tell. All writing levels, all genres and all hearts are welcome.

Speakers
avatar for Dorothy Randall Gray

Dorothy Randall Gray

Dorothy Randall Gray is the author of bestseller Soul Between The Lines (Avon/HarperCollins), an inspirational teacher, award-winning visual artist, and LA Poet-in- Residence. Her publications include Muse Blues, The Passion Collection, Woman, Fierce With Reality, Family, Tamarinda... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G106 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Multi-genre

2:45pm EDT

From Inspiration to Publication: The Tremendous Potential of Our Words
Our writing has its own narrative arc—it starts with a tiny thought, then travels from mind to heart to page to the people. Our words matter. Stories can change a life, a culture. We are both the creators and shepherds of our projects. The more we understand the power of our words, the purpose of our stories, the more passion will we invest in their birth and life. This workshop deals with both the yin and yang of that process: the intuitive, interior creative side and the logical, external marketing side. We will cover both the WHY-TO and the HOW-TO of our craft, since it is the fusion of both that leads to success. Bring your creativity to a new level, sharpen your focus and voice, and learn what it takes to get your words in print.
Some of the areas we'll cover include:
• Seeing the whole picture of your project from inspiration to publication
• Five elements of a winning book proposal
• Understanding and growing your audience
• Finding your voice and trusting its authority no matter what you’re writing 
• Wrestling with the publish/self-publish/do I need an agent conundrums
• Using every avenue for creating your platform and expanding your creative reach



Speakers
avatar for Jan Phillips

Jan Phillips

Jan Phillips is a writer, teacher, photographer and activist. She is the author of 10award-winning books and publisher of the photo-memoir Born Gay. She is a nationalworkshop/retreat director who connects the dots between creativity, spirituality andsocial justice. Her books include... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Multi-genre

2:45pm EDT

Getting Below the Words: A Journey Through SoulCollage®
Working with images can take us deep. Images can get to “the words below the words”and can help us bridge the gap when there are experiences for which we don’t yet have the words. Working with SoulCollage® is like awake dream work. You will find that working with images can be refreshing and can recharge your creative batteries. No previous “artist experience or skill” needed. Come with “beginners mind”, ready to engage in deep play and discovery! In this workshop, you will learn about the process of SoulCollage®. Each day we will cover a different facet of the process, and each day you will be able to create cards for your individual, intuitive deck of SoulCollage® cards. Part of the process is written dialogue with the images on the cards you have made. Each day, you will have the option to use some of the workshop time to write from your cards. Even though all art supplies will be furnished, please feel free to bring copies of photos of important people, animals, landscapes in your lives, or to bring any images that call to you between now and then. (But you do not need to bring anything-- there will be PLENTY of images, art paper, stickers etc. to choose from every day!!!!). There will be a voluntary daily donation to help cover the cost of art supplies. Each participant will also receive a poetry packet and handouts that give more in depth background on the SoulCollage® process.
SoulCollage® is a process for creating small collages on matboard. There is no “regulation size” but the most commonly used size is 5 X 8 inches, because it needs to be small enough to be a card in a deck of intuitive cards, but large enough to work with easily when collaging. This process was developed by Seena Frost, and at this writing there are hundreds of trained SoulCollage® facilitators in the US and around the world. Judith Prest trained in 2008 with Seena Frost to be a facilitator of SoulCollage® workshop. For more background on SoulCollage®, visit their website at www.soulcollage.com.
Speakers
avatar for Judith Prest

Judith Prest

Judith Prest is a poet, photographer, mixed media artist and creativity coach. Her poems have been published in several literary journals and in seven anthologies. Recently, her chapbook manuscript, After, was accepted by Finishing Line Press, and is scheduled to be in print by May... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm EDT
G108 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, SoulCollage®

2:45pm EDT

The Lioness in Winter
Aging means loss, but it does not mean all is lost as we navigate old age. This workshop, based on the book of the same name by author Ann Burack-Weiss, will explore the lived experience of aging women. Writers of every genre are welcome. Using excerpts from the book, writers will be prompted to dialogue with Ann and her Lionesses, such as Collette, May Sarton, MFK Fisher, Florida Scott-Maxwell, Diana Athill, and Maya Angelou, as well as with each other. Writers will leave the workshop having strengthened their core sense of self, while generating poems or essays that may contribute to the canon on women and aging. 

