Introducing Morning Creative Nonfiction Instructor Matthew Goodman

Matthew Goodman Matthew Goodman is the bestselling author of three books of non-fiction: Eighty Days: Nellie Bly and Elizabeth Bisland's History-Making Race Around the World (Ballantine Books, 2013); The Sun and the Moon: The Remarkable True Account of Hoaxers, Showmen, Dueling Journalists, and Lunar Man-Bats in Nineteenth-Century New York (Basic Books, 2008); and Jewish Food: The World at Table (HarperCollins, 2005). Matthew's books have been Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers, Indie Next "Great Reads," and Borders Original Voices selections, and a finalist for a Goodreads Choice Award. His book Eighty Days was a New York Times and Indie Bound bestseller, and has been translated into eight languages. His essays, articles, short stories, and reviews have appeared in The American Scholar, Harvard Review, Salon, the Village Voice, the Forward, Bon Appetit, and many other publications, and have been cited for Special Mention in the Pushcart Prize and Best American Short Story anthologies. Learn more about Matthew at www.matthewgoodmanbooks.com.

Young Writers Scholarship Deadline May 20

For the fifth year, Antioch Writers' Workshop--a nationally recognized creative writing workshop since 1986--offers an opportunity for young writers (those entering 10th-12th grades in fall 2014, or ages 15-18) to attend the workshop held at Antioch University Midwest in Yellow Springs, July 12-18.

Young writers must submit three pages of creative writing and a letter of recommendation from a teacher, librarian, coach or youth program leader, to the workshop by May 20. Selected writers receive an AWW Young Writers' Scholarship in the amount of $375.00, reducing the total cost of attending to $300.00 for a full week of writing classes, a special writing seminar, and lunches all provided by Dayton Daily News sponsors.

The Young Writers' program includes attendance to the workshop's morning classes with all participants and the Young Writers' Afternoon Seminar led by Mike Mullin. Mullin is author of the acclaimed Young Adult novel Ashfall, named as a top Y.A. novel of 2011 by NPR and Kirkus reviews and Ashen Winter. Learn more about his novels at www.ashfallbook.com.

This opportunity is limited to 12 participants and open to students who live in the Ohio counties of Greene, Miami, Montgomery, Clark, Clinton, Fayette, Madison and Warren.

Sharon Short, Director, Antioch Writers' Workshop said, "The Young Writers' program helps develop the next generation of creative writers of fiction, poetry and nonfiction. Students develop their craft, learn from outstanding mentors, create long-lasting friendships, and make a nice addition to their college applications. We're happy to offer the program again."

Accepted applicants will be notified shortly after May 29. To apply or for more information about the program, please visit the Young Writers page at www.antiochwritersworkshop.com or email info@antiochwritersworkshop.com.

Check out what former AWW Young Writers had to say about the program.

Introducing Morning Poetry Instructor Chris DeWeese

Christopher Deweese

Chris DeWeese's book, The Black Forest, was published in 2012 by Octopus Books. His poems have appeared widely in literary journals and magazines including Boston Review, Fence, FIELD, and Tin House. Currently an Assistant Professor of Poetry at Wright State University, DeWeese has also taught at Agnes Scott College, Emory University, and Smith College. Learn more about him at infiniteowls.blogspot.com

Introducing Morning Fiction Instructor Tara Ison

Tara Ison

Tara Ison is the author of the novels The List (Scribner), A Child out of Alcatraz (Faber & Faber, Inc.), a Finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, and Rockaway (Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press), featured as one of the "Best Books of Summer" in O, The Oprah Magazine, July 2013. Her forthcoming books are Reeling Through Life, a collection of essays, and Ball, a short story collection, from Counterpoint/Soft Skull Press.

Her short fiction, essays, poetry and book reviews have appeared in Tin House, The Kenyon Review, The Rumpus, Nerve.com, Black Clock, TriQuarterly, PMS: poemmemoirstory, Publisher's Weekly, The Week magazine, The Mississippi Review, LA Weekly, the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, the Chicago Tribune, the San Jose Mercury News, and numerous anthologies. She is also the co-writer of the cult movie Don't Tell Mom The Babysitter's Dead.

