The Appalachian Writing Project - UVa-Wise

July and August 2011
Appalachian Writing Project
(276) 376-4562
Special Interest:
•Amy Clark’s
Teaching
Writing Class
Mondays at 6
p.m. Zehmer
Hall 115, UVAWise
Newsletter
Publishing Opportunity
for
AWP!
If you have good ideas or teaching practices, the AWP would
like to publish your initiatives. Please contact Amy Clark at
[email protected].
For your effort, you will receive the following:
! published book with your article
! wider audience for your ideas
! recertification points
AWP
Teachers
Teaching
Congratulations to Rebecca Elswick! Becky won first place
in the Sherwood Anderson Short Story Contest for "The
Snowball Bush" and will be honored along with the winners in
Teachers
the nonfiction and poetry categories at a luncheon in
2011
Program Leaders
Amy Clark and Rebecca Elswick attended the Appalachian Writer's
Workshop in Hindman, Kentucky, the first week of August where they
studied novel with Silas House and Amy Greene.
Director:
Amy Clark
Summer Institute
Co-Directors:
Hope Cloud
Leah Mullins
Open Institute
Leaders: Rebecca Elswick
Tammy Williams
Keela Smith
Renia Clark
Publishing Committee and
Young Writers’ Camp:
Karen Peters
Writing Retreat Coordinators:
Robin Charles
Rita Justice
Inservice Coordinator:
Grace Bradshaw
Continuity Coordinator:
Robin Charles
Tech Liaison & Newsletter
Cyndi Newlon
September and will tour Sherwood Anderson's archives.
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http://www.facebook.com/#!/pages/Appalachian-Writing-Project/212092201436
Join our list serve at https://list.uvawise.edu/mailman/listinfo/awp
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In the planning stages. . .
AWP
UVA @ Wise
One College
Avenue
Wise, VA 24293
PHONE:
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FAX:
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AWP ON THE NING!
http://awp-nwp.ning.com/
1. In September – a follow up to all the AWP summer
classes in the Dogwood Room at the Slemp Center.
All the students and teachers in the summer classes
will gather to share ideas and experiences. A light
breakfast will be provided.
2. On election day, November 8 - a publishing
seminar. People who have been working on an
article for the Motes book can gather to do a peer
review of the articles in order to move toward
publishing this book by spring.
3. In spring 2012 - a spring gathering involving the
editors of Appalachian Heritage magazine.
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We’re on the
Web!
See us at:
http://www2.uvawise.edu/awp/
Interested in mentoring a
new recruit?
Contact Amy Clark at
[email protected].
Interested in writing
and publishing?
!
http://www.nanowrimo.org/
Stay up to date with AWP news on FACEBOOK
and the Ning!
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