Whether you are a beginning or advanced writer, the conference is structured so that you can get the most out of the sessions while working at your own pace. The non-fiction workshop focuses on memoirs and family histories. Participants discuss strategies for researching, writing and organizing stories about themselves or their families. In the fiction workshop, participants learn how to develop characters, make plots more active and use significant details to shape stories. The poetry workshops introduce participants to pre-writing strategies and the uses of imagery, sound, rhythm and poetry performance.
Participants also learn about traditional and contemporary poetics.
The workhops will be important to teachers interested in teaching creative writing. I look forward to your joining us for this year's Fort Kearny Summer Writers' Conference. It promises to be a rewarding educational and cultural experience. The conference will culminate with a luncheon on Friday. A MacDowell Fellow, Fort has received major literary awards from the Poetry Society of America, Writers Voice, and the Randall Jarrell Poetry Prize.