Join Dominican University’s MFA in Creative Writing Program for a free virtual creative writing event. We extend a special welcome to healthcare providers and teachers. By participating in the retreat, Registered Nurses can earn 5 continuing education units (CEUs) and Credentialed Teachers can earn 0.5 CEUs.

Event Title: Writing for Health and Healing Retreat

Date: Saturday October 15 and Sunday October 16

Time: 10:00am - 2:00pm PDT

Location: Remote via Zoom

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Saturday October 15

10:00-10:15am PDT: Welcome

10:30am-12:00pm: Writing Workshops

Participants select a workshop during registration.

1. Fiction Writing as a Window into Narrative Medicine with Lise Saffran

2. Place and Time with Thomas Burke

3. Poetry and Tarot: An Immersive Writing Workshop with Allison Baldwin

4. Deliberate Celebration: A Poetry Workshop for Adoptees with Marci Calabretta Cancio-Bello

1:00pm-2:00pm PDT: Tell Me How It Ends: Narrative Curiosity and Lyric Insight. A keynote talk with Katie Peterson

Sunday October 16

10:00-11:30am: Writing Workshops

Participants select a workshop during registration.

1. The Power and Peril of Words in Poetry and Medicine with Susana Praver-Perez

2. Shame, Rage and Writing with Claudia Morales

3. Self-Portraits with Susan Kelly-DeWitt

4. Writing Place from Eight Imaginal Landscapes with Cindy Pavlinac

11:45am - 12:15: MFA Information Session with Judy Halebsky

1:00 - 2:00pm: At the Intersection of the Arts and Sciences. Readings by Bellevue Literary Press.

View a PDF of workshop descriptions and speaker bios here.

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Registration Details:

Registration is required. This creative writing event is a service to the public and there is no charge for participating. Dominican University of California is a nonprofit institution. To make a donation to the MFA Scholarship Fund visit our site here.

An event reminder email with a Zoom meeting link will be sent out to all participants via Eventbrite the day before the workshop. Please check your spam folder if you do not see the email from Eventbrite. Contact mfa@dominican.edu with any questions.