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...
Congratulations to our 2018 scholarship recipients!
After considering 82 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 Seaview. Toni Brown Memorial Scholarship First Place - Lindsey Danis, a writer from Kingston, NY Lindsey Danis is Hudson Valley-based writer and recovering chef who attended Vassar College and received an MFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. She juggles freelance content marketing with working on novels about queers in the ... Read More...
Getaway Reads: Two Poems by Gregory Pardlo
Murphy Writing of Stockton University Presents This entry is part of Getaway Reads, an e-mail series curated by Marissa Luca that features the writing of the Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway faculty. Double Dutch by Gregory Pardlo The girls turning double-dutch bob & weave like boxers pulling punches, shadowing each other, sparring across the slack cord casting parabolas in the air. They whip quick as an infant’s pulse and the jumper, before she enters the winking, nods in time as if she has a notion to share, waiting her chance ... Read More...
New for the 2018 Winter Getaway
Happy 25th, Getawayers! The 25th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, a writers' conference near Atlantic City, NJ, will take place January 12-15, 2018. Here are some of the things we're most excited about: Special Guests for 2018 We’re pleased to present our Special Guests for the 2018 Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway: Pulitzer Prize winners Stephen Dunn and Gregory Pardlo. Stephen and Gregory will both lead special sessions of the Advanced Poetry Workshop. Workshops We’re offering 5 new writing workshops in ... Read More...
Special Guests at the 2018 Winter Getaway
We’re pleased to present our Special Guests for the 2018 Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway: Stephen Dunn and Gregory Pardlo. Stephen and Gregory will both lead special sessions of the Advanced Poetry Workshop. The 25th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway, a writers' conference near Atlantic City, NJ, will take place January 12-15, 2018. Stephen Dunn Stephen Dunn is the author of 19 volumes of poetry including his latest chapbook, Whereas: Poems, published in 2017 by Norton. His previous books include Different Hours, which was ... Read More...