The Solstice Creative Writing Programs is pleased to announce the launch of the Solstice Seminars, two-day intensives that offer writers the opportunity to explore and deepen their knowledge of craft. The Seminars —designed to build upon and expand the concentrations of the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing Program— will replace the annual Solstice Summer Writers’ Conference with an affordable, high impact, and low time-commitment alternative for busy working writers. Seminars will be offered in addition to our bi-annual course audit program, which welcomes members of the community to audit graduate-level courses during our MFA Program’s summer and winter residencies.

We would like to thank all of the faculty members, special guests, and participants who contributed to the Solstice Summer Writers’ Conference from 2005 through 2009, along with a shout out to all of those who generously donated scholarship funds so that other writers could attend:

• Kathleen Aguero
• A. Manette Ansay
• Francisco Aragon
• Lisa Atkinson
• Lee Hope & Bill Betcher
• Paul Hostovsky
• Jack Ketchum
• Dennis Lehane
• Anne-Marie Oomen & David Mearly
• Roland Merullo
• Millicent Monks
• Grace Ocasio
• Margaret Ricketts
• Golda Solomon
• Michael Steinberg
• Valerie Wilson Wesley
• Columbia College
• The Solstice Institute

Like the Solstice MFA in Creative Writing and the Solstice Summer Writers’ Conference, the Solstice Seminars provide a supportive, welcoming environment in which writers of all backgrounds are encouraged to take creative risks. Information about our first Solstice Seminar, Writing for Stage & Screen —scheduled for October 15–16, 2010 — will be posted to this site shortly.

We look forward to hearing from you, and thanks again for five summers of writerly camaraderie and inspiration!

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