She is the recipient of a 2008 NEA Creative Writing Fellowship and a 2008 COLA Individual Artist Grant, as well as multiple Yaddo fellowships, a Rotary Foundation Scholarship for International Study, a Brandeis National Women's Committee Award, a Thurber House Fiction Writer-in-Residence Fellowship, the Simon Blattner Fellowship from Northwestern University, and a California Arts Council Artists' Fellowship Award.

Ison received her MFA in Fiction & Literature from Bennington College. She has taught creative writing at Washington University in St. Louis, Northwestern University, Ohio State University, Goddard College, Antioch University Los Angeles, and UC Riverside Palm Desert's MFA in Creative Writing program. She is currently Assistant Professor of Fiction at Arizona State University. Learn more about her at www.taraison.com 

Dayton Daily News / AWW Scholarship Deadline April 28

Time is running out to apply for the Dayton Daily News / AWW Scholarship!

The AWW is providing scholarships to this summer's workshop as prizes for the contest's top writers.

Top awards: Best in Show from either teen or adult categories will win a full scholarship to the Summer Program, July 12-18. First place in teen and in adult wins a $125 scholarship toward the Summer Program. First-place winner of the youth category will receive a $25 gift certificate to Books & Co.

The best in show and first-place winners will be featured in an article in the Dayton Daily News. Other top winners will be listed in the Dayton Daily News.

Top winning entries will be published on DaytonDailyNews.com and on the workshop's site.

Genre: Fiction only. No memoirs or essays.

Length: 1,800-word maximum.

Entries: Stories must be original and unpublished. Writers may submit only one story. Stories must be typed, double-spaced and stapled in the upper left corner. No binders. Hard copies only. Manuscripts will not be returned. Because of the volume, we cannot confirm receipt of individual entries over the phone.

Cover page: Each entry must have a cover page with title, writer's name, age, full address, email address and daytime, evening and cellphone numbers.

Age categories: Youth (12 years old and younger); Teen (13 to 18 years old); and Adult (19 and older). Entrants must live in the Dayton Daily News circulation area.

Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by April 28, 2014.

Entry fees: None.

Mail entries to: Dayton Daily News/Antioch Writers' Workshop Creative Writing Contest, c/o Antioch University Midwest, 900 Dayton St., Yellow Springs, OH 45387. Winners will be notified around May 3.

For more information, email sshort@antiochwritersworkshop.com or Michelle.Fong@coxinc.com.

Introducing Summer Keynote Speaker -- Andre Dubus III

Andre Dubus III  photo by  Marion Ettlinger The Antioch Writers' Workshop is pleased to announce author Andre Dubus III as the 2014 Antioch Writers' Workshop Keynote Speaker and Morning Creative Writing Craft Class instructor. Andre Dubus III is the author of five books: The Cage Keeper and Other Stories, Bluesman, and the New York Times bestsellers, House of Sand and Fog, The Garden of Last Days, and his memoir, Townie, a #4 New York Times bestseller and a New York Times "Editors Choice". It was named on many "Top Non-fiction Books of 2011" lists, including The New York Times, Publishers Weekly, The Library Journal, Kirkus Reviews, and Esquire magazine. His work has been included in The Best American Essays of 1994 and The Best Spiritual Writing of 1999, and his novel, House of Sand and Fog was a finalist for the National Book Award, a #1 New York Times Bestseller, and was made into an Academy Award nominated film starring Ben Kingsley and Jennifer Connelly. Mr. Dubus has been awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship, The National Magazine Award for Fiction, The Pushcart Prize, and he is a 2012 recipient of an American Academy of Arts and Letters Award in Literature. His books are published in over twenty-five languages, and he teaches full-time at the University of Massachusetts Lowell. He lives in Massachusetts with his wife, Fontaine, a modern dancer, and their three children. His newest book, Dirty Love, was published in the fall of 2013. Learn more about him at www.andredubus.com. Registration for Full-Week and A La Carte options for 29th Annual Summer Workshop July 12-18, 2014 is now available on our website.

