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#MichiganWriters Scholarships Contest and Interlochen Programs #motownwriters #michlit


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MW Annual Scholarship Contest 
For MW Members Only!


Michigan Writers will award three scholarships:
one $450 scholarship and two $225 scholarships. 

Entries must be received by March 5, 2020

Three lucky members will be able to use their scholarship toward tuition for the Interlochen Writers Retreat (June 8 - 11, 2020), or another writers retreat or Interlochen workshop of your choosing (subject to MW approval).

Winners will be selected by blind random drawing. 

You must be a member of Michigan Writers to enter the drawing. 

If you are not a member of Michigan Writers, please join by visiting michwriters.org/join

Click here to complete the entry form for your chance to win.

 

Note: Enrollment in programs at Interlochen is dependent on spaces available at time of registration. 


 

Interlochen College of Creative Arts
2020 Creative Writing Programs


Deep Revision Workshop
Monday, April 13 - Saturday, April 18, 2020


Join Katey Schultz and Anne-Marie Oomen for a week-long writing retreat focused on deep revision. This is a fully-immersive, facilitated writing residency that blends traditional instruction with self-guided writing time, with the end goal of revising a large portion of a full or partial manuscript.  Applications are currently being accepted.  

Interlochen Writers Retreat
Monday, June 8 - Thursday, June 11, 2020

Join us in 2020 to celebrate the 15th year of Interlochen's Writers Retreat and spend four days writing new material in the course of your choice, attending presentations by award-winning faculty, and enjoying lakeside lunches and evening readings while making connections in the literary world. 
 

Faculty:

  • Peter Ho Davies: Breaking Rules
  • Andy Mozina: Humor
  • Christine Maul Rice: Fiction Incubator
  • Holly Wren Spaulding: Troubled Times
  • Artistic Director: Katey Schultz
  • Writer-in-Residence: Anne-Marie Oomen
  • Writer-in-Residence: Mary Kay Zuravleff


All verified members of Michigan Writers can enroll for $450, a significant savings (which is more than an annual MW membership costs). 

Scholarship opportunities available for the Writers Retreat:
Anne-Marie Oomen & Katey Schultz ICCA Creative Writing Scholarship  
Scholarship Application Deadline is March 1, 2020 


Mystery Writing Intensive
Monday, June 22 - Thursday, June 25, 2020


Join Aaron Stander and accomplices for a four-day intensive retreat that will walk you through the genre of mystery and crime writing.
 

Poetry Writing Intensive: Short Poems
Tuesday, July 21 - Wednesday, July 22, 2020


Join poet Holly Wren Spaulding for two days of generative writing exercises, conversations about the craft, and appreciation of the art and practice of the short poem.

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