2010- Inspired by Carol Bly: Write, Read & Dine with Us
“Inspired by Carol Bly: Write, Read & Dine with Us”
Presented by Minnesota Landscape Arboretum in Collaboration with Writers Rising Up
Saturday, September 25th 10am to 3:00pm Learning Center Building
70.00 Members, 85.00 non-Members
www.arboretum.umn.edu
(952) 443-1400
We encourage participation through the Arboretum, but submissions for those not attending events the cost is $10.00 for 2,500 words. Information at http://wrupblog.blogspot.com/
A lively, heart-warming day of reading, writing, walking, cooking and tasting with authors who are former colleagues of Minnesota's beloved Carol Bly. Carol's publishing partner, Cynthia Loveland, will explain the "Six Great Gifts of Story". Carol's colleague, author Patricia Kirkpatrick, leads a non-fiction writing workshop, "The Most Vitally Touching Things In Life, Including What's For Lunch". Enjoy an English country meal cooking class inspired by one of Carol's own stories. The Arboretum Chef will demonstrate how to prepare: Madeira, soup, sheep, fish, winter root vegetables, and trifle. Generous tasting portions will serve as your lunch AND afternoon brunch!. Registration includes the fee for participating in the Writers Rising Up short story-writing contest ((http://www.writersrisingup.org). Limit: 20.
Agenda:
10: 00 – 11:00 Cynthia Loveland
11:00 – 12:30 Patricia Kirkpatrick
12:30 – 3:00 – Cooking class
Instructor Bios-
Cynthia Loveland and Carol Bly established Bly & Loveland Press and together authored and published four books: THREE READINGS FOR REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS; STOPPING THE GALLOP TO EMPIRE; A SHOUT TO AMERICAN CLERGY; and AGAINST WORKSHOPPING MANUSCRIPTS. Now retired, Cynthia Loveland earned her MSW at the University of Minnesota, worked for nine years in county social service in rural Minnesota and for almost 30 years as a school social worker for the St. Paul Public Schools.
Patricia Kirkpatrick has published CENTURY’S ROAD (Holy Cow! Press), two poetry chapbooks, and books for young readers, including PLOWIE: A STORY FROM THE PRAIRIE (Harcourt), as well as essays, reviews, and interviews with prominent American writers. She is Poetry Editor for WATER-STONE REVIEW and teaches in the MFA program at Hamline University where, when teaching undergraduate composition, literature, and creative writing, she once shared an office with Carol Bly and was influenced greatly by her teaching and writing.
Carol Bly Short Story Contest-
How You Do This?
•Write about a place and the people that inhabit it
•Send short story submissions to Writers Rising Up at 16526 W 78th St #163, Eden Prairie, MN 55346
•Deadline one month after event. Work will not be returned.
•8x 11 computer generated, paginated, name on cover page only
•Word Limit-No more than 2,500 words
•Winning submission published online
Judges-
Victoria Pellar Price, Founder and Director of Writers Rising Up to Defend Place, is currently completing her MFA thesis at Hamline University
Mark Herwig, Editor Pheasants Forever, Quail Forever & Upland Tales magazines
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