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The 2021 Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Writers’ Conference was held from June 6 to June 12 and from June 13 to June 19 at the Vineyard Arts Project (VAP) campus in downtown Edgartown on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The conference featured weeklong seminars with daily workshops in poetry and fiction, as well as manuscript consultations, panel discussions, and readings. The faculty included poets Amelia Martens, Adrian Matejka, Elizabeth Schmuhl, Britton Shurley, and Keith Taylor; and fiction writers Tia Clark, John T. Howard, Wendy Rawlings, Samrat Upadhyay, and Alexander Weinstein. Tuition was $1,075 per week. Lodging was available at the VAP campus for $625 to $975. General registration was first come, first served. To apply for financial aid, writers submitted three poems or 10 pages of prose and a letter of interest with a $25 application fee by May 1.
The conference also offered full fellowships (valued at $1,700 each), which included full tuition and lodging, and partial fellowships, which included a $500 tuition waiver, to writers with children who are 16 or younger, writers of color, educators, and queer writers; the application deadline was January 25 for parents, February 1 for writers of color, February 15 for educators, and March 1 for queer writers. Two full and two partial fellowships were given to poets and prose writers as part of the MVICW annual writing contest; the submission deadline was March 15. For both the fellowships and the writing contest, writers submitted a poem of up to three pages or a story, essay, or excerpt of a novel or memoir of no more than 3,000 words with a $25 application fee; fellowship applications also required a letter of interest. Visit the website for more information.
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Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Writers’ Conference, 7 East Pasture Road, Aquinnah, MA 02535. (954) 242-2903. Alexander Weinstein, Director.
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'La vita dello scrittore, pubblica e privata'
Una conversazione con Rose Styron, Philip Weinstein e Alexander Weinstein.
Mercoledì 26 giugno, alle ore 6, il Istituto di scrittura creativa di Martha's Vineyard e la biblioteca di Vineyard Haven presenteranno tre rinomati scrittori in conversazione: Rose Styron (poeta), Philip Weinstein (saggistica) e Alexander Weinstein (narrativa). Discuteranno del potere che la scrittura creativa ha nel trasformare la vita pubblica, la politica e la vita privata degli scrittori stessi.
Alexander Weinstein è il direttore del Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing (MVICW). È autore della raccolta "Children of the New World" (Picador) e la sua narrativa e le sue interviste sono apparse su Rolling Stone, World Literature Today, Best American Science Fiction & Fantasy 2017 e Best American Experimental Writing 2018. Ha ricevuto un Sustainable Arts Foundation Award e la sua narrativa ha ricevuto i premi Lamar York, Gail Crump, Hamlin Garland e New Millennium. È professore associato di scrittura creativa alla Siena Heights University nel Michigan.
"Mentre ci addentriamo nel nostro secondo decennio", ha detto Weinstein, "MVICW ha ampliato la nostra programmazione sull'isola. L'anno scorso, grazie a una generosa sovvenzione del Permanent Endowment for Martha's Vineyard, abbiamo lanciato la nostra Year-Round Writing Series, che porta autori e poeti locali e nazionali sull'isola per insegnare workshop gratuiti di scrittura creativa e tenere letture pubbliche. The Writing Life fa parte della nostra programmazione ampliata, che mette in risalto le conversazioni tra autori locali, poeti, giornalisti e critici letterari su cosa significhi essere uno scrittore e su come la letteratura trasforma il nostro mondo".
Rose Styron è una poetessa, giornalista e attivista per i diritti umani. I suoi volumi di poesia includono "Fierce Day" (Friesen Press), "By Vineyard Light" (Rizzoli), "Thieves' Afternoons" (Viking) e "From Summer to Summer" (Viking). Ha anche pubblicato " "Poesia russa moderna", un libro di prime traduzioni di poeti russi.
"Negli ultimi cinquant'anni, a importanti scrittori internazionali è stato ripetutamente negato il visto per gli Stati Uniti, perché il nostro governo temeva che le loro voci ci influenzassero, ingiustamente", ha affermato Styron. "La mia difesa personale quando presiedevo il Freedom to Write Committee del PEN era per Gabriel García Márquez, Carlos Fuentes e Graham Green. Quando ho realizzato un programma di interviste mensili per Voice of America, includeva interviste con scrittori dall'Asia all'Africa e all'Europa orientale le cui voci influenzavano le politiche pubbliche". Styron ha scritto molti articoli su riviste dalla metà degli anni '70 agli anni '90 sulle violazioni dei diritti umani dopo essersi unita ad Amnesty International, prima di tornare a scrivere e pubblicare poesie. "La mia poesia contiene alcuni riferimenti politici, sottili, credo".
