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Tennessee Mountain Writers and Tennessee Writers Alliance
present JANUARY JUMPSTART X |
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| It's never too early...to make your plans to attend January Jumpstart X on January 15-17, 2010, at the Magnuson Hotel (formerly Best Western) in Sweetwater, TN, at exit 60 off I-75. Workshop favorites from the past will lead us at the 10th annual January Jumpstart. Bill Brown will be returning to lead the Poetry workshop. Edward Francisco will lead the Fiction workshop. Saturday sessions will run 9:00a.m. - 12:00p.m. and 1:30p.m. - 4:30p.m. and Sunday session 8:30a.m. - 11:30a.m. | |
| Bill Brown is the author of three chapbooks, four collections of poetry and a writing textbook. His most recent titles are Late Winter (Iris Press 2008) and Tatters (March Street, 2007). During the past twenty years, he has published hundreds of poems and articles in college journals, magazines and anthologies. In 1999 Brown wrote and co-produced the Instructional Television Series, Student Centered Learning, for Nashville Public Television. He holds a degree in history from Bethel College and graduate degrees in English from the Bread Loaf School of English, Middlebury College and George Peabody College. For twenty years, Brown directed an award winning writing program at an academic magnet school in Nashville. He retired in 2003 and accepted a part-time lecturer position at Vanderbilt University. In 1995 the National Foundation for Advancement in the Arts awarded him The Distinguished Teacher in the Arts. He has been a Scholar in Poetry at the Bread Loaf Writers Conference, a Fellow at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, and a two-time recipient of Fellowships in poetry from the Tennessee Arts Commission. He and his wife Suzanne live in the hills north of Nashville with a tribe of cats. |
 Bill Brown |
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Edward Francisco is the author of nine books, including two novels, four volumes of poetry, a study in bibliotherapy, and a collection of essays focusing on cognitive science and semiotics. His novel, The Dealmaker, and his collection of verse, Death, Child, and Love, were both nominees for the Pulitzer Prize. His most recent book of poems, The Alchemy of Words, was one of the Small Press Review’s top picks for 2008. In addition to his essays on the relationships between language and consciousness, Francisco has published work on religion in such venues as Our Sunday Visitor, Inspirit, Sisters Today, and Soundings. He is Professor of English and Writer in Residence at Pellissippi State College in Knoxville, Tennessee. |
 Edward Francisco |
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This project is funded in part under an agreement with the Tennessee Arts Commission and the National Endowment for the Arts.
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Registration Fees:
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TWA or TMW Members: $100
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Non Members: $110
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| Includes coffee, tea, soft drinks, and snacks before the morning sessions and Saturday lunch. The motel provides dinner and breakfast for registered hotel guests. | ||
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Participation Limit:
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20 per workshop | |
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Registration Deadline:
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January 7, 2010 | |
| Room Reservations: | You are responsible for your own reservations. Rates are $58.00 + tax for single or double. Call 423-337-3541 and mention the Tennessee Mountain Writers Workshop. | |
| Additional Information: | Contact Sue Richardson Orr | theorrs@usit.net |