2010 Squaw Valley Screenwriting Program

August 7 to August 14: Squaw Valley Screenwriting Program The Squaw Valley Screenwriting Program focuses on individual attention and work-in-progress, mentored by award-winning writers and writer-directors. Crystallize the story you want to tell, and excise extraneous elements. Designed for both screenwriters and filmmakers, this unique program invites both narrative features and character-driven documentaries that are currently in development. Our goal is to assist writers to improve their craft and thus move them closer to production. Deadline for application is May 1, notification by June 10. Check our web site for further details: www.squawvalleywriters.org/swriter_ws.htm E-News February 2010 Over Four Decades of Summer Writing Workshops 2010 Summer Workshops POETRY WORKSHOP WRITERS WORKSHOPS SCREENWRITING Visit our Website: www.squawvalleywriters.org Print the 2010 Brochure: www.squawvalleywriters.org Tell us which announcement you want to receive: Update Your Email Preferences Squaw Valley USA Our Local Sponsor: www.squaw.com 2010 Summer Workshops We are pleased to announce our 2010 Summer Writing Workshops. Every summer for over four decades, the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley has brought together poets and prose writers for separate weeks of workshops, individual conferences, lectures, panels, readings, and discussions of the craft and the business of writing. Our goal is to assist writers to improve their craft and thus move them closer to publication. Squaw Valley, located in the California Sierra Nevada, close to the north shore of Lake Tahoe, is a ski resort, the site of the 1960 Winter Olympics. Summers are warm and sunny; the area offers mountains, alpine lakes, and streams. Participants will have opportunities to enjoy the natural surroundings. ♦ ♦ ♦ POETRY WORKSHOP POETRY WORKSHOP: JULY 17-24 Kazim Ali · Forrest Gander · Brenda Hillman Evie Shockley · Dean Young and Special Guest Lucille Clifton The Poetry Program is founded on the belief that when poets gather in a community to write new poems, each poet may well break through old habits and write something stronger and truer than before. The idea is to try to expand the boundaries of what one can say. In the mornings we meet to read to each other the work of the previous twenty-four hours, and in the late afternoons we gather for a conversation about some aspect of craft. Limited financial aid available. Submissions Deadline: May 10, 2010 Visit the Poetry Website ♦ ♦ ♦ WRITERS WORKSHOPS WRITERS WORKSHOPS: AUGUST 7-14 Max Byrd · Michael Carlisle · Mark Childress John Daniel · Gill Dennis · Cai Emmons · Glen David Gold Sands Hall · Gerald Haslam · Michael Jaime-Becerra Louis B. Jones · Teresa Jordan · Michelle Latiolais Joanne Meschery · ZZ Packer · Martin J. Smith Gregory Spatz · Luis Urrea · Al Young Literary Agents · Book & Literary Magazine Editors and more Plus Special Guests: Rhoda Huffey · Diane Johnson · David Lukas Malcolm Margolin · Alice Sebold Amy Tan · Oscar Villalon And Published Alumni: Marisa Matarazzo · Nami Mun Victoria Patterson · Dora Wang · Alia Yunis These workshops assist serious writers by exploring the art and craft as well as the business of writing. The week offers daily morning workshops, craft lectures, panel discussions on editing and publishing, staff readings, as well as brief individual conferences. The morning workshops are led by staff writer-teachers, editors, or agents. There are separate morning workshops for Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction/Memoir. In addition to their workshop manuscript, participants may have a second manuscript read by a staff member who meets with them in an individual conference. Limited financial aid available. Submissions Deadline: May 10, 2010 Visit the Writers Workshops Website ♦ ♦ ♦ SCREENWRITING SCREENWRITING: AUGUST 7-14 Production commitments will determine availability of staff members and guests Eugene Corr · Pamela Gray · Toney Merritt Christopher Monger · Judith Rascoe Tom Rickman · Lisa Rosenberg · Tom Schlesinger Camille Thomasson · Michael Urban The Screenwriting Program is an intensive week-long program which focuses on individual attention and work-in-progress, by award-winning writers and writer/directors. You will learn to crystallize the story and excise extraneous elements. Film clips, lectures and writing exercises are incorporated into daily workshops emphasizing all aspects of craft including narrative point of view, character analysis, and scene structure. Designed for both screenwriters and filmmakers, this unique program invites both narrative features and character-driven documentaries. Our goal is to assist writers to improve their craft and thus move them closer to production. Limited financial aid available. Deadline to Apply: May 1. These workshops are made possible with a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, the LEF Foundation, and the Academy Foundation of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Visit the Screenwriting Workshop Website ♦ ♦ ♦ Thank you to all our friends who donated in 2009! We couldn't do it without you. If you meant to donate, you can always send a donation to the address below, or go tojustgive.org to donate online. Community of Writers, PO Box 1416, Nevada City, CA 95959 Upgrading? Are you a Mac user and are thinking of upgrading? We are in need of a G-4 or G-5 Laptop or I-Book. Due to the complications of our tasks, we are looking for one that is no older than 2006 and is in good condition. All donations are tax deductible. Would you like to contact us? Please don't "reply" but rather send an email to Executive Director, Brett Hall Jones: info@squawvalleywriters.org or call 530-470-8440. We promise not to flood your mailbox with emails. You can expect 8 or so per year. If you'd rather be removed, click on the link below. ♦ ♦ ♦