Speakers
avatar for Heather Cariou

Heather Cariou

HEATHER SUMMERHAYES CARIOU B.F.A., M.S. (Narrative Medicine) was a2016/17 post-graduate Fellow in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University, andrecipient of the 2019 Stanford Med Kalanithi Writing Award. She worked professionallyfor several years as an actor/singer/dancer in both... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

2:45pm EDT

Your Memoir As Monologue: A Play Lab for Writing Theatrical Monologues for the Stage
Memoir as Monologue is a three-Day Play Lab intensive with a public SHOWCASE performance online with guest actors, produced by Kelly DuMar. All writers will have the chance to have their monologue performed in the showcase, with a follow up Q&A. This workshop will help you artistically express what you’ve overcome and achieved, and creatively share your experience to benefit others through the medium of theater. You’ll learn how to write successful dramatic monologues based on your life that are personally meaningful, emotionally satisfying, and relevant and engaging for an audience. Through writing prompts and creative exploration, you’ll develop your ordinary and extraordinary life experiences into powerful, dramatic monologues that can be performed by an actor––or you––with universal appeal. We’ll include a discussion of elements of dramatic structure, including the role of conflict, plot, communicating subtext, voice, narrative, and the importance of set-up. New writing will be generated and revised daily. Beginning and experienced writers are welcome.  
Speakers
avatar for Kelly DuMar

Kelly DuMar

ABOUT KELLY DUMAR: Kelly is a playwright and poet who facilitates workshops for creative writers across the US. Kelly’s fourth poetry collection, “jinx and heavenly calling,” was published in March 2023 by Lily Poetry Review Press. Her award-winning plays have been produced... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 2:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
G106 - Global Heritage Hall
  Intensive, Play Lab

4:30pm EDT

Fiction Critique
Speakers
avatar for Melissa Michal

Melissa Michal

Melissa Michal is of Seneca, Welsh, and English decent. She is a fiction writer, essayist, photographer, and coach and consultant. She has been grateful to read at the National American Indian Museum in DC and Amerind Museum in Dragoon. Melissa has work appearing in The Florida Review... Read More →
avatar for Lynne Barrett

Lynne Barrett

Lynne Barrett is the author of Magpies (fiction gold medal, Florida Book Awards), and editor of the anthology Making Good Time, True Stories of How We Do, and Don’t, Get Around in South Florida. Her recent stories and essays appear in Orange Blossom Review, Rivanna Review, Necessary... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Critique

4:30pm EDT

Non Fiction Critique
Speakers
avatar for Susan Tiberghien

Susan Tiberghien

Susan M. Tiberghien, American author and teacher living in Geneva, brings together spirituality and psychology in her work. Author of four memoirs and two writing books, she has taught at International Women’s Writing Guild, C.G. Jung Centers, and writers’ associations in Europe... Read More →
avatar for Judith Huge

Judith Huge

Judith Huge has spent over 30 years developing innovative approaches to both learning and writing. As president of her own national consulting firm, teacher of both undergraduate and graduate-level college courses, and director of writing workshops across the country, she has made... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Critique

4:30pm EDT

Poetry Critique
Speakers
avatar for Myra Shapiro

Myra Shapiro

Myra Shapiro, born in the Bronx, returned to New York City after forty-five years in Georgia and Tennessee where she raised two daughters and worked as a teacher and librarian. Her books of poetry are I'll See You Thursday and 12 Floors Above the Earth, her memoir, Four Sublets: Becoming... Read More →
avatar for Linda Leedy Schneider

Linda Leedy Schneider

Intensive Poetry
LINDA LEEDY SCHNEIDER, a psychotherapist in private practice and poetry mentor, was awarded The Contemporary American Poetry Prize by Chicago Poetry.  She has written six collections of poetry including Through My Window: Poetry of a Psychotherapist (Plain View Press).  A former... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 4:30pm - 5:30pm EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Critique

4:30pm EDT

DINNER
Saturday August 3, 2024 4:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
The Commons
  Dining, Dinner

7:00pm EDT

Conversation, Award & Book Signing with Tracy K Smith

Tracey K Smith is an acclaimed poet, educator, and author whose work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019 and currently teaches English and African American History at Harvard University. Smith's poetry collections, which explore themes of history, identity, and the human experience, have captivated readers around the world and cemented her place as one of the preeminent voices in contemporary literature.

