William Joiner Center Writers' Workshop

The 19th Annual Writers' Workshop
June 19- 30, 2006

Sponsored by the William Joiner Center for the Study of War and Social Consequences and the Creative Writing Program of the University of Massachusetts Boston.

This workshop - open to writers of fiction and nonfiction, poetry, playwriting and translation - involves one or two weeks of working sessions and individual consultations with distinguished writers. The faculty includes Vietnam veterans and others whose lives have been altered by the experience of war, but applicants with diverse interests and backgrounds are encouraged to apply.

Visiting writers will join the teaching staff in a series of readings, seminars, and panel discussions. Special events held at UMass Boston and at other Boston locations will be open to both workshop students and the general public. Click here for the faculty reading series schedule.

Online Application for Writers' Workshop 2006

This years' faculty includes:
(Click name for class description)

Poetry:  Fred Marchant,
  Afaa Michael Weaver, Bruce Weigl,
  Macdara Woods
Fiction:   Larry Heinemann,
  Demetria Martínez
Translation: Martha Collins
Memoir: Doug Anderson
Visiting Faculty:  Grace Paley,
  Carolyn Forche, Brian Turner,
  Reggie Gibson, Huu Thinh,
  Truong Vu, Taylor Stoehr,
  Bob Nichols, Danielle Legros-George,
  Lloyd Schwartz, Barbara Lewis
Writer in Residence: Sam Hamill
Special Focus: Writing Communities
  Workshops and Symposia on Political
  Writing; Reading, Writing, and
  Performing in Communities at Risk;
  Writing and War; Artists in the World;
  Publishing
One-Week Workshops:
  Poetry: Martín Espada - Week 2 (June 26 - 30th)
  Eilean Ni Chuilleanain

Please note that this information is subject to change.

Funding from Lannan Foundation, the LEF Foundation, and the Massachusetts Cultural council have helped to sustain and make the program affordable over the years.