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The 47th Annual CCWC 2009
Double Conference
Stay half as many nights and participate fully, or stay through the week and have
twice as many choices.
It is not necessary to stay at Craigville Conference Center; you might want to rent a family cottage nearby. Check out craigslist.com or www.capecodchamber.org.
Commuters are welcome; our classes are individually priced, and one conference fee or membership in Cape Cod Writers Center suffices for attendance at either Conference A or B or both .
PLEASE E-MAIL YOUR REQUEST FOR A CONFERENCE BROCHURE TO: writers@capecodwriterscenter.org.
However, you may download the same complete brochure for course descriptions, schedules, bios, and other information.
REMEMBER THAT ACCEPTANCE INTO ADVANCED CLASSES REQUIRES A COVER LETTER WITH QUALIFICATIONS STATED, SUCH AS EXPERIENCE AND PUBLICATIONS.
REGISTRATION IS OPEN. If we are on the phone answering registration questions the call will go to our answering machine. YOU WILL GET RESPONSES QUICKLY IF YOU E-MAIL US.
The CCWC office is open for business Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9 to 3. Sometimes both of us need to be out of the office together on business, so please be patient.
INCOMPLETE OR INACCURATE REGISTRATION FORMS WILL DELAY AND POSSIBLY PREVENT YOUR ACCEPTANCE INTO CLASSES. PLEASE BE CAREFUL PARTICULARLY ABOUT CALCULATING FEES. WE HAVE HAD TO RETURN SEVERAL FOR MISTAKES WHILE THE DESIRED CLASSES ARE FILