Event Title: Creative Writing Retreat
Date: Saturday, March 23
Time: 9:00am- 3:30pm PDT
Location: In person at Dominican University of CA
Join us for a day of writing and inspiration. MFA faculty will lead writing workshops in the morning, there will be a group brunch, an outdoor journal writing activity, and an afternoon keynote talk with Kim Culbertson on the topic of writing 100 word stories. The retreat will be held on campus at Dominican University in San Rafael, CA.
Schedule of Events
9:00- 9:20am - Welcome and Orientation
9:30-11:30am - Writing Studio
1. FEASTS, FASTS, FIGHTS: Stories of Memorable Meals, a creative nonfiction workshop with Marianne Rogoff
2. Titles, Not Afterthoughts, a poetry workshop with Brian Tierney
3. Conjuring Characters in Your Writing, a fiction workshop with Claudia Morales
4. How to Find the Story of a Life, a creative nonfiction workshop with Iris Jamal Dunkle
Workshop descriptions available here. Please choose one workshop at registration.
11:45am -12:30pm - Retreat brunch on campus (included in registration fee)
12:45 -2:00pm - Campus Walk and Write or Journal Writing on Edgehill porch.
2:00-3:30 - Keynote talk with Kim Culbertson; 100-word Stories: A Short Form for Expansive Writing
Part craft talk, part generative writing workshop, Kim Culbertson will share her new book (and the love of the form behind it). The heart of the session is the idea that in studying the intrinsic, purposeful architecture of this small, bright form, writers can learn to apply these concepts to their own fiction, creative nonfiction, or poetry to amplify the creative work they are already doing.
Registration
The registration fee is $80 and includes lunch. If the registration fee is a barrier to your participation, please contact christina.lopez@dominican.edu for information about scholarships.
Advanced registration is required. Cancelations with a full refund can be made until March 20.
For information about the Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing at Dominican, visit dominican.edu/mfa
