Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Seminar

The 2013 Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Seminar will be held from July 7 to July 12 at the Mayhew House in downtown Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts. The conference offers daily workshops in poetry and fiction, one-on-one manuscript consultations, panel discussions, and readings. The faculty includes poets Christopher Citro, Rebecca Gayle Howell, and Keith Leonard, and fiction writers Michael Martone, Phong Nguyen, and Alexander Weinstein. Tuition is $975, which includes a celebratory dinner with the faculty. To apply for a scholarship, submit 10 pages of poetry or prose and a letter of interest with a $25 application fee by June 1. For general registration, submit a nonrefundable $350 deposit by June 1. Registration is first come, first served. For a manuscript consultation, submit six poems of up to 15 pages or up to 20 pages of prose by June 15. Visit the website for more information.