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WRITING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE MFA
Antioch University teaches students the craft of writing for children and young adults, and the art of creative collaboration. Illustrators, editors, and agents serve as guest faculty during each ten-day on-campus residency, as well as mentors during the five-month online project periods. For more information, visit http://www.antiochla.edu/academics/mfa-creative-writing/
BOOK REVIEWING WORKSHOP
Taught by author of the authoritative guide The Slippery Art of Book Reviewing, Mayra Calvani. For more information, visit http://mayracalvani.com/workshops/
ONLINE WRITING FOR CHILDREN COURSE
Eileen Robinson, former editor with Scholastic, is teaching a 6-week online course called “Writing for Children.” This course is for both unpublished and published authors who want to learn more about the industry, explore different formats and genres, and do some hands-on writing. A new course begins the middle of every month and all are welcome to register. For more information, visit http://www.ed2go.com/courses/wfc
UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MFA
The University of Michigan MFA Program in Creative Writing offers each student a full tuition-waiver and a $16,000 fellowship in the first year, plus $6000 in summer funding, and a full tuition-waiver and a teaching appointment in the second year. In addition, they offer a $25,000 third-year fellowship to all qualifying graduates. For more information, visit http://www.lsa.umich.edu/english/grad/mfa/
MFA IN NONFICTION
Columbia College in Chicago offers an intensive program in nonfiction writing that will help students complete a book-length manuscript of publishable quality. For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/277oc67
PUBLISHING AND SELF-PUBLISHING SEMINARS
Nationally best selling author Karen E. Quinones Miller went from a struggling self-published author to a successful novelist with a six figure contract with Simon & Schuster in a matter of just six months. Topics covered will include: how to prepare your manuscript to send to publishers; how to write a query letter, synopsis, and book proposal; how to find a literary agent; determining if you have what it takes to self-publish, and how to go about publishing your own book, from obtaining an ISBN to getting your book into stores; and how to promote your book. For seminar dates and locations visit http://www.karenequinonesmiller.com/.
TRAVELING & TRAVEL WRITING WORKSHOPS
Got wanderlust? Learn the secrets of independent travel and travel writing from Stephanie Elizondo Griest, author of the award-winning memoir Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana and the guidebook 100 Places Every Woman Should Go. She'll be holding free workshops around the country throughout the year. Check out her Web site for details: http://www.aroundthebloc.com/bloc_party.htm.
GOUCHER COLLEGE MFA IN CREATIVE NONFICTION
Study the personal essay, memoir, literary journalism, and narrative in Goucher’s limited-residency MFA program. What distinguishes Goucher’s program is its exclusive focus on creative nonfiction and its strong professional emphasis on writing and publishing. For more information, visit www.goucher.edu/mfa
