In its 15th year of offering the writers' symposium, the non-profit Horace
Greeley Foundation, funded through donations and proceeds from Symposium
fees, is dedicated to promoting the writer's trade and the spirit of public
oration that was central to Greeley's life.
What is perhaps equally central to our mission is preserving the sense of
place and memory of life in a small New England village. Each year, we meet
in those places where Greeley lived, worked, debated and voraciously read the
books and journals that fed his intellectual curiosity. More can be learned
here: http://horacegreeleyfoundation.org/who_was_horace_greeley
The Symposium will be held on Saturday, October 21st, 2017 from 9am to 5pm,
at the United Baptist Church, On the Green, East Poultney, Vermont.
Registration for this event is $80, with a special student rate of $20.
Registration is available online at www.horacegreeleyfoundation.org.
Registration forms can also be found in brochures throughout the region, and
at the Poultney Public Library. Onsite registration will be available at the
event, as well.
The Horace Greeley Writers' Symposium is a celebration of Horace Greeley's
life. The symposium explores the art of writing as presented by publishers
and writers in the fields of literature, poetry, philosophy, and history.
This year’s keynote speaker is Oregon author & filmmaker, Marilyn Johnston.
She received a fellowship from Oregon Literary Arts, a Robert Penn Warren
Award, the Donna J. Stone National Literary Award for Poetry, and won the
2017 Flash Fiction Contest by the Salmon Creek Journal. She founded the
Mid-Valley Veterans’ Writers and is a creative writing instructor for the
“Artists in the Schools” program, primarily working with incarcerated
youth. Red Dust Rising, a collection of poems about her family’s healing
from war, was nominated for a Pushcart Prize.
Additional featured speakers include:
Joni Cole, the author of Another Bad-Dog Book and a regular contributor to
The Writer magazine. Joni is founder of the Writer’s Center of White
River Junction, Vermont.
Jackie Gordon, a self publisher and public speaker for many years, Jackie is
often asked to speak on the personality profile based on her third book ~ Do
You Know You.
Laird Christensen, Director of the English and Writing programs at Green
Mountain College, as well as, the Graduate program in Resilient and
Sustainable Communities. The co-editor of "Teaching About Place" and
"Teaching North American Environmental Literature", his poems and essays have
appeared in many publications and books. Central to his thinking, is that
writers have the ability to reclaim one of the most ancient roles of story
tellers: offering useful reflections on the vast changes already in motion
and helping frame our possible futures in ways that inspire courage,
resilience, and action.
The Symposium is a dynamic day of learning and nurturing for writers of all
ages, experience levels, and genres. This event draws writers and authors
from across New York and New England to Poultney, Vermont every year. For
more information, or a link to our brochure and registration form, visit our
website at
http://horacegreeleyfoundation.org/horace_greeley_writers_symposium or
“like” us on Facebook at facebook.com/HoraceGreeleyFoundation.
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