Five scholarships are being offered for first-time participants of the 27th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway writers' conference. Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway January 14-18, 2021 Online Recipients may choose from workshops in fiction, memoir, creative nonfiction or poetry. In addition to workshops, the conference also offers plentiful writing time, featured readings, open mics, yoga and dancing at the Getaway Disco. We have two different types of scholarships available: The Toni Brown Memorial Scholarship will offer two ... Read More...
New for the 2021 Winter Getaway
Registration for the 27th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway is now open! This supportive, participant-focused writers' conference will take place January 14-18, 2021. Here are some of the things we're most excited about this year. Featured Reader We’re thrilled that award-winning poet Ross Gay will join us as a Featured Reader. We look forward to welcoming him on Sunday, January 17 for an intimate reading and Q&A session exclusively for Winter Getaway participants. A note for re-PETERs: Ross will not be leading workshops, just ... Read More...
How to Make the Most of Your 2021 Online Winter Getaway
IMPORTANT: *All times on the schedule are EST.* If you don't live on the East Coast, be sure to check the time difference in advance. Setting a specific watch or clock in your workspace to EST might help. Here are tips and tricks for success at the 2021 Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway. Zoom / Tech Tips 1. Make sure you have internet access, a webcam and a microphone. To fully participate in the 2021 Winter Getaway, you’ll need a computer or tablet, internet access, and access to a webcam and microphone. Those ... Read More...
Announcing: 27th Annual Winter Getaway – January 14-18, 2021
Dear Writers, We are writing to let you know that the 27th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway will be held online in January 2021. Good news: We’re adding an extra day to the schedule, so this year’s Getaway will run from Thursday evening, January 14 through Monday afternoon, January 18, 2021. Because we don’t know how the pandemic will unfold in the coming months, we have made the decision to hold an online conference that will ensure our community can write together, even if we’re all at home. We are planning to offer many of the same things ... Read More...
Important Information for 2020 Participants
26th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway January 17-20, 2020 Below is a list of everything you need to arrive safely, happily and ready to enjoy the weekend, including how to book our special rate to extend your stay. Please read this carefully even if you've attended before so you don't miss anything. Arrival Logistics for Friday, January 17 4:00 p.m. or later: You may check in at Seaview anytime after 4:00 p.m. When you arrive, you can pull up to the main entrance where the bell service will help you unload. You can then pull around ... Read More...
Congratulations to our 2020 scholarship recipients!
After considering 87 applications, the panel has made its decisions. There were many strong applications and it was a tough choice, but the following writers were selected. We look forward to getting to know them at the Winter Getaway, but we asked them to tell us a bit about themselves ahead of time. See what they had to say below. Toni Brown Memorial Scholarship First Place - Nik Hill of Rowland Heights, CA Nik Hill is a spiritually-obsessed poet living in Rowland Heights, CA. She is a Pen Emerging Voices finalist and a Key West Literary ... Read More...
Carpooling to the 2020 Winter Getaway
Need a ride? Have an extra space or two in your car? Flying in and looking to rent a car or share expenses on an airport shuttle? Taking public transit and looking to connect with other participants? Comment below to connect with others. Please note, that over the years participants have often waited until the last minute to use the carpool board. However, the sooner you post, the more likely you are to find someone to share a ride with. See our Travel Page for information on transportation to the Winter Getaway. ... Read More...
Getaway Reads 2020: Two Poems by Emari DiGiorgio
Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. . When You Are the Brownest White Girl by Emari DiGiorgio Someone will call you spic. And you won’t know what to say because you’re a Ferrucci-DiGiorgio from the region of Molise where olives become oil, and there are slurs for your kind, too: Guinea, WOP, grease ball, so maybe, the sting is being slapped with another’s epithet. When you’re the brownest white ... Read More...
Getaway Reads 2020: A personal essay by Anndee Hochman
Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. . On Yom Kippur, I think of my grandmother and the sweaters I didn't love enough by Anndee Hochman My Bubbie, my mother's mother, was always chasing me with a flexible yellow tapeline in her hand. “Shayna punim. Shayna maidele.” Beautiful face, she said, even if I’d dabbed the wrong shade of cover-up over a huge, pubescent zit. Beautiful girl, even in ... Read More...
Scholarships available for 2020 writers’ conference
Five scholarships are being offered for first-time participants of the 26th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway writers' conference. Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway January 17-20, 2020 Seaview Hotel Galloway, NJ (Atlantic City area) Recipients may choose from workshops in novel writing, memoir, fiction, nonfiction, freewriting and poetry. In addition to workshops, the conference also offers one-on-one tutorials, a featured reading, open mics, yoga and dancing at the Getaway Disco. We have three different types of scholarships available: ... Read More...
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