tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-301558922024-03-13T08:58:21.975-07:00Taos Summer Writers' ConferenceThe Blog of the Taos Summer Writer's ConferenceTaos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.comBlogger364125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-40654516429801687092014-09-25T12:09:00.000-07:002014-09-25T12:09:16.794-07:00Bob Shacochis wins Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction
2014 Taos Summer Writers' Conference keynote speaker, Bob Shacochis, has won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Fiction. Many of you may remember Bob's fantastic keynote reading this summer in which he read from and discussed the themes of The Woman Who Lost Her Soul. While Bob's reading and subsequent roundtable focused on the craft of writing--specifically the way time functions in the Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-39376539826592870402014-09-09T13:24:00.001-07:002014-09-09T13:24:33.272-07:00Nick DePascal's New Book
Former Taos Summer Writers' Conference graduate assistant, Nick DePascal is the winner of the first West End Press Poetry Prize. His book, Before You Become Improbable is just out from West End Press/University of New Mexico Press.
Of the book, Sasha Pimentel says, "Before You Become Improbable is rich with the artifacts we are left with just before, or in the wake of, absence. It Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-89618054241994146202014-09-02T13:16:00.000-07:002014-09-02T13:16:36.742-07:00WASH by Margaret Wrinkle
Margaret Wrinkle attended the Taos Summer Writers' Conference ten years ago. Of the Conference she says, "My time in Taos was so pivotal. I found my best reader there and the novel I was working on when I came in 2004 was recently published by Grove Atlantic. In a great coincidence, my book deal came through the same week as that of another student in my Taos workshop named Kristen Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-34274362929940070042014-08-18T12:36:00.000-07:002014-08-18T13:16:10.685-07:00Participant Accomplishment: Congrats Teddy Jones!
A huge congratulations to Teddy Jones! Her novel, Jackson's Pond, Texas, has been named a finalist by Women Writing the West for the annual Willa Awards Contest in the
Contemporary Fiction category. The winner will be announced at their
conference in October. Teddy workshopped this novel at the Conference in John Dufresne's master class in 2011. Past Willa Award winners include TSWC faculty Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-83832614310116435852014-07-21T12:16:00.000-07:002014-07-21T12:17:54.232-07:00Until Next Year
What a year! We have to thank you all for making the 16th annual Taos Summer Writers' Conference so incredible. It was such an honor to spend another beautiful week in Taos with all of you.
Among the highlights, of which there were many, was the launch of Rananim. If you still haven't watched this video, which was directed by Conference Assistant Director, Eva Lipton-Ormand, please do, Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-45991216700353563762014-07-16T14:34:00.001-07:002014-07-16T14:36:34.834-07:00RANANIM: It Is Finally Here!
Many of you may know that the Taos Summer Writers' Conference founder and director, Sharon Oard Warner, began the Conference sixteen years ago in order to create a link between the University of New Mexico and the D.H. Lawrence Ranch just outside of beautiful Taos, New Mexico. For years, the Conference has taken loads of participants to the Ranch, had fellows stay in the fellowship cabin Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-74400939278105244802014-07-10T13:51:00.000-07:002014-07-10T13:51:39.318-07:00Meet the Native Writer Award Winner: Matthew Skeets<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Saturday’s roundtable will feature a lively discussion on the indie publishing revolution and what writers can do to capitalize on it. The 1:00 PM event will be in the Sagebrush Inn Conference Center and is free and open Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-34094721994826863232014-07-07T11:56:00.000-07:002014-07-07T11:56:00.908-07:00Meet the Taos Resident Award Winner: Kate Crawford<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Saturday, July 5, at 7:00 p.m., in the Mural Room of the Old County Courthouse in the Plaza in Taos, NM will be an extraordinary evening of poetry and art to celebrate Laguna Pueblo artist's Max Early's new book, Ears of Corn: Listen, published by 3: A Taos Press.
The evening will include a history of the Laguna Pueblo, poetry reading by Max Early, display and discussion of his pottery, Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-59931650453855515462014-07-02T12:52:00.000-07:002014-07-02T12:52:38.575-07:00Meet Julia Thacker, Winner of the Leo Love Merit Scholarship for Prose<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Julia Thacker is a poet, fiction writer, private consultant, and teacher who could not think of a more suitable career. Driven by her love of storytelling and the fulfilling process of Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-26776859418466790592014-07-01T14:05:00.000-07:002014-07-01T14:05:58.375-07:00Herb Thompson Writes About His Experience at the TSWC
Herb Thompson has been to the Taos Summer Writers' conference twice. In the most recent issue of the Virginia English Journal, Herb wrote about his experience at the Conference, one of the highlights being when he visited the D.H. Lawrence Ranch. "I went to the D.H. Lawrence Ranch and laid under the famous pine tree that Georgia O’Keefe immortalized in her 1929 painting."
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Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-78639123666316475252014-06-26T13:28:00.000-07:002014-06-26T13:28:09.333-07:00A Rountable with Karen Schechner of Kirkus Reviews
Karen Schechner of Kirkus Reviews will lead a roundtable discussion on Thursday, July 17 at 1 p.m. at the Sagebrush Conference Center in Taos, NM. This event is free and open to the public.
