Thursday, September 13, 2007

Laguna Beach Books Offers a Writers Workshop

The Workshop has been postponed. It should start in January!

Mentored by Julie Brickman, MFA, PH.D

  • Author, What Birds Can only Whisper
  • Fiction Faculty member, Spalding University low-residency MFA in Writing
  • Reviewer, Books section, San Diego Union-Tribune

When: 2nd and 4th Thursdays each month, 6 -8 pm: October 2007 - March 2008

Start: October 11, 2008

Membership: fiction and creative nonfiction writers, maximum of 8.

To join: Submit a portfolio that includes (1) your resume, focused on writing experience (2) a brief essay, 2-3 pages, that discusses your goals as a writer, the reading experiences and authors that have shaped you as a writer, and how well you accept critiques of your work, and (3) a writing sample of no less than ten and no more than 15 double-spaced manuscript pages in one of the above genres.

Fee: $600.00, payable in two installments: $300.00 upon acceptance; $300.00 by January 1st 2008. A nonrefundable reading fee of $25.00 will be charged for each application. This will be applied to the course fee for those who are accepted.

You can submit portfolios in the store. Feel free to call us with any questions. 949-494-4779

1 comment:

AGOG with God said...

Wow! What an incredibly inticing opportunity!