Dayton Daily News / AWW Scholarship Deadline April 28

Local writers! Answer the call for entries for this 18th annual writing contest, held in partnership with Dayton Daily News and the Antioch Writers' Workshop.

The AWW is providing scholarships to this summer's workshop as prizes for the contest's top writers.

Top awards: Best in Show from either teen or adult categories will win a full scholarship to the Summer Program, July 12-18. First place in teen and in adult wins a $125 scholarship toward the Summer Program. First-place winner of the youth category will receive a $25 gift certificate to Books & Co.

The best in show and first-place winners will be featured in an article in the Dayton Daily News. Other top winners will be listed in the Dayton Daily News.

Top winning entries will be published on DaytonDailyNews.com and on the workshop's site.

Genre: Fiction only. No memoirs or essays.

Length: 1,800-word maximum.

Entries: Stories must be original and unpublished. Writers may submit only one story. Stories must be typed, double-spaced and stapled in the upper left corner. No binders. Hard copies only. Manuscripts will not be returned. Because of the volume, we cannot confirm receipt of individual entries over the phone.

Cover page: Each entry must have a cover page with title, writer's name, age, full address, email address and daytime, evening and cellphone numbers.

Age categories: Youth (12 years old and younger); Teen (13 to 18 years old); and Adult (19 and older). Entrants must live in the Dayton Daily News circulation area.

Deadline: Entries must be postmarked by April 28, 2014.

Entry fees: None.

Mail entries to: Dayton Daily News/Antioch Writers' Workshop Creative Writing Contest, c/o Antioch University Midwest, 900 Dayton St., Yellow Springs, OH 45387. Winners will be notified around May 3.

For more information, email sshort@antiochwritersworkshop.com or Michelle.Fong@coxinc.com.

AWW Scholarship Deadline TODAY!

The deadline for the following Antioch Writers' Workshop scholarships is April 15.

First place winners of Antioch Writers' Workshop Scholarships receive a full waiver of registration and tuition fees. Second place winners receive a 50% waiver of registration and tuition fees. The scholarships do not cover travel, lodging, or food.

The Betty Crumrine Scholarship

The Betty Crumrine Scholarship is awarded to a single parent who is committed to writing and who could not otherwise attend the workshop. The Crumrine Scholarship was created by friends of Betty Crumrine, who lived and wrote in Yellow Springs and participated in the Antioch Writers' Workshop from 1986 until 1990.

To apply, please send your submission (poetry, nonfiction, fiction, or drama) and a one-page letter explaining your writing experience and plans and need for financial aid. For specific details on how to submit and format, please see our scholarship page. Submissions that do not follow our submitting and formatting guidelines will be disqualified.

The Judson Jerome Poetry Scholarship

The Judson Jerome Poetry Scholarship is named after Judson Jerome, a poet and nonfiction writer, writer of textbooks, professor, and poetry editor who founded the Antioch Writers' Workshop along with William Baker.

Please send your poetry submission along with a bio of yourself (not longer than a page). For specific details on how to submit and format, please see our scholarship page. Submissions that do not follow our submitting and formatting guidelines will be disqualified.

The Bill Baker Scholarship

The Bill Baker Scholarship is for a writer who is nominated by someone who can testify to his or her qualifications both as writer and community member. The scholarship is named after Bill Baker, co-founder of the Antioch Writers' Workshop, writer of textbooks, journalist, and fiction writer.

To submit a nomination for the Bill Baker Scholarship, please send the nominee's name, contact information, a short sample of their writing (conforming to the formatting and submission requirements detailed on our website), and a 1-2 page essay that delineates their bravery, innovation, or significant contribution to their community.

For specific details on how to submit and format, please see our scholarship page. Submissions that do not follow our submitting and formatting guidelines will be disqualified.

