Poetry Writing Workshops |
Multi-genre Workshops |
Tutorials and Add-ons
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Director Peter Murphy |
The poetry writing workshops are at the heart of the Getaway.
Each morning the poets gather for an hour or so to discuss a
packet of poems. Then Peter, the Getaway’s founder, gives one of
his imaginative, challenging assignments and sends you off to
write. His unique prompts will encourage and inspire you to
produce exciting new work. After lunch you will share your new
piece in a feedback session led by one of the experienced
faculty who will help identify your work's virtues and offer
suggestions to strengthen its weaknesses. Because these groups
are small, you will receive positive attention to help your work
mature.
In addition, your tuition includes a twenty minute tutorial
with one of our faculty who will give you a constructive
critique on a poem in progress.
"In the ten years I have been attending the Getaway, I have grown
in both confidence and competence as a poet. This wouldn't have
happened without encouragement to take risks coupled with support.
Thank you."
~ Deborah, Egg Harbor City, NJ, 2012 Participant
Poetry Writing
Stimulating assignments will start you writing.
Positive feedback will help you revise your new poems into more
mature literary works. Your tuition also includes a one-on-one
tutorial which you can sign up for
after you arrive at the Getaway.
Limited to 10 participants per section
- Led
by members of our Poetry Faculty
 Advanced Poetry Writing
Same motivating assignments, but the level of critique will be more
intensive. This is for those who have had both poetry writing and
workshop experience. You will be able to list your faculty
preferences, if any, during the registration process. Your tuition
also includes a one-on-one
tutorial which you can sign up for
after you arrive at the Getaway.
Limited to 10 participants per section
Led by members of our Poetry Faculty including:
● Renée Ashley
● Laura McCullough
● James Richardson - 2011 Jackson Poetry Prize Winner
● View the full list of
Poetry Faculty
Optional add-on for
Advanced Poetry Writing Participants
Experienced poets are invited to work with our Special Guests during the
workshop sessions on Saturday or Sunday afternoon or Monday
morning. Bring a poem in progress (30 line maximum) or the
day's assignment to be critiqued. Enrollment is on a
first-come, first-served basis and is limited to one of
these intensive sessions with each Special Guest. There
is a $100 surcharge for each add-on session which is limited
to 10 participants.
● Advanced Poetry Writing with Stephen Dunn
● Advanced Poetry Writing with Dorianne Laux
Not sure which workshop is right for
you?
Visit Your Poetry Level for our quick quiz.
Creative Writing Sampler: Poetry
If you are eager to try your hand at writing poetry, here’s your
chance. You will engage with key elements of the genre, practice
techniques that will turn your writing into a sensory
experience, and develop and refine your own style. Stimulating
prompts will provide springboards for writing, sharing, and
discussion. Whether you're seasoned or haven't put pen to paper
in far too long, this workshop will energize your writing. This
workshop is one of three genres featured in the Creative Writing
Sampler.
Learn more about this workshop.
Led by
BJ Ward
Register today!
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Creative Writing Sampler
- New!
Hemingway joked that writing was easy, "All you do is sit down
at a typewriter and bleed." If you are eager to explore three
different genres under the tutelage of award-winning writers and
teachers, here's your chance. Over the long weekend, you will
engage with key elements of each genre, practice techniques that
will turn your writing into a sensory experience, and develop
and refine your own style. Stimulating prompts will provide
springboards for writing, sharing, and discussion. Whether
you're seasoned or haven't put pen to paper in far too long,
this workshop will energize your writing without Hemingway's
blood and bandages. The Sampler will offer:
● Fiction--Saturday with
Renée Ashley
● Memoir--Sunday with
Mimi Schwartz
● Poetry--Monday with
BJ Ward
Free-Writing Intensive: A Generative
Workshop for All Genres - New!
Free-writing can be the most important tool in a writer's
arsenal, the one that gives us the best chance of surprising
ourselves. It is also the first way we honor an impulse to
write, and the act during which the impulse catches fire
or peters out. Many writers know this, but few approach
free-writing as a practice, one with a wide range of methods and
purposes. This workshop will open the vault to the theory and
practice of free-writing, giving participants techniques for
getting out of mental and stylistic ruts, expanding the range of
available subjects, and generating a bounty of new material.
Both poets and prose writers will benefit from this workshop.
Led by Douglas Goetsch
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Tutorial in Poetry
Saturday & Sunday starting at 4:40 pm
Poetry tutorials offer a constructive critique on a poem in
progress that you're not sharing in your workshop. These
one-on-one-sessions last twenty minutes each. Your tuition in a
Poetry Writing workshop (Regular or Advanced) includes a tutorial,
and you're welcome to add-on an additional one if you'd like.
There is a $75 fee
 for each Tutorial in Poetry you add-on. Open to
all participants, regardless of what workshop you are taking.
Friday Poetry Workshop
- New!
Algonquin-style Poetry Workshop
Friday afternoon, 3:30-6:30 pm
Want to get an early start on the Getaway? Join BJ Ward on Friday
afternoon in this Algonquin-style soirée for lively discussion and
a raucous good time. Oh, and feedback on your work too. The fee
includes your first two drinks, so no matter the quality of what you
bring to the workshop, you'll leave with a good buzz. Bring 11
copies of a poem in progress (30 line maximum). $100 includes two
drinks; cash bar available for additional drinks. Open to all
participants, regardless of what workshop you are taking.
Limited to 10 participants - Led by BJ Ward
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