We asked Karen a few questions about what the roundtable will cover:
For participants who aren't familiar with Kirkus, can you describe it? What all is encompassed under Kirkus Media?
Kirkus has been anTaos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-66795009268201160782014-06-24T13:52:00.000-07:002014-06-24T13:58:53.672-07:00Meet the Agents: A Roundtable with Allison Hunter and Alexis Hurley from Inkwell Management
Allison Hunter and Alexis Hurley will lead a roundtable discussion on Wednesday, July 16th at 1 PM at the Sagebrush Inn Conference Center in Taos, NM. This event is free and open to the public.
In this round table, two seasoned Manhattan literary agents will lead a discussion about the basics of agenting and publishing, including what exactly an agent does and how you can find one. Allison Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-86631344416760131432014-06-23T14:09:00.000-07:002014-06-23T14:09:17.505-07:00Meet the Leo Love Poetry Award Winner: Monika Cassel
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Monika Cassel is a passionate teacher, who has come back into writing through teaching at the New Mexico School for the Arts. For her, poetry is just another kind of conversation from which both student and teacher can learn. A major goal of hers is to get more people to read and write poetry, to have it be a living and interactive project that all kinds of peopleTaos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-44060155432220293672014-06-18T09:12:00.000-07:002014-06-18T09:12:00.705-07:00Shuttle Service ABQ Airport/Sagebrush!
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Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-31762644933169786532014-06-17T14:15:00.000-07:002014-06-17T14:15:41.560-07:00YA Roundtable with Kristen-Paige Madonia and Janie ChodoshJoin Young Adult authors Kristen-Paige Madonia, the 2012 D.H. Lawrence Fellow, and Janie Chodosh, a former Conference participant, for the roundtable, YA Lit: Not Just for Kids.
This roundtable discussion will focus on craft elements specifically found in Young Adult Literature that appeal to both teen and adult readers. During the roundtable, Kristen-paige and Janie will discuss tricks and toolsTaos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-12451927168866299812014-06-12T13:50:00.001-07:002014-06-12T13:56:36.484-07:00Fiction Writer Arna Bontemps Hemenway Awarded the 2014 D.H. Lawrence Fellowship
Arna Bontemps Hemenway has been awarded the 2014 D. H. Lawrence Fellowship. He is the author of Elegy on Kinderklavier (Sarabande 2014), which was recently named a Barnes and Noble Discover Award Series pick. His fiction has appeared in A Public Space, Alaska Quarterly Review, Ecotone, FiveChapters, and The Missouri Review, among other venues. He has been the recipient of the Truman Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-646146674699876922014-05-07T12:31:00.002-07:002014-05-08T07:21:37.103-07:00Participant Accomplishment: Steve Fox's Memoir
Steve Fox began work on his memoir Odyssey: Love and Terror in Greece, 1969 in a nonfiction workshop at the Taos Summer Writers' Conference. After seven years of writing, and two trips to Paris and Athens for research, Steve's book, out from Nighthawk Press, is described by John Nichols as "part high drama, part fumbling comedy, sort of like Austin Powers meets Z, a Costa-Gavras Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-24168564784886896432014-04-29T14:00:00.001-07:002014-04-29T14:00:33.947-07:00Faculty Feature: Lisa Lenard-Cook
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We are so happy that our friend, Joy Harjo, is a recipient of a 2014 John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowship. In its ninetieth annual competition for the United States and Canada, the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation has awarded 177 Fellowships (including one joint Fellowship) to a diverse group of 178 scholars, artists, and scientists. Appointed on the basis of prior Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-24679442184625797092014-04-03T13:38:00.000-07:002014-04-03T13:39:21.126-07:00Faculty Feature: Dan Mueller
"Dan brings a style, energy, and expectation to the class that is
inspiring. He is a superb teacher." - 2013 Workshop Participant
We are so pleased to welcome back Dan Mueller this year, who will be teaching a weekend workshop he's calling Memoir as Fiction. In this workshop, you will look to your own lives for the material of your fiction. You'll also look to memoir for the Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-23383766718764308302014-04-01T14:03:00.000-07:002014-04-01T14:03:35.069-07:00Les Standiford and Prose Structure<!--[if gte mso 9]>
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Les Standiford will be teaching a weeklong workshop that is all about how to make readers want to "turn the page." The class is designed for writers of fiction, memoir, and narrative nonfiction alike. Les has published in all three genres and says that learning how to drive tension through narrative structure has made all the difference in his career.
"Taos Summer Writers' Conferencehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02578206264720609352noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30155892.post-53715647483113003682014-03-31T11:31:00.000-07:002014-03-31T11:31:25.576-07:00Poet Richard Vargas and The Writer's Almanac
April is National Poetry Month and The Writer's Almanac is kicking it off with a poem from the 2011 TSWC Hispanic Writer Awardee, Richard Vargas. Garrison Keillor will be reading from Vargas's book, Guernica, Revisited. The show airs in Albuquerque on KANW, 89.1, tomorrow, April 1st, around 8:15 AM. Be sure to tune in and enjoy!
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