Please join us on Saturday evening in conversation with Tracy who will also receive the Heather and Len Cariou “Women With Wings Writing Award.”
 
The "Women With Wings Writing Award" takes its inspiration from the Terry Tempest Williams lyric – “There’s a river of birds in migration, a nation of women with wings.”, recognizing women of all colors, creeds, identities and circumstances who are writing to find and free their voices; whose words give wing to the poems, songs and stories that bear witness and speak truth to power about what it means to be human, woman, warrior, healer.

This award celebrates the art and advocacy of Tracy K. Smith who, like a river guide or soaring Osprey, leads a nation of writing women with her poetry and her efforts on behalf of social justice, offering a vision of what's possible while arousing in us the courage of our convictions.
Speakers
avatar for Dorothy Randall Gray

Dorothy Randall Gray

Dorothy Randall Gray is the author of bestseller Soul Between The Lines (Avon/HarperCollins), an inspirational teacher, award-winning visual artist, and LA Poet-in- Residence. Her publications include Muse Blues, The Passion Collection, Woman, Fierce With Reality, Family, Tamarinda... Read More →
avatar for Heather Cariou

Heather Cariou

HEATHER SUMMERHAYES CARIOU B.F.A., M.S. (Narrative Medicine) was a2016/17 post-graduate Fellow in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University, andrecipient of the 2019 Stanford Med Kalanithi Writing Award. She worked professionallyfor several years as an actor/singer/dancer in both... Read More →
avatar for Tracy K Smith

Tracy K Smith

Tracey K Smith is an acclaimed poet, educator, and author whose work has earned her numerous awards and accolades, including the Pulitzer Prize for Poetry. She served as the Poet Laureate of the United States from 2017 to 2019 and currently teaches English and African American History... Read More →

Saturday August 3, 2024 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
GO1 - Auditorium
  SPECIAL EVENT
 
Sunday, August 4
 

7:00am EDT

Breakfast
Sunday August 4, 2024 7:00am - 9:30am EDT
The Commons
  Dining

8:30am EDT

Poetry Intensive: A Daring Adventure
Life is either a daring adventure or nothing. -Helen Keller
And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good.—John Steinbeck
As you start to walk on the way, the way appears.—Rumi
Writing is a way of finding and creating meaning is our lives as well as creating art. This generative workshop is based on getting to first thought,  connecting with your senses, and letting go of conscious control.  We will form a supportive community and write daily from prompts, poems, music, art and objects. You will enter the creative process, find an authentic voice and leave with fresh ideas for new writing. Take a risk. Come join us in this Daring Adventure!

Speakers
avatar for Linda Leedy Schneider

Linda Leedy Schneider

Intensive Poetry
LINDA LEEDY SCHNEIDER, a psychotherapist in private practice and poetry mentor, was awarded The Contemporary American Poetry Prize by Chicago Poetry.  She has written six collections of poetry including Through My Window: Poetry of a Psychotherapist (Plain View Press).  A former... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Intensive, Poetry

8:30am EDT

Mythmaking & the Art of Memoir: A Writing Workshop
Memoirs help us find meaning in our lives by showing us how our lives fit into a larger mythic pattern. Although not every memoir reflects a mythic theme, most memoir writers unconsciously reveal mythic themes in their desire to find meaning in their lives. Memoirs address the domains of myth: Who am I? Who are my people? What is my journey? What is my purpose? We will explore contemporary memoirs by Joan Didion, Dani Shapiro, Natasha Trethewey and James McBride from a mythological perspective and respond to short writing prompts to expand your perspective about your own memoir.

