The Poetry Program [Annual - July] is founded on the belief that when poets gather in a community to write new poems, each poet may well break through old habits and write something stronger and truer than before. To help this happen we work together to create an atmosphere in which everyone might feel free to try anything. In the mornings we meet in workshops to read to each other the work of the previous twenty-four hours; each participant also has an opportunity to work with each staff poet. In the late afternoons we gather for a conversation about some aspect of craft. On several late afternoons staff poets hold brief individual conferences.

Tuition for the Poetry Program is $750, which includes six evening meals and daily photocopying of poems. A limited amount of financial aid is available.

Deadline: Applications/Submissions must be received by May 10, 2006.

The Screenwriting Program [Annual - August] is an intensive week-long program which focuses on individual attention and work-in-progress, by award-winning writers and writer/directors. Film clips, lectures and writing exercises are incorporated into daily workshops, emphasizing the grammar of film, story development, narrative point of view, character analysis and scene structure. This unique program is designed for screenwriters and filmmakers, as well as fiction writers and playwrights who wish to translate their work into the film medium.

Space is limited to 25 participants. Tuition is $700.00, which includes 6 evening meals; a limited amount of financial aid is available. Admissions are based on submissions. See Application Guidelines.

The Writers Workshops [Annual - August] assist serious writers by exploring the art and craft as well as the business of writing. The week offers daily morning workshops, craft lectures, panel discussions on editing and publishing, and staff readings, in addition to brief individual conferences. The morning workshops are led by staff writer-teachers, editors, or agents. There are separate morning workshops for Fiction and Narrative Nonfiction/Memoir. In addition to their workshop manuscript, participants may have a second manuscript read by a staff member who meets with them in an individual conference.

Tuition is $725, which includes six evening meals; a limited amount of financial aid is available. Admissions are based on submitted manuscripts.

Deadline: Submissions must be received on or before May 10, 2006.