Our proposed course offerings include workshops and seminars in:

 Main Quadrangle, UCC
The UNO Writing Workshops Abroad have been held every summer for 19 years in such
locations as Prague, Madrid, San Miguel, and Edinburgh. 2014 marks our second year in
Ireland, and we are excited to return to University College Cork. Admission is open to graduate,
post-graduate, undergraduate, and non-degree-seeking students. Our experienced faculty and onsite staff are committed to the success of the program and its participants, and our unique
combination of workshops, lectures, forums, and activities offer something for everyone.
The basic cost of the program is $4,295 for up to six credits, and $4,995 for nine credits. This
includes accommodation in college-affiliated apartments; some meals; opening and closing
receptions; weekend excursions including Dublin and Castle Blarney; our reading and film series;
performances by students, faculty, and guest writers; study abroad insurance; and a panel of
authors, literary agents, and publishers to discuss the business side of writing.
We also offer a non-credit Writing & Publishing Forum to assist writers at the beginning of their
careers. Participants attend writing and craft workshops and discuss manuscript and publication
questions with authors, editors, publishers, and peers, all within the confines of a supportive
group environment. The cost of the Forum is $2,195 for two weeks, and $2,995 for four weeks.
Our proposed course offerings include
workshops and seminars in:
• Fiction
• Non-Fiction
• Poetry
• Literature
•
• Playwriting
• Theatre
• Acting
• Screenwriting
• Film
• Travel Writing
Oscar Wilde Statue, Dublin
Our unique poetry program is directly affiliated with the Ezra Pound Center for Literature at
Brunnenburg Castle in Dorf Tirol, Italy. Courses are taught by Dr. John Gery with consultation
from Mary de Rachewiltz, author of the memoir Ezra Pound, Fa ther a nd Tea cher:
Discretions. Accommodations and classrooms are located on site at the castle.
The program cost of $4,295
includes classroom instruction,
some meals, a weekend
excursion to Venice, along with
guest lectures and poetry
readings from visiting poets.
Participating students can earn
three or six semester credit
hours in one or both of the
following courses:
• The Poetry of Ezra Pound
• Intensive Poetry Writing
Brunnenburg Castle, Dorf Tirol, Italy
Cork participants stay in apartment-style housing, located a short
walk from campus. Each apartment includes individual
bedrooms, bathrooms, and showers and shared kitchens and
living areas. Laundry facilities are located on site.
Brunnenburg participants reside in a renovated 17th-century
farmhouse within the castle compound. The facility includes
shared bathrooms, laundry facilities, kitchen, and living area.
Jarred Marlatt
Program Coordinator
Writing Workshops Abroad
UNO Division of International Education
504-280-7345
[email protected]
http://inst.uno.edu/writing/cork.cfm
The Oliver Plunkett, Cork