Speakers
avatar for Maureen Murdock

Maureen Murdock

Maureen Murdock, Ph.D. is the author of the best-selling book, The Heroine’s Journey, which explores the rich territory of the feminine psyche. This groundbreaking book was released by Shambhala Publications in 2020 in a 30th anniversary publication. It has been translated into... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Memoir

8:30am EDT

Pick a Prompt
Embark on a creative journey with our "Pick a Prompt" Generative Writing Workshop! Unleash your imagination and hone your writing skills in this interactive session designed for writers of all levels. The workshop revolves around the simple yet powerful concept ofselecting prompts as a catalyst for creative expression. Participants will delve into the art of generative writing, where the focus is on spontaneity and exploration rather than rigid writing practices.
In each session, participants will write a quick check-in and share “what’s on top” with the group. Next, writers will create a prompt. Each participant will then choose a prompt generated by the group, to explore and expand upon.
Discover the unexpected as you create and respond to prompts that spark your imagination and push the boundaries of your creativity.
Key Workshop Highlights:
  1. Check-In: A brief free write about what's on top for you.
  2. Diverse Prompts: Choose from a range of prompts created by you and the group.
  3. Interactive Sessions: Engage in dynamic discussions and activities that encourage sharing and feedback within a supportive writing community.
  4. Community Building: Connect with fellow writers, share your work, and foster a sense of community in a collaborative and inclusive writing environment.
Whether you're a seasoned writer looking for fresh inspiration or a beginner eager to explore the world of writing, "Pick a Prompt" is the perfect workshop to ignite your creativity and transform your writing practice. Join us and let your words flow in this unique, stimulating, generative writing experience!

Speakers
avatar for Terri Bailey

Terri Bailey

Founder/ED, Balley Learning and Arts Collective
Terri L. Bailey is a Gainesville, Florida native, born and raised in the Pleasant Street/5th avenue district. She is a writer of poetry, speculative fiction, black horror, and a spoken word artist. To date, she lists her proudest writing accomplishments as:1.Having her poem, “Normally... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

8:30am EDT

Poetry of the Chakras: A Blossoming of Us
Embark on the “Poetry of the Chakras” journey, a transformative experience merging poetry, yoga, and meditation to nurture your spiritual blossoming. This special edition workshop, tailored for the 2024 IWWG Summer Conference, condenses the exploration of the main seven chakras into a three-day intensive. The workshop will explore the profound wisdom of the ancient sages, who likened each chakra to a blossoming lotus flower. Through a delicate balance of yoga, meditation, and poetry, participants will be guided to awaken these energy centers so consciousness can blossom. Aligned with this year's conference theme, "Writing Together - Connection, Creation, Community," each session is designed to:
  • Session 1: Root to Heart to Crown - Connection: Dive into our foundational bonds and the love that liberates us, embodying our connections to self, the Earth, and the Divine.
  • Session 2: Sacral to Throat - Creation: Engage our creative essence and express our truths, celebrating the power of creation, gratitude, and grief.
  • Session 3: Solar Plexus to Third Eye - Community: Harness our power and stories to build and serve our communities, recognizing the collective wisdom we share.
    Throughout this three-day intensive, participants will immerse themselves in yoga, meditation, and creative writing to foster an intimate and collective experience. Please bring a yoga mat and other props to support your practice. Join us for this transformative journey and be part of our collective blossoming.

Speakers
avatar for Sarah Martin

Sunday August 4, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G108 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

8:30am EDT

Secrets & Lies: Writing Mystery and Suspense
In this workshop we will focus on how elements of mystery and suspense are used to structure storytelling in genres that promise these effects and in any fiction that draws interest from what is forbidden, or shameful, or perhaps joyfully concealed. Through examples and story-developing exercises, you’ll explore how point of view, time structure, use of place, and combinations of characters provide opportunities for deception, misunderstanding, discovery, surprise, misery, and/or laughter.

