Juniper Summer Writing Institute
Amherst, Massachusetts, United States
Conference
TUITION / COST:$2,050
SCHOLARSHIP:Available
To support a full creative life for all, Juniper offers these scholarships to individuals who have experienced socioeconomic disadvantages or discrimination, and/or who are citizens of underrepresented or marginalized groups. It is our hope that this prac
CONTACT: Betsy Wheeler
PHONE: 413-545-8988
EMAIL: juniperinstitute@hfa.umass.edu
WEBSITE: http://www.umass.edu/juniperinstitute
Every summer, the Juniper Institute gathers a community of writers to explore the creative process and develop new approaches to the craft of writing. In association with the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Juniper is an opportunity to practice living with your art at the center of your life; it is a week to imagine with wild invention as you mingle, experiment, and take chances; it is a chance to connect with writers, poets and artists from around the country who value what prose, poetry, word, image, fiction, essay, memoir and autobiography can do.
The Juniper Summer Writing Institute gathers a community of writers to explore the creative process and develop new approaches to the craft of writing. It’s one week of intensive writing workshops, craft sessions, Q&As, readings, and manuscript consultation in the beautiful Connecticut River Valley. Applications open November 1. Scholarship applications must be received by January 15. General application deadline: February 15.
New: Independent Writing Residency
Our residency option offers writers the opportunity to attend readings, craft sessions, Q&As, community meals, open mics and writing sessions, but leaves the afternoon workshop time available for self-directed writing time. We’ll offer five residencies this summer. At this time we are not able to offer scholarship funding for the residencies.
Faculty
Featured Writers Include:
Chris Feliciano Arnold, Mahogany L. Browne, CAConrad, Santee Frazier, T Kira Madden, Eileen Myles, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Jeff Parker, Tiphanie Yanique, Leni Zumas
Genres
Poetry, Fiction, Creative nonfiction
E354 South College
Location
University of Massachusetts
Amherst
Massachusetts, United States
01003
Juniper Summer Writing Institute & Institute for Young Writers
The Juniper Institute gathers a community of writers to explore the creative process and develop new approaches to the craft of writing. In association with the MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Juniper is an opportunity to practice living with art at the center of your life; it is a week to imagine with wild invention as you mingle, experiment, and take chances; it is a chance to connect with writers, poets and artists from around the country who value what prose, poetry, word, fiction, essay, memoir and autobiography can do.
