Application Deadline: April 6, 2009
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Do you love to write? Do you spend hours writing poems and stories, reading voraciously, imagining characters and entire worlds? Do you wish you had more opportunity to learn to write creatively than your high school curriculum allows? If you are looking for the chance to spend time this summer with a community of like-minded young writers from around the country, then the Reynolds Workshop is for you.
The Jonathan R. Reynolds Young Writers Workshop is designed to give beginning poets and writers an opportunity to develop their talents and visions. Our Writers Workshop puts you in touch with the variety a life in writing has to offer.
The eight-day Workshop, this year held from June 14-21, 2009, encourages high school sophomores, juniors, and seniors to explore, discover, and affirm the craft of writing while in residence on the beautiful campus of Denison University in Granville, Ohio.
The Reynolds Workshop establishes a community of respect and sharing in which you will learn what it means to be a writer through daily workshops, group talks, readings, informal encounters with renowned professional writers, one-on-one conferences, and other events.Session Descriptions
Students choose a primary area of focus--poetry, fiction, or nonfiction--for the duration of the workshop. Small groups (limited to ten or fewer students) meet every day; these intensive sessions are supplemented by individual conferences with faculty members as well as structured writing time. Students also attend crosswriting sessions that offer exposure to other genres and workshops with visiting writers.
Workshops
Students advance their work on individual writing projects by presenting and critiquing successive drafts in daily sessions. Depending on their interests and preferences, students are placed in groups emphasizing poetry, fiction, or nonfiction. Workshop sessions may also include short reading assignments, writing exercises, and discussions about craft. In leading discussions, faculty help writers learn to recognize their strengths and explore approaches to revision in a supportive learning environment.
Individual Conferences
Students each meet individually with faculty members throughout the week to discuss in detail the progress of their writing and their personal writing goals and aspirations.
Crosswriting Sessions
Daily crosswriting sessions provide experience in the two genres beside that of your workshop group and make stimulating connections between each type of writing. Writing exercises and prompts help students explore elements of craft and form.
Visiting Writers
It's one thing to read the words of published authors; it’s another to hear those words directly from them and to have the opportunity to meet them. The Reynolds Workshop brings award-winning writers to conduct workshops and readings to enrich the week’s experience. Recent visitors have included acclaimed poets and writers David Baker, Jordan Davis, Holly Goddard Jones, Ann Townsend, and Charles Wyatt.
Writing Time
Quality writing time is central to the Reynolds Workshop experience. You’ll have daily opportunities to put into practice the things you learn. At least one piece of your writing will be included in the Workshop Anthology, ready to take home with you at week's end.
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