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Explore Creative Writing And Literature
Through Workshops And Craft Courses

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

In nine intensive days on Whidbey Island, explore creative writing (including your own) and literature through workshops, craft courses, and directed readings taught by the faculty of the Whidbey Writers Workshop low-residency MFA program. Visiting speakers include writers, editors, and others who'll explore both the creative and the business side of the writer's life. Workshops and craft of writing courses include fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and writing for children/young adults. For individual session descriptions, faculty bios, and residency schedule, see our residency page at http://www.writeonwhidbey.org/mfa/residencies.htm

This course may be taken for 60 Washington State Clock Hours through a partnership with Heritage Institute of Clinton, Washington.

Instructor: Wayne Ude, MFA
Whidbey Writers Workshop MFA Program
PO Box 637
Freeland, WA 98249
writers@whidbey.com
360-331-0307

Credits: 0 Tuition: $800
Clock Hours: 60 $90
Hours Required: 60 Meals and housing not included.
Housing and meals may be arranged through the Whidbey Island Writers Association office, 360-331-0307 or mfa@whidbey.com.

Location: Whidbey Island, Washington
Dates: August 15-25 2008 (August 15 and 25 are travel dates)
Meeting Place: Camp Casey, Whidbey Island, WA
For travel directions http://www.spu.edu/depts/casey/Reservations/mapdirections.asp
For complete residency schedule http://www.writeonwhidbey.com/mfa/residencies.htm

Application Procedure

To apply for the Whidbey Writers Workshop intensive residency, send a letter which includes information about your teaching, your degree, your teaching background, and your interest in writing to:

Whidbey Writers Workshop
P.O. Box 639
Freeland, WA 98249

or an e-mail with the above information as attachments to writers@whidbey.com

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