Speakers
avatar for Lynne Barrett

Lynne Barrett

Lynne Barrett is the author of Magpies (fiction gold medal, Florida Book Awards), and editor of the anthology Making Good Time, True Stories of How We Do, and Don’t, Get Around in South Florida. Her recent stories and essays appear in Orange Blossom Review, Rivanna Review, Necessary... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 8:30am - 10:00am EDT
G106 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Fiction

9:00am EDT

“Our Blinding, Bright Lives” : A Meditation and Freewriting Circle #2
We will gather, and Lisa will guide us in five minutes of silent, breath-awareness meditation. Then we will freewrite off quotes and poems by Tracy K. Smith and share what comes through. The sharing is optional. The focus here is listening – listening to your inner self, listening to Tracy K. Smith’s lines, and listening to your own and each
other’s words. Note: The format for both circles on Friday and Saturday mornings will be the same, but the prompts by Tracy K. Smith will be different in each circle.

Speakers
avatar for Lisa Freedman

Lisa Freedman

Lisa Freedman is an author, activist, and professor of creative writing at The New School in New York City. She holds an MFA from the New School and is certified as a mindfulness meditation teacher by Dhama Moon/Tibet House. She founded and directs Breathe/Read/Write, an online community... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 9:00am - 10:00am EDT
  Virtual Track

10:15am EDT

True Stories/Well Told: Planting Your Memoir in the Reader’s Mind


NOTE: This intensive workshop requires both pre-registration (by July 17) and prior submission of 1-3, double-spaced pages of your own writing (by July 24).
Amy Hempel writes, “I meet a person, and in my mind I’m saying three minutes; I give you three minutes to show me the spark.” This is true for readers as well. Once you capture your readers’ attention, your job is to hold it so your story becomes part of their own experience, takes up residence in their own memory, becomes a memoir that has mattered to them. In this workshop we will be working closely with each other and with your own writing to increase the chance this happens. Topics include using your opening paragraphs to show them “the spark,” continuing to add questions your readers will crave the answers to, becoming a narrative voice that, in Kelly Corrigan’s words, your readers “will want to spend three (or three hundred) pages with.” In addition, we will be working on revealing your characters’ complications (including yours) through actions and increasing the resonance of your writing by adding a third arc to the usual two: narrative and character. There’s a lot more. Annie Dillard tells the would-be memoir writer, “You have to take pains not to hang on the readers’ arms, like a drunk, and say ‘And then I did this, and it was so interesting’.” Memoir can become more memorable; this intensive workshop helps you discover how.

Speakers
avatar for Judith Huge

Judith Huge

Judith Huge has spent over 30 years developing innovative approaches to both learning and writing. As president of her own national consulting firm, teacher of both undergraduate and graduate-level college courses, and director of writing workshops across the country, she has made... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Intensive, Memoir

10:15am EDT

Finding Mrs. Phillis: The General & The Poet


With a historic eye and creative mind The professor and the poet Will Lecture and do a poetry workshop About the correspondence between general, George Washington and Phillis, Wheatley Peters
Sunday August 4, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

10:15am EDT

Writer as Witness
Writer as Witness 
We will read a wide range of writers who tackle difficult issues in the world. Some document current injustice and suffering. Others bear witness to history. This is for any writer, no matter the genre, who wants to explore what Carolyn Forche has described as poetry of witness. This is a hands-on writing workshop.

Speakers
avatar for June Gould

June Gould

Memoir
June Gould, Ph.D., is a poet, novelist and the non-fiction author of, The Writer in All of Us, E.P. Dutton, In the Shadow of Trains and Beyond the Margins. She has also co-written, Counting the Stones, a book of Holocaust poetry.  She is a Master writing teacher who has led International... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Memoir

10:15am EDT

Writing Toward Wholeness
What is wholeness? How do we approach our longing for wholeness? We will look first at journaling as the door to a deeper understanding of ourselves. Then at active imagination to listen to the voice within and find our stories. The third day we will look at memoir writing, putting the pieces of ourselves together as we cultivate our deeper selves. There will be handouts and suggested writing exercises. All are welcome for one day or for the three!