Bill Baker Scholarship Deadline April 15

The Bill Baker Scholarship is for a writer who is nominated by someone who can testify to his or her qualifications both as writer and community member. The scholarship is named after Bill Baker, co-founder of the Antioch Writers' Workshop, writer of textbooks, journalist, and fiction writer.

First place winners of Antioch Writers' Workshop Scholarships receive a full waiver of registration and tuition fees. Second place winners receive a 50% waiver of registration and tuition fees. The scholarships do not cover travel, lodging, or food.

To submit a nomination for the Bill Baker Scholarship, please send the nominee's name, contact information, a short sample of their writing (conforming to the formatting and submission requirements detailed on our website), and a 1-2 page essay that delineates their bravery, innovation, or significant contribution to their community.

For specific details on how to submit and format, please see our scholarship page. Submissions that do not follow our submitting and formatting guidelines will be disqualified.

Free Writers' Seminar This Sunday, May 18

Antioch Writers' Workshop and Books & Co are offering the next Free Writers' Seminar this Sunday, May 18 2:00-3:30 p.m. at Books & Co at The Greene.

As spring segues into summer, we all feel drawn to enjoy the outdoors more and more. And of course, as writers, we're tempted to write about those encounters with nature! In this workshop, we will explore how we might use nature in our writing, how we can gather information about nature, and with whom we would like to share our work.

This session will be led by Bill Felker, who has been writing nature columns and almanacs for regional and national publications since 1984. His Poor Will’s Almanack has appeared as an annual publication since 2003 and he hosts a weekly segment by the same name on WYSO, the NPR radio station in Yellow Springs. Exploring everything from animal husbandry to phenology, Felker has become well known to farmers as well as urban readers throughout the country. He is an occasional speaker on the environment at nature centers, churches and universities, and he has presented papers related to almanacking at academic conferences, as well. Felker has received three awards for his almanac writing from the Ohio Newspaper Association. "Better writing cannot be found in America's biggest papers," stated the judge on the occasion of Felker’s award in 2000.

Join Bill Felker to learn more about writing poems at Books & Co at The Green on May 18 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM. No reservations are required for the Second Sunday Free Writers' Workshop, but expressed intention to attend is appreciated. Call Books & Co at The Greene at 937- 429-6302.

 

For more information about Antioch Writers' Workshop or the Second Sunday Free Writers' Workshop, visit http://www.antiochwritersworkshop.com or email info@antiochwritersworkshop.com.

 

The Antioch Writers' Workshop will be held July 12-18, 2014 in partnership with Antioch University Midwest and with support from the Yellow Springs Community Foundation; Ohio Arts Council; The Frank Pace, Jr. Foundation; and WYSO (media sponsor).

Judson Jerome Scholarship Deadline April 15

The Judson Jerome Poetry Scholarship is named after Judson Jerome, a poet and nonfiction writer, writer of textbooks, professor, and poetry editor who founded the Antioch Writers' Workshop along with William Baker.

First place winners of Antioch Writers' Workshop Scholarships receive a full waiver of registration and tuition fees. Second place winners receive a 50% waiver of registration and tuition fees. The scholarships do not cover travel, lodging, or food.

Please send your poetry submission along with a bio of yourself (not longer than a page). For specific details on how to submit and format, please see our scholarship page. Submissions that do not follow our submitting and formatting guidelines will be disqualified.

The Betty Crumrine Scholarship Deadline April 15

The Betty Crumrine Scholarship is awarded to a single parent who is committed to writing and who could not otherwise attend the workshop. The Crumrine Scholarship was created by friends of Betty Crumrine, who lived and wrote in Yellow Springs and participated in the Antioch Writers' Workshop from 1986 until 1990.

First place winners of Antioch Writers' Workshop Scholarships receive a full waiver of registration and tuition fees. Second place winners receive a 50% waiver of registration and tuition fees. The scholarships do not cover travel, lodging, or food.

To apply, please send your submission (poetry, nonfiction, fiction, or drama) and a one-page letter explaining your writing experience and plans and need for financial aid. For specific details on how to submit and format, please see our scholarship page. Submissions that do not follow our submitting and formatting guidelines will be disqualified.

