Conference Dates for 2013: Thursday afternoon, July 25, through Saturday evening, July 27 (with optional breakout sessions Sunday morning, July 28).

To be included in mailings and notification of emerging updates about the conference, email Mark Todd at mtodd@western.edu.

 

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Exciting News:

Due to a generous gift by Phyllis Gottesfeld Knight of Denver, we're now offering five scholarships to educators to attend the Poetry Symposium this summer at WtR. Click here for details.

Welcome to “Writing the Rockies” 2013

The conference welcomes beginners, published writers, and anyone else who believes in the magic and power of the written word.

Set in the beautiful Gunnison Valley of the central Colorado Rockies on the campus of Western State Colorado University, the conference offers a wide range of workshops designed to provide valuable learning tools in an inspiring setting.

Workshop faculty members have a broad range of published works, including fiction, non-fiction, poetry, screenwriting, magazine article writing, as well as industry publishing experience. Working with participants of all levels, our featured faculty will help writers hone their craft through workshops and will mix with participants during events outside of formal sessions. Talk at leisure to our scheduled agents and book publishers, or sign up for pitches.

In cooperation with Western's new low-residency MFA in Genre Fiction/Nonfiction, Poetry, or Screenwriting, and Western's new Certificate in Publishing.

Earn college credit for attending the conference. Contact WSCU's Extended University Studies Program at (970) 943-2885, or 1-800-876-5309, ext. 7.