Speakers
avatar for Susan Tiberghien

Susan Tiberghien

Susan M. Tiberghien, American author and teacher living in Geneva, brings together spirituality and psychology in her work. Author of four memoirs and two writing books, she has taught at International Women’s Writing Guild, C.G. Jung Centers, and writers’ associations in Europe... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 10:15am - 11:45am EDT
G106 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Multi-genre

10:30am EDT

LUNCH
Sunday August 4, 2024 10:30am - 1:00pm EDT
The Commons
  Dining, Lunch

11:00am EDT

Pet Whispers
Dog circles moons of language.
Dog barks for homecomings.
Dog is a name away.
From: Dog - by Katherine Gallagher (Circus Apprentice, 2006)

During this workshop, we are going to read, write and whisper about pets! Whether they are swimmers or singers,
curled up on your bed or crawled away in a crate, pets are our sweet, loyal (and yes, sometimes annoying) companions. Expect fun and facts re animal language and training thoughts, expect lots of ‘pet prompts’ as well. Even if you do not own a dog or never had a cat, you will find inspiration in the animal pieces that will spring up. Do bring photos or memorabilia along, and let’s nose at how pets’ moves affect us in all manner of ways!
Speakers
avatar for Kate Copeland

Kate Copeland

Kate Copeland is a linguist and poet, working @the worldwide web, while housesitting @the world. She is curator-editor for Ekphrastic Review and hosts workshops for IWWG (Fashion in April!) Find her poetry@Instagram [kate.copeland.poems] and published @TER, Wildfire Words, First.Lit-East... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 11:00am - 12:00pm EDT
VIRTUAL-ZOOM
  Virtual Track

1:00pm EDT

World Building for Science Fiction and Fantasy
Can you see robots taking over the world, creatures with magical traits, or a princess joining her own army? Science fiction and fantasy are generative spaces for dialogues that mirror the issues of our time. Considering such writers as Octavia Butler, N.K. Jemisin, and Margaret Atwood, we will be inspired to write stories that immerse readers in worlds that illuminate today’s topics. Start a novel, or strengthen one already begun, or even finish a short story during our exploration of speculative world-building techniques.
Speakers
avatar for Melissa Michal

Melissa Michal

Melissa Michal is of Seneca, Welsh, and English decent. She is a fiction writer, essayist, photographer, and coach and consultant. She has been grateful to read at the National American Indian Museum in DC and Amerind Museum in Dragoon. Melissa has work appearing in The Florida Review... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 1:00pm - 2:15pm EDT
G05 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

1:00pm EDT

Reel Story Class: ScreenPlay: So You Think Your Life's A Movie (Session 1)
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY! This class is not just for screenwriters. It is for novelists, memoirists, personal essayists, short-story writers, or ANYONE who wants to learn to get to their own good story FAST. It's a wild ride, fun and informative. Students will learn the nuts and bolts of screenwriting: the industry accepted three-act structure of a film including the all-important log line, plot points, subplots, character, dialogue and on the last day, Linda will stop and start an Academy Award winning film to see in action what you've learned previously, such as character’s arcs, plot points and act breaks.
Speakers
avatar for Linda Bergman

Linda Bergman

So You Think Your Life's a Movie?
Linda Bergman has worked for every major studio and TV network. She has been paid to write 21 film and TV scripts and has produced five of them. With experience as a seller and a buyer in Hollywood, she will lead you through the steps to write your film. And to prove her steps, she... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Screenplay

1:00pm EDT

The Art of Poems
Reading and writing poems through sensory exercises, we will experience and create poems that stir us to feel in unexpected ways. 

