The program, which aims to change the way writing and reading are taught in Ohio's schools, is co-sponsored by the Ohio Arts Council and Wright State University. Teachers and school administrators with various experience and backgrounds are encouraged to apply. The Experience of Writing allows participants to work closely on their own writing with nationally known, published writers and teachers.
Participants can choose to concentrate in poetry, fiction or personal narrative essay.
The workshop also will explore creative strategies for teaching writing in the classroom. Deadline for applications is June 1. Frank Dobson is a fiction writer and essayist whose work has appeared in periodicals such as Shooting Star Review and African American Review. He recently completed his first novel, The Race Is Not Given . He joined the WSU Department of English faculty in 1994.