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"What would happen if one woman told the truth about her life? The world would split open." ~ Muriel Rukeyser 

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Who Am I.....?

I am a clinical social worker practicing Family therapy for 28 years and I have a passion for writing.
Bari Ecker, Randolph, NJ

I write to find out what I really think and feel (my journal); I write to share and memorialize emotions, wonder and soul trips (my poetry); I write to exercise my imagination and courage (my fiction).
— Mary Karen Burke, Mohegan Lake, NY

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Remember the Magic 2010 Print E-mail

"I'm already looking forward to next year's "Remember the Magic." The Conference has become a vital part of my life...I leave enriched, inspired, supported and nurtured." ~ Anna Bozena Bowen, South Hadley MA

The 34th Annual International Women's Writing Guild
Summer Conference

At Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island

7-Day Conference Week: July 30 - August 6, 2010
5-Day Conference: July 30 - August 4, 2010 or any consecutive 5 days
2-Day Conference Weekend: July 30 - August 1, 2010

Commuters Welcome!

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If you prefer not to pay online, make your check out to IWWG and mail it to: IWWG, P.O. Box 810, Gracie Station, New York, NY 10028.

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WORKSHOP PROGRAM

Please Note: All 50 workshops take place every single day for the week-long period and are 90 minutes in length, unless otherwise noted. Special feature of this conference: Registrants do not register for individual workshops. You register for the conference as a whole and then you are free to go to any workshops you wish and make your own program.


Workshop Director Bios and Workshop Descriptions (click here)


WRITING: THE NUTS & BOLTS OF IT

JUDY L. ADOURIAN
Play, Write and Playwriting: Unmasking the Play Within You; No Pen? No Problem: Free Writing at its Most Free (two separate workshops)

LYNNE BARRETT
Plot: Finding the Heart of Your Story (Wed.-Thur.)

SUSAN BAUGH
(see Critique Section)

LINDA BERGMAN
So You Think Your Life's a Movie and Other Guilty Pleasures

RAINELLE BURTON
The Muse Salon: Bringing out the Depth in Writing through Music

HEATHER CARIOU 
Presenting and Publicizing Your Work

PAT CARR
Writing as Rewriting: Burnishing Your Final Manuscript

ZITA CHRISTIAN
The Key to Genre Fiction

RACHEL DE BAERE
Letters and Literature: Writing Life, Love and Longing

MARJ HAHNE
Poem=Sound=Body

SHEILA J. LEVINE
Legal Pitfalls: How to Protect Yourself and Your Work in Print and Electronic Publishing

D. H. MELHEM
Poetry One-on-One. (Note: This class is fully subscribed.)

MAUREEN MURDOCK
The Art of Memoir Writing (Mon.-Thur.)

CAROL PECK
Hyacinths & Biscuits: The Elements of Poetry

HOPE PLAYER 
Your Book is a Business: What You Need to Know to Make Money

MELISSA ROSATI
The New Rules of Book Proposals: How to Build Confidence, Community,and Connection in the Digital Age

EUNICE SCARFE
Blank Page: The Act and Art of Writing

LINDA LEEDY SCHNEIDER
Personal Writing Consultation (Tues-Thur., by appointment)
The Wonder of Words: Writing for Your Life (Sat.-Mon.)

JUDITH SEARLE
Writing Effective Dialogue (Mon.-Thur.)

MYRA SHAPIRO
Poetry as a Force of Love

KATHLEEN SPIVACK
Shaping Your Writing Project: The Inner and Outer Journey

CARREN STROCK
The Smart Writers Guide: What to Know Before, During and After Writing a Book (Sat.-Mon.)

SUSAN TIBERGHIEN
The Mosaic of Creative Nonfiction: From Journaling to Essay to Memoir

ANNE F. WALRADT
Writing Down the FunnyBones


CRITIQUE SESSIONS

SUSAN BAUGH
Open Critiques/Poetry

PAT CARR and RAINELLE BURTON
Open Critiques/Fiction

SUSAN TIBERGHIEN and LYNNE BARRETT
Open Critiques/Nonfiction

ZITA CHRISTIAN and ANNE WALRADT  
Open Critiques/Popular Fiction (Sun.-Tues.)

MAUREEN MURDOCK
Open Critiques/Memoir (Mon.-Thur.)

NATALIE REID
Open Critiques/The Mythological Voice


TRANSFORMATION OF SELF AND WORK

STEPHANIE ALSTON-NERO
Sacred Rituals and Practices for Healing History

UZURI AMINI
Writing Yourself Clean

JACQUELINE AUPETIT
French… With Pleasure

JOANNE HACKETT CHING
Intensive Journal® Workshops ($41 workshop materials fee)

JUNE GOULD
Bearing Witness: Writing Our Stories in the 21st Century

DOROTHY RANDALL GRAY
Writing the Word: Healing the Heart

JUDITH HUGE
Finding the Me in Memory: Tools for Women in Transition

JAN LAWRY
Finding Ourselves at Home

ALICE ORR
The Do It Anyway Guide to Getting Published: Adopting an Attitude of Abundance in a Time of Scarcity

KATHLEEN O'SHEA
Good Heavens: Writing from our Religious Pasts

JAN PHILLIPS 
The Power in Your Hands: How Our Writing Changes the World

MAXINE POUPKO (Mahala)
Women and Hunger: Nurturing and Nourishing the Spirit

MARY REYNOLDS THOMPSON
Writing From the Natural World: An Exploration of Inner and Outer Nature


MYTHOLOGY & NON-LINEAR KNOWLEDGE

SHELLEY ACKERMAN
Creativity and Your Astrological Chart: How Your Horoscope Reveals What You Must Write and Why

JUDITH PREST
Taking Dictation from Within: Writing from Soul Collage®

NINA REIMER
The Healing Channel: The Ancient Art of Soul Dolls ($35 workshop materials fee)

PAULA CHAFFEE SCARDAMALIA
Using Dreams and Oracles for Divining Your Muse

ANNE SCHNEIDER
Mask as Metaphor ($20 workshop materials fee)

NANCY ORLEN WEBER
Sacred Powers of Creativity: Keeping in the Flow


THE ARTS, THE BODY & HEALTH

LYNN BALES
One-On-One Art: Watercolor, Mandala and Collage (by appointment)

SANDRA BALINT
Tai Chi in Between: Writing From the Dan Tian

CARREN STROCK
Photography (Tues.-Thur.)

BARBARA DENHOFF DWORKIN
Early Morning Yoga