Speakers
avatar for Myra Shapiro

Myra Shapiro

Myra Shapiro, born in the Bronx, returned to New York City after forty-five years in Georgia and Tennessee where she raised two daughters and worked as a teacher and librarian. Her books of poetry are I'll See You Thursday and 12 Floors Above the Earth, her memoir, Four Sublets: Becoming... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Poetry

1:00pm EDT

Writing to Heal - Healing to Write
 "Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it."      Helen Keller                                                                                                                                                              
How do you turn pain into poetry, fear into fiction and trauma into storytelling? How can you excavate the past to create powerful writings in the present? What are the waking, walking wounds that get in the way of your words? How do you recover from rejection slips, writing blocks and unfinished manuscripts? Come and create in the community of each other using music and meditation, engaging exercises, inanimate objects, humor and handouts. Discover new ways of being and belonging, owning your truths and sharing the stories your scars want to tell. All writing levels, all genres and all hearts are welcome.

Speakers
avatar for Dorothy Randall Gray

Dorothy Randall Gray

Dorothy Randall Gray is the author of bestseller Soul Between The Lines (Avon/HarperCollins), an inspirational teacher, award-winning visual artist, and LA Poet-in- Residence. Her publications include Muse Blues, The Passion Collection, Woman, Fierce With Reality, Family, Tamarinda... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 1:00pm - 2:30pm EDT
G106 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Multi-genre

2:45pm EDT

Getting Below the Words: A Journey Through SoulCollage®
Working with images can take us deep. Images can get to “the words below the words”and can help us bridge the gap when there are experiences for which we don’t yet have the words. Working with SoulCollage® is like awake dream work. You will find that working with images can be refreshing and can recharge your creative batteries. No previous “artist experience or skill” needed. Come with “beginners mind”, ready to engage in deep play and discovery! In this workshop, you will learn about the process of SoulCollage®. Each day we will cover a different facet of the process, and each day you will be able to create cards for your individual, intuitive deck of SoulCollage® cards. Part of the process is written dialogue with the images on the cards you have made. Each day, you will have the option to use some of the workshop time to write from your cards. Even though all art supplies will be furnished, please feel free to bring copies of photos of important people, animals, landscapes in your lives, or to bring any images that call to you between now and then. (But you do not need to bring anything-- there will be PLENTY of images, art paper, stickers etc. to choose from every day!!!!). There will be a voluntary daily donation to help cover the cost of art supplies. Each participant will also receive a poetry packet and handouts that give more in depth background on the SoulCollage® process.
SoulCollage® is a process for creating small collages on matboard. There is no “regulation size” but the most commonly used size is 5 X 8 inches, because it needs to be small enough to be a card in a deck of intuitive cards, but large enough to work with easily when collaging. This process was developed by Seena Frost, and at this writing there are hundreds of trained SoulCollage® facilitators in the US and around the world. Judith Prest trained in 2008 with Seena Frost to be a facilitator of SoulCollage® workshop. For more background on SoulCollage®, visit their website at www.soulcollage.com.
Speakers
avatar for Judith Prest

Judith Prest

Judith Prest is a poet, photographer, mixed media artist and creativity coach. Her poems have been published in several literary journals and in seven anthologies. Recently, her chapbook manuscript, After, was accepted by Finishing Line Press, and is scheduled to be in print by May... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm EDT
G108 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, SoulCollage®

2:45pm EDT

The Lioness in Winter
Aging means loss, but it does not mean all is lost as we navigate old age. This workshop, based on the book of the same name by author Ann Burack-Weiss, will explore the lived experience of aging women. Writers of every genre are welcome. Using excerpts from the book, writers will be prompted to dialogue with Ann and her Lionesses, such as Collette, May Sarton, MFK Fisher, Florida Scott-Maxwell, Diana Athill, and Maya Angelou, as well as with each other. Writers will leave the workshop having strengthened their core sense of self, while generating poems or essays that may contribute to the canon on women and aging. 