Free Writers' Seminar Sunday, 4/13

Antioch Writers' Workshop and Books & Co are offering the next Free Writers' Seminar this Sunday, April 13 2:00-3:30 p.m. at Books & Co at The Greene. 

Celebrate National Poetry Month with A Poem in your Pocket--You say you've never written a poem? By the end of this session, you'll have created your first poem! You say you're an experienced poet? By the end of this session, you'll have a whole new poem to share... and have celebrated national poetry month with fellow poetry lovers! Why not come create a poem to tuck in your pocket... so much more fun than loose change, old paperclips and used tissues! 

This will be led by Grace Curtis, whose chapbook, The Surly Bonds of Earth was selected by Stephen Dunn as the 2010 winner of the Lettre Sauvage chapbook contest. Her first full length collection, The Shape of a Box will be out in May from Dos Madres Press. Grace’s work has been nominated for a Push Cart award and has appeared in such journals as Baltimore Review, Waccamaw Literary Journal, Scythe, Reprint Poetry, and Phoebe Journal. When she’s not writing, she works for The Antioch Review. Her website is www.n2poetry.com.

Join Grace Curtis to learn more about writing poems at Books & Co at The Green on April 13 from 2:00 to 3:30 PM. No reservations are required for the Second Sunday Free Writers' Workshop, but expressed intention to attend is appreciated. Call Books & Co at The Greene at 937- 429-6302.

  

For more information about Antioch Writers' Workshop or the Second Sunday Free Writers' Workshop, visit http://www.antiochwritersworkshop.com or email info@antiochwritersworkshop.com. 

  

The Antioch Writers' Workshop will be held July 12-18, 2014 in partnership with Antioch University Midwest and with support from the Yellow Springs Community Foundation; Ohio Arts Council; The Frank Pace, Jr. Foundation; and WYSO (media sponsor).

Antioch Writers' Workshop Scholarships Deadline April 15

The deadline for the following Antioch Writers' Workshop scholarships is April 15.

First place winners of Antioch Writers' Workshop Scholarships receive a full waiver of registration and tuition fees. Second place winners receive a 50% waiver of registration and tuition fees. The scholarships do not cover travel, lodging, or food.

The Betty Crumrine Scholarship

The Betty Crumrine Scholarship is awarded to a single parent who is committed to writing and who could not otherwise attend the workshop. The Crumrine Scholarship was created by friends of Betty Crumrine, who lived and wrote in Yellow Springs and participated in the Antioch Writers' Workshop from 1986 until 1990.

To apply, please send your submission (poetry, nonfiction, fiction, or drama) and a one-page letter explaining your writing experience and plans and need for financial aid. For specific details on how to submit and format, please see our scholarship page. Submissions that do not follow our submitting and formatting guidelines will be disqualified.

The Judson Jerome Poetry Scholarship

The Judson Jerome Poetry Scholarship is named after Judson Jerome, a poet and nonfiction writer, writer of textbooks, professor, and poetry editor who founded the Antioch Writers' Workshop along with William Baker.

Please send your poetry submission along with a bio of yourself (not longer than a page). For specific details on how to submit and format, please see our scholarship page. Submissions that do not follow our submitting and formatting guidelines will be disqualified.

The Bill Baker Scholarship

The Bill Baker Scholarship is for a writer who is nominated by someone who can testify to his or her qualifications both as writer and community member. The scholarship is named after Bill Baker, co-founder of the Antioch Writers' Workshop, writer of textbooks, journalist, and fiction writer.

To submit a nomination for the Bill Baker Scholarship, please send the nominee's name, contact information, a short sample of their writing (conforming to the formatting and submission requirements detailed on our website), and a 1-2 page essay that delineates their bravery, innovation, or significant contribution to their community.

For specific details on how to submit and format, please see our scholarship page. Submissions that do not follow our submitting and formatting guidelines will be disqualified.