Writing for Equity & Inclusion: IWWG 2023 has ended

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Writing for Equity & Inclusion: IWWG 2023

IWWG welcomes you to our annual writing retreat. Please see attached for our Code of Conduct and let us know if you have any questions: Code of Conduct

3:30pm EDT

CHECK-IN TO RESIDENCE Fitzsimmons Hall

5:00pm EDT

Dinner Dining Hall

7:00pm EDT

Opening Ceremony: No Mystery to Black History with Queen Nur East Parlor Fournier HallKAREN "Queen Nur" ABDUL-MALIK

7:30am EDT

Breakfast Dining Hall

8:30am EDT

Two Lands, Two Languages, Two Minds CH110Tanya Ko Hong Intensive Fiction: A Path Through the Labyrinth (Session 1) CH111Lynne Barrett Intensive Memoir: Ten Tips: Writing the More Memorable Memoir (Session 1) CH112Judith Huge Intensive Poetry: Come Light or Re-Ignite your Poetic Fire (Session 1) CH113Linda Leedy Schneider

9:00am EDT

Reframe / Revision: A Lightroom-Inspired Poetry Workshop CH114Edythe Rodriguez

10:15am EDT

Memoir: Writing What You've Never Had the Courage to Write (Session 1) CH110Maureen Murdock Memories and Memoirs (Session 1) CH111June Gould Reel Story Class: ScreenPlay: So You Think Your Life's A Movie (Session 1) CH112Linda Bergman Research and Resonance (Session 1) CH113Catharina Coenen

11:30am EDT

LUNCH Dining Hall

1:00pm EDT

All Creatures Great and Small: Animals as Inspiration (Session 1) CH110Dorothy Randall Gray Getting Below the Words: A Journey Through SoulCollage® (Session 1) CH112Judith Prest Poetry: Building a Body of Poems (Session 1) CH113Myra Shapiro

2:45pm EDT

The Yin and Yang of a Writer’s Life: Finding Your Balance (Session 1) CH111Jan Phillips Everyone's a Critic CH112Kristen Martin Your Memoir As Monologue: A Play Lab for Writing Theatrical Monologues for the Stage (Session 1) CH113Kelly DuMar

4:00pm EDT

Non Fiction Critique CH110Judith Huge Poetry Critique CH114Cynthia Manick

5:00pm EDT

DINNER Dining Hall

7:00pm EDT

OPEN MIC East Parlor Fournier Hall

7:30am EDT

Breakfast Dining Hall

8:30am EDT

Intensive Fiction: A Path Through the Labyrinth (Session 2) CH111Lynne Barrett Intensive Memoir: Ten Tips: Writing the More Memorable Memoir (Session 2) CH112Judith Huge Intensive Poetry: Come Light or Re-Ignite your Poetic Fire (Session 2) CH113Linda Leedy Schneider

9:00am EDT

Our Mothers' Gardens: Writing the After Poem CH114Edythe Rodriguez

10:15am EDT

Memoir: Writing What You've Never Had the Courage to Write (Session 2) CH110Maureen Murdock Memories and Memoirs (Session 2) CH111June Gould Reel Story Class: ScreenPlay: So You Think Your Life's A Movie (Session 2) CH112Linda Bergman Research and Resonance (Session 2) CH113Catharina Coenen

11:30am EDT

LUNCH Dining Hall

1:00pm EDT

All Creatures Great and Small: Animals as Inspiration (Session 2) CH110Dorothy Randall Gray Getting Below the Words: A Journey Through SoulCollage® (Session 2) CH111Judith Prest Mindful Editing: Improve Your Own Writing (In-Person) CH112Andi Penner Poetry: Building a Body of Poems (Session 2) CH113Myra Shapiro

2:45pm EDT

The Yin and Yang of a Writer’s Life: Finding Your Balance (Session 2) CH111Jan Phillips Where to Start: Working with Beginnings CH112Jan Gary Your Memoir As Monologue: A Play Lab for Writing Theatrical Monologues for the Stage (Session 2) CH113Kelly DuMar

3:00pm EDT

Book Fair LOGUE LIBRARY

5:00pm EDT

DINNER Dining Hall

7:00pm EDT

OPEN MIC East Parlor Fournier Hall

7:30am EDT

Breakfast Dining Hall

8:30am EDT

Intensive Fiction: A Path Through the Labyrinth (Session 3) CH111Lynne Barrett Intensive Memoir: Ten Tips: Writing the More Memorable Memoir (Session 3) CH112Judith Huge Intensive Poetry: Come Light or Re-Ignite your Poetic Fire (Session 3) CH113Linda Leedy Schneider

9:00am EDT

Boomboxes in the Rain: Reviving the Love Poem Through R&B CH114Edythe Rodriguez

10:15am EDT

Memoir: Writing What You've Never Had the Courage to Write (Session 3) CH110Maureen Murdock Memories and Memoirs (Session 3) CH111June Gould Quiet the Mind so the Heart Can Write CH114Margaret R. Sáraco Reel Story Class: ScreenPlay: So You Think Your Life's A Movie (Session 3) CH112Linda Bergman Research and Resonance (Session 3) CH113Catharina Coenen

11:30am EDT

LUNCH Dining Hall

1:00pm EDT

All Creatures Great and Small: Animals as Inspiration (Session 3) CH110Dorothy Randall Gray Getting Below the Words: A Journey Through SoulCollage® (Session 3) CH111Judith Prest Poetry: Building a Body of Poems (Session 3) CH113Myra Shapiro Superhero Poetics: How We Wear the “S” on Our Own Chests CH112Cynthia Manick

2:45pm EDT

The Yin and Yang of a Writer’s Life: Finding Your Balance (Session 3) CH111Jan Phillips Your Memoir As Monologue: A Play Lab for Writing Theatrical Monologues for the Stage (Session 3) CH113Kelly DuMar

5:00pm EDT

Dinner Dining Hall

7:00pm EDT

Closing Ceremonies - Awards East Parlor Fournier Hall

8:00am EDT

Breakfast Dining Hall