Speakers
avatar for Heather Cariou

Heather Cariou

HEATHER SUMMERHAYES CARIOU B.F.A., M.S. (Narrative Medicine) was a2016/17 post-graduate Fellow in Narrative Medicine at Columbia University, andrecipient of the 2019 Stanford Med Kalanithi Writing Award. She worked professionallyfor several years as an actor/singer/dancer in both... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 2:45pm - 4:15pm EDT
G105 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop

2:45pm EDT

Entering the Path: Finding Your Story’s Beginning
It's often difficult to know where to begin a story. This workshop will help your enter the exciting world of your story and unlock key moments to keep you going from there. Memoir-focused but appropriate for both fiction and nonfiction writers.
Speakers
avatar for Jan Gary

Jan Gary

Janice Gary is the author of Short Leash: a Memoir of Dog Walking and Deliverance, winner of the Eric Hoffer Prize, Nautilus Book Award and a Finalist for the Sarton Award for Memoir. Her work has been published in River Teeth, Brevity, The Spring Journal, Ms. Magazine, and other... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 2:45pm - 4:30pm EDT
G06 - Global Heritage Hall
  Workshop, Fiction

2:45pm EDT

Your Memoir As Monologue: A Play Lab for Writing Theatrical Monologues for the Stage
Memoir as Monologue is a three-Day Play Lab intensive with a public SHOWCASE performance online with guest actors, produced by Kelly DuMar. All writers will have the chance to have their monologue performed in the showcase, with a follow up Q&A. This workshop will help you artistically express what you’ve overcome and achieved, and creatively share your experience to benefit others through the medium of theater. You’ll learn how to write successful dramatic monologues based on your life that are personally meaningful, emotionally satisfying, and relevant and engaging for an audience. Through writing prompts and creative exploration, you’ll develop your ordinary and extraordinary life experiences into powerful, dramatic monologues that can be performed by an actor––or you––with universal appeal. We’ll include a discussion of elements of dramatic structure, including the role of conflict, plot, communicating subtext, voice, narrative, and the importance of set-up. New writing will be generated and revised daily. Beginning and experienced writers are welcome.  
Speakers
avatar for Kelly DuMar

Kelly DuMar

ABOUT KELLY DUMAR: Kelly is a playwright and poet who facilitates workshops for creative writers across the US. Kelly’s fourth poetry collection, “jinx and heavenly calling,” was published in March 2023 by Lily Poetry Review Press. Her award-winning plays have been produced... Read More →

Sunday August 4, 2024 2:45pm - 4:45pm EDT
G106 - Global Heritage Hall
  Intensive, Play Lab

3:00pm EDT

The Modern Publishing Landscape
The publishing industry today looks much different than it did a decade ago. In that time, self-publishing has outgrown its longstanding 'vanity' stigma and become a viable publishing option for many writers. The traditional publishing industry has also experienced great changes and as a result it just isn’t what it used to be, even for those who’ve found success within the system. This workshop provides an overview of the modern book publishing landscape and gives advice to authors on how to successfully navigate it. We’ll discuss the general publishing options of Traditional Publishing, DIY, and Assisted Self-Publishing — how it all works and the logistics of
moving your book from the computer screen to the bookshelf.
Sunday August 4, 2024 3:00pm - 4:30pm EDT
VIRTUAL-ZOOM
  Virtual Track

4:30pm EDT

Dinner
Sunday August 4, 2024 4:30pm - 6:30pm EDT
The Commons
  Dining, Dinner

7:00pm EDT

Closing Ceremonies - & Open Mic
Sunday August 4, 2024 7:00pm - 9:00pm EDT
The Sailing Center
  Open Mic
 
Monday, August 5
 

7:00am EDT

Morning Meditation and Freewrite
Tune into yourself and Mount Hope Bay and connect quietly with others as the conference comes to a close. Lisa will guide us into and out of ten minutes of silent, breath-awareness meditation. Then she will offer some prompts to help us freewrite about and absorb what we’ve learned and experienced at the conference. Sharing these freewrites lays the ground for continued connection beyond the conference.
Speakers
avatar for Lisa Freedman

Lisa Freedman

Lisa Freedman is an author, activist, and professor of creative writing at The New School in New York City. She holds an MFA from the New School and is certified as a mindfulness meditation teacher by Dhama Moon/Tibet House. She founded and directs Breathe/Read/Write, an online community... Read More →

Monday August 5, 2024 7:00am - 8:00am EDT
Waterside
  Orientation/Reception/Mindful

8:00am EDT

Breakfast
Monday August 5, 2024 8:00am - 9:30am EDT
The Commons
  Dining
 
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