Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Seminar

The 2012 Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Writer’s Conference will be held from July 15 to July 20 at the Vineyard Square Hotel in downtown Edgartown, Massachusetts. The conference offers workshops in poetry and fiction, one-on-one manuscript consultations, and readings. The faculty includes poets Keith Leonard and Catherine Pierce and fiction writers Michael Kardos, Phong Nguyen, and Alexander Weinstein. Tuition is $975, which includes one dinner with the faculty. Scholarships are available; 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 five poems of up to 15 pages or up to 20 pages of prose by June 15. Visit the website for more information.