Providing established and emerging writers of poetry, fiction and non-fiction with time and space to create

Writer Alexander Weinstein has established the Institute of Creative 

Writing in order to give writer the opportunity to develop their craft 

amongst established writers.  The week-long workshop based seminars 

will allow writers to work closely with published writers to hone their 

craft, manuscript or other writing projects.  Visit the web site http://mvicw.blogspot.com/ to learn more or to apply.

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The Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency is pleased to announce October 2009 residency participants: 

Ellen Goldstein has published poems in Mid-American Review, Measure and Valparaiso Poetry Review. She has an MFA in Poetry from Emerson College in Boston.  She is working on the final draft of her first poetry collection.  

Cynthia Lowen is a graduate of Sarah Lawrence College, where she received an MFA in Creative Writing. She was a 2007/2008 fellowship recipient to the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, MA. She has received numerous prizes for her poetry including the 2008 Discovery/Boston Review Prize.  Her work has appeared in Barrow Street and Black Warrior Review among other publications.  She lives in New York City where she is a freelance writer.   

Sweta Vikram has published a collection of poetry, Pabulum and her work has appeared in several literary journals.  Currently, she is working on a collection of short stories set in India and the United States.  

Gladys Swan  has published two novels and six collections of short fiction. Her stories, poems and essays appear regularly in the            Sewanee Review. She has been a resident at Yaddo, the Vermont Studio Center and Chateau de Lavigny.  

Marie Myuyng-Ok Lee is the author of Somebody’s Daughter (2005), Booklist Best Book of the Year and WGBH summer reading pick, published most recently in TriQuarterly and Guernica. Marie also writes for Slate, the New York Times, and the Washington Post. She teaches creative writing at Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island.

Georgia Clark is an Australian fiction writer.  Her current book series is called Tigerskins, Inc., is being published by Allen and Unwin in Australia. The books main characters serve as positive role models for young women.  Georgia has also written and directed several short films.  

Katherine Govier has authored 8 novels and 3 short story collections.  Her current novel is set in the coal mining town of Canmore, Alberta.  She has been a visiting lecturer in both Creative Writing and Magazine Journalism at York University, Ryerson Polytechnical University and The University of Leeds, England.  

Dominque Paul is working on her second novel.  Her first book, The Possibility of Fireflies was published by Simon & Schuster in 2006 and subsequently made into a film. This past July she attended the Taos Writers Conference.

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This summer Featherstone Center for the Arts in coordination with the Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency presents a festival of poetry.  All readings begin at 6:30 p.m. 2009 Ruth Lilly Poetry Prize recipient Fanny Howe reads on July 16th, former U.S Poet Laureate Billy Collins on August 2nd and Pulitzer Prize winning poet Naomi Shihab Nye on August 29th.  Please join us for these wonderful evening readings.

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The Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency is now accepting applications for our October 2010 residency.  Writers of poetry, fiction, historical non-fiction, plays, and memoir are encouraged to apply between March 1st and June 15th.  Residencies are for a minimum of two weeks and a maximum of one month.  Each resident is given a private room in an historic inn in Edgartown, Ma, on the island of Martha’s Vineyard.  This intimate community of writers was created in order to provide time and space to create away from the demands and responsibilities of daily life.  The cost of residency is $150.00 per week.  Residents are responsible for meals and transportation.  The Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency provides rooms, private bath, wireless internet access and access to kitchen, common areas and gardens.

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