39th Annual IWWG Summer Conference The 39th Annual Summer

The International
Women’s Writing Guild
The 39th Annual
Summer Conference
July 15-22, 2016
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Building a community of women who write.
The IWWG, founded in 1976, is a network for the personal and
professional empowerment of women through writing. No portfolio
is required. The IWWG has established a remarkable record of
achievement in the publishing world, as well as in circles where
lifelong learning and personal transformation are valued for their
own sake. The IWWG nurtures and supports holistic thinking by
recognizing the logic of the heart—the ability to perceive the subtle
interconnections between people, events and emotions— alongside
conventional logic. To learn more about us, visit our website at
www.iwwg.wildapricot.org.
I felt like I was accepted into
a community, respected for
who I am at the core. I went
in wondering who I was and
came out knowing I am a
poet and a writer.
- 2015 Summer
Conference participant
39th Annual IWWG Summer Conference
The IWWG Summer
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, Pennsylvania
July 15-22, 2016
Conference is our
signature event. This
summer we celebrate
CONFERENCE PRICING
our 39th year of coming together, with over
Each package has different pricing for members and nonmembers. Want to join? Need to renew
your membership? Please do so BEFORE registering for this event to enjoy member pricing.
thirty workshops ranging from three to five
Entire Event: Includes seven nights, twenty meals, all workshops, critiques, salons, open readings
and book fairs. Check in Friday, July 15 (beginning at 2:00 pm) and check out Friday, July 22 by
10:00 am. Member rate: $1,325; Non-member Rate: $1,450.
memoir/personal narrative, screenwriting,
days in length and spanning fiction, poetry,
playwriting, writing as performance, social
Long Weekend Package (Friday-Monday): Includes three nights (including Opening Night), nine
meals (dinner Friday through lunch on Monday). Check in Friday, July 15 (beginning at 2:00 pm)
and check out Monday, July 18 (out of room by 10:00 am). Registrants can attend all workshops
and other conference activities on Monday (check-out day). Member rate $675; Non-member
rate: $750.
justice, and mind/body/spirit. Critique
Weekday Package (Monday-Friday): Includes four nights and five days, twelve meals (Monday
lunch through Friday breakfast). Check in Monday, July 18 from 8:00 am on, and check out Friday,
July 22 by 10:00 am. Member rate $800; Non-member rate: $875.
on such topics as how to start submission
Commuter Daily Rate Package: Includes all workshops and activities for that day, as well as
Opening Night admission, Friday, July 15. Can choose registration with meals (breakfast, lunch,
dinner) or without. To register for multiple days, contact us. Member rate $100/day (no meals),
$140/day (with three meals); Non-member rate: $115/day (no meals), $155/day (with three
sessions are offered in fiction, poetry, and
nonfiction, and five 90-minute salons will be
offered this year, with facilitated discussion
parties and how to
build magical realism
into your work. The
week’s events will also
include two book
fairs and nightly open readings. To learn
more about us, visit our website at
www.iwwg.wildapricot.org.
Workshop Leaders
Lisa Acerbo
Fiction
Judy Adourian
Playwriting/Critique
Kelly DuMar
Lisa Freedman
Writing as Performance Social Justice/Salon
Geri Lennon
Social Justice
Judith Prest
Mind/Body/Spirit
Jessica Mehta
Publishing
Paula Scardamalia
Fiction
Lynne Barrett
Fiction
Suzi Banks Baum
Memoir
Linda Bergman
Screenwriting
Janice Gary
Memoir
June Gould
Poetry
Dorothy Randall Gray
Memoir
Shawndra Miller
Social Justice
Eunice Scarfe
Memoir
Maureen Murdock
Memoir
Heather Cariou
Memoir
Joan Kane Nichols
Fiction
Linda Leedy Schneider Myra Shapiro
Poetry
Poetry
Marj Hahne
Poetry/Critique
Mary Beth Coudal
Publishing
Joy Ross Davis
Memoir/Publishing
Judy Huge
Critique
Lisa Hase-Jackson
Poetry
Cathleen O’Connor
Fiction
Kathleen A. O’Shea
Memoir
Jan Phillips
Mind/Body/Spirit
Miriam Stein
Social Justice
Marylou Streznewski
Mind/Body/Spirit
Carren Strock
Mind/Body/Spirit
OPEN READINGS
One of the most beloved traditions of the IWWG Summer
Conference is our nightly Open Readings. Every night (except
Opening Night and Monday, which we take off for a much needed
Susan Tiberghien
Memoir/Critique
Pamela Varkony
Social Justice
Anne Walradt
Fiction Critique
Amy Wu
Memoir
rest!) conference attendees gather to hear their peers read.
Readings are three minutes in length (about 250-300 words),
rigorously timed and enthusiastically received. If you’ve never
Salon Leaders
read your work aloud before, this is the time to do it: in a relaxed,
inviting and supportive
atmosphere.
Anne Anthony
B. Lynn Goodwin
Lisa Irish
Lisa Freedman
Elizabeth Kann
Alison Ruth
Opening Night Keynote Address: Nancy Giles
NANCY GILES is an actor, comedian, and writer, with two Emmy Awards for her on-air
commentaries on the acclaimed "CBS News Sunday Morning." She toured with Chicago’s famed
Second City comedy troupe; was Jay Thomas’ sidekick on his “Morning Show” on Jammin’ 105 in
New York City; and was the announcer and co-host of the cult favorite "Fox After
Breakfast." Nancy's written four solo shows and is working on a collection of true stories called
"Notes of a Negro Neurotic."
Giles has offered her social and political perspectives on MSNBC's "Hardball with Chris Matthews,"
"Melissa Harris-Perry," "All In with Chris Hayes," "Politics Nation with Al Sharpton," and "Up
with Steve Kornacki." On topics from politics and race to pop culture and body image, Giles says, “I
want to make people laugh and I want to entertain them, but I also want to provoke thought and
discussion.” Giles is a funny, perceptive, and provocative observer of today’s world.