Ridgefield Writers Conference: 2020 Virtual Ridgefield Writers Conference: Writing Into the New Year Open Forum

Thursday, August 6, 2020

2020 Virtual Ridgefield Writers Conference: Writing Into the New Year Open Forum

DESCRIPTION

The 2020 Ridgefield Writers Conference presents an informative evening of motivation and inspiration on how to plan for your 2021 writing goals.

DATE & TIME

Tuesday, December 29 From 6 p.m. to 7 p.m.

VENUE

Ridgefield Library online Zoom platform

THEME

If you're like most of us, you're looking forward to seeing a close to 2020. But what's next for 2021? How can writers juggle their busy lives and their writing plans for the coming year in a way that's both motivating and inspiring? Join us for an hour of discussion and tips on how to create a writing plan with attainable goals that you can customize to start the New Year off right. Included with the program is a writable Word document with ideas, tips, references and examples to help you make the most of the coming year. Also bring your questions for our Q&A portion of the forum.

KEYNOTE

Adele Annesi is an award-winning writer, editor and teacher, and co-author of Now What? The Creative Writer's Guide to Success After the MFA. A founder of the Ridgefield Writers Conference and Muse & Music, a book editor for Word for Words, LLC, and a former development editor for Scholastic, Adele writes for 34^th Parallel, Authors Publish Magazine, Fresh Ink, Fringe Blog, Hamline University’s Lit Link, Hersam Acorn Media, Midway Journal, The Pittsburgh Quarterly, Washington Independent Review of Books and Southern Literary Review, where she served as managing editor. Adele’s work has been anthologized for Chatter House Press and Fairfield University, where she received an MFA in creative writing. Her essay on Italian citizenship is among the Clarion Award-winning Essays About Life Transitions by Women Writers, and her sudden fiction has been adapted for the stage. Adele also lectures and leads creative writing workshops for the Westport Writers’ Workshop.

REGISTRATION

Sponsored by Word for Words, LLC, and hosted by the Ridgefield Library, this year’s virtual conference takes place via the library’s Zoom platform and is free, on a first-come, first-served basis. The capacity is 50, and prior registration is required. To register, click on Ridgefield Writers Conference Open Forum. For more information, email Word for Words for call 203.894.1908.

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Fairfield University's Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing

Fairfield University's two-year low residency MFA in Creative Writing Program involves exciting, bi-annual 10-day residency periods at inspirational Enders Island, off the coast of Mystic, Connecticut. Each residency brings together a uniquely talented group of faculty, guest writers, students, editors, and agents. During the residency, faculty and students work, eat, learn, and have fun together. With 360 degree views of Fisher's Sound to inspire you, fellow students and faculty talk about and practice the basics and subtleties of writing and craft.

For information visit Fairfield University MFA in Creative Writing.

Or stop by the Saturday conference breakout session on What's Next in the Writing Life, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Ridgefield Library Boardroom on the Upper Level.

Westport Writers' Workshop

Now with offerings in Ridgefield and Avon, the Westport Writers' Workshop offers a wide variety of writing workshops that encourage, inspire and spark the writer's imagination.

Emerging and established writers will find a full complement of workshops to choose from throughout the year where they can gain constructive feedback, learn new techniques and hone their skills for among others who share a passion for the art and craft of writing.

For information, visit Westport Writers' Workshop.

Or stop by the Saturday conference breakout session on What's Next in the Writing Life, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Ridgefield Library Boardroom on the Upper Level.

Amherst Artists & Writers

Amherst Artists & Writers (AWA) is an international community of workshops dedicated to the idea that a writer is someone who writes. The AWA method, described in Writing Alone & With Others, by Pat Schneider, affirms that every writer deserves a safe environment in which to experiment, learn and develop craft.

AWA workshops are generative, intended to help emerging and established writers create prose. Writers then share their work in a supportive environment where each voice is valued.

Area AWA workshops can be found at Kitchen Table Writers, led by Jen Sage-Robison, who also leads a workshop for mothers of children with disabilities. For more on AWA, or to learn about becoming a certified workshop leader, visit Amherst Writers.

Or stop by the Saturday conference breakout session on What's Next in the Writing Life, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Ridgefield Library Boardroom on the Upper Level.

The Westchester Review

The Westchester Review is published annually. The editors welcome previously unpublished, poems, stories, and essays by established and emerging writers currently or previously living, working or studying in New York's Westchester County area. We accept up to five poems or two prose pieces per author. Submissions are read year round. For more information on the publication and on submissions, visit The Westchester Review.

Or stop by the Saturday conference breakout session on What's Next in the Writing Life, from 4:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in the Ridgefield Library Boardroom on the Upper Level.

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Thursday, August 6, 2020

2020 Virtual Ridgefield Writers Conference: Writing Into the New Year Open Forum

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