Philip Weinstein è professore emerito Alexander Griswold Cummins allo Swarthmore College. È autore di otto libri di critica letteraria dedicati alla narrativa moderna, spesso con particolare attenzione all'opera di William Faulkner. (Il suo "Becoming Faulkner" (2010) ha vinto l'Hugh Holman Prize.) Il suo attuale progetto, a cui ha attinto per le conferenze nelle biblioteche di Island, si intitola "Soul-Error". È famoso a Vineyard per i corsi di letteratura offerti ogni autunno e sponsorizzati dalla biblioteca di Vineyard Haven.
"Il nostro argomento del 26 giugno, 'La vita dello scrittore, pubblica e privata', è molto più ampio di qualsiasi progresso faremo nell'esplorarlo", ha detto Weinstein. "Rose Styron, Alexander Weinstein e io affrontiamo questo argomento con orientamenti diversi, e le nostre osservazioni rifletteranno tali differenze. Orientamenti diversi, sì, ma condividiamo un impegno duraturo per l'arte (e la dura prova) della scrittura. Spero che la discussione del 26 giugno ci consenta di dire qualcosa su ciò che ci ha spinto, e continua a spingerci, a dedicare le nostre vite a questa forma di attività".
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2025 Summer Writers' Conference
June 8 - June 13 | June 15 - June 20
The Summer Conference
Week One: June 8 - June 13
Week Two: June 15 - June 20
What Is it?
The Martha’s Vineyard Summer Writers’ Conference brings together writers from around the world with the central belief that we can all learn from one another. Our program offers week-long classes on the craft of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, evening readings, panel discussions, and individualized manuscript sessions. Attendees study with award-winning Visiting Authors & Poets and celebrate writing on the beautiful island of Martha's Vineyard.
For those interested in individualized feedback, we offer Manuscript Sessions with our Visiting Authors and Poets. These one-on-one sessions allow attendees to get individualized feedback on their works-in-progress as well as advice on how to seek publication.
Our goal is to provide a nurturing place to create. While our panel discussions and Literary Journal Seminar address the process of seeking publication, the central focus of our conference is on generating new work and exploring the projects you’ve been longing to complete. For this reason, we do not offer classic workshops or agent-pitch sessions.
The Structure
Generative Seminars: Generate new work with our two-hour, craft-based classes held Monday through Thursday. Instructors lead discussions on craft topics and provide in-class generative exercises. Classes are offered in fiction, nonfiction, and poetry so you can strengthen your preferred genre or explore new ones.
Manuscript Sessions: Receive advice and personalized feedback on your manuscript during a 45 minute one-on-one meeting with one of our visiting writers.
Panel Discussions: Join a panel of Visiting Writers as they discuss their lives as authors and poets, how they deal with rejection, and how they've built their lives around the craft and art of creative writing.
Evening Readings: Attend intimate reading of new and published work from our Visiting Writers.
Literary Journal Session: Find out about the world of national literary journals, editing, and publication from a writer's persective. This Friday session will provide editing tips on how to prepare your work for publication as well as how to build your work into larger collections and novels so to seek publication.
Attendee Readings: Form deep connections within the community by sharing your own original work during our evening Attendee Reading celebration on Thursday and Friday night.
Want to Join Us?
We'd love to have you join us this summer! Spaces are limited, so we recommend registering early.
The program fee for the Summer Writers’ Conference is $2000 for the week. Registration covers participation in all seminars, panel discussions, readings, and a one-on-one manuscript session.
This was one of the most meaningful weeks of my life. Being surrounded by women writers and the support and love was the best part! This has changed my identity—I now see myself as part of a community of writers!
— 10th Anniversary Attendee
The setting was spectacular, the teaching incredibly helpful, insightful, thought provoking, and kind. The balance of craft classes, readings, and writing time worked perfectly. Just a big thank you! Thank you for honoring and valuing the voices of parents and people of color. Thank you for the guidance and fun!
— Quinn R., Attendee
This week has been so validating. I struggled my whole life to claim the identity of 'writer.' Being here has allowed me to feel affirmed and supported as I engage in the work.
— Gina E., Attendee
This was truly one of the best writing conferences I've ever attended—a perfect balance of creative rigor and creative leisure. The feeling of fellowship among faculty and students was infectious, electric even.
— Matthew G. Frank, Nonfiction Faculty
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