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2013 Faculty
Bruce Weigl, Poetry
Heidi Ruby Miller; Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror
Dinty Moore, Creative Nonfiction
Ty DeMartino, Screenwriting
Jessica Blau, Fiction
Costs & Offerings
For $300 tuition students receive:
A weekend to study with published writers and to workshop, design, and generate new material and to receive feedback for finished works.
Opportunity for a one-on-one faculty conference for an additional cost of $25.00.
The weekend includes a reading of participant work as well as faculty readings.
Thursday dinner, lunches, and receptions included.

  Summer Nightsun Writers Conference

Nightsun

In Historic Downtown Frostburg

July 25-28, 2013

Registration Deadline July 18, 2013!

Dorm Option Available - $50 a night, taxes included - Make a note on your registration form if you are interested in this option.

The Frostburg Center for Creative Writing is happy to announce the fifth annual Nightsun Writers Conference scheduled to be held Thursday, July 25, through Sunday, July 28, in downtown Frostburg, MD.

 

The conference will feature workshops with:

  • Bruce Weigl, (poetry)
  • Heidi Ruby Miller, (sci-fi, fantasy, and horror)
  • Dinty Moore, (nonfiction)
  • Jessica Anya Blau, (fiction)
  • Ty DeMartino, (screenwriting)


The program will provide participants with:

workshop opportunities
individualized attention to and feedback on their work
craft sessions

The conference is designed to generate new material for publication, hone the craft of creative writing, and initiate a larger writing community for participants. We're happy to announce that teachers who come to our annual Nightsun Summer Writers Conference can get Continuing Education credit from the Maryland State Department of Education.

 

The weekend will also include readings by participants, workshop faculty, and special guests

The cost for participation is $300 plus accommodations and some meals. A 50% scholarship is available for recent FSU alumni. There will be an opportunity for a one-on-one faculty conference for an additional cost of $25.00.


To register, please fill out the following registration form and send us a non-refundable $50 down payment:

Registration Form


 

Main Steet Frostburg, Maryland