Festival workshops are limited to 12 qualified participants and 3 auditors to provide a meaningful level of discussion, and careful, informed attention to your work. Beginning poets, shy about sharing their poems, should consider auditing a workshop as a great way to learn by observing and listening.
To apply, review our Guidelines and use the online application to apply early. Click on schedule, to see what's planned for the week.
ADVANCED WORKSHOPS
The Poem's Intention with STEPHEN DOBYNS
Toward New Poems with CAROLYN FORCHÉ
Discovery and Power with MARIE HOWE
Word By Word, Line By Line with THOMAS LUX
Enhanced Techniques with DAVID WOJAHN
Poems Of Praise with KEVIN YOUNG
INTERMEDIATE WORKSHOPS
Poetry and the Visual Image with MARY CORNISH
Masters As Models with ILYA KAMINSKY
Below is a complete schedule for 2010 workshop participants. (pdf)
| Monday, January 18 (Martin Luther King Day) (Book Signings follow all reading events) |
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| 5:00-7 pm | Registration and Welcome Reception | Vintage Gymnasium | ||
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7-8:00 pm 8:15 pm |
Organizational Meeting of Workshops Poetry of Witness, A Conversation |
Assigned Classrooms Crest Theatre |
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Tuesday, January 19: |
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| 9:30 am–12 noon | First Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 2:00–4 pm |
Craft Talks: |
Crest Theatre | ||
| 8:00-10 pm | Reading:Mary Cornish & Thomas Lux | Crest Theatre | ||
Wednesday, January, 20 |
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| 9:30 am–12 noon | Second Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 2:00–3:30 pm | Combat Mic Fright with Taylor Mali How To Give Readings |
Crest |
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| 5:00–8 pm | Festival Gala: Cocktails & Dinner* | Vintage Gymnasium | ||
| 8:00 –10:30 pm | Gala Reading: Kevin Young & Stephen Dobyns | Crest Theatre | ||
Thursday, January 21: |
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| 9:30 am–12 noon | Third Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 1:30-3 pm | Conferences may be scheduled ** | |||
| 3:00– 5 pm | Workshop Participants Reading I (52 poets)*** | Crest Theatre Free Event | ||
| 8:00–10 pm | Florida Poets Reading: Sidney Wade and Jay Hopler and Award ceremony for winners of the High School Poetry Contest) | Crest Theatre | ||
Friday, January 22: |
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| 9:30 am–12:00 noon | Fourth Workshop Session | Assigned Classrooms | ||
| 1:30-3 pm | Conferences may be scheduled ** | |||
| 3–5:00 pm | 2nd Workshop Participants Public Reading *** | Crest Theatre | ||
| 8:00-10 pm | TFIG Reading: Carolyn Forché & Ilya Kaminsky | Crest Theatre | ||
Saturday, January 23: |
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| 9:30 am–12 noon | Fifth Workshop Session | Crest Theatre Free Event | ||
| 2–4:30 pm | Panel Discussion: Beloved & Influential Poems: Cornish, Dobyns, Forché, Kaminsky, Lux, Valentine, Wojahn | Crest Theatre | ||
| 7:00–9 pm | Finale Reading: Marie Howe & David Wojahn |
Crest Theatre | ||
| 9:00-10 pm 10-11 pm 11:12:30 |
Coffee House Performance Poetry & Party Performance Poets: Andrea Gibson & Anis Mojgani followed by DiscO'Hara, Dance Party with DJ Scott Cunningham |
Vintage Gymnasium | ||
* Partners and spouses of workshop participants are invited to attend the Fundraising Gala. Tickets are $125 (1 guest/participant) ** 15 minute conferences will be scheduled at mutually agreed upon times and at faculty discretion *** Workshop participants are invited to read one poem, one page maximum, at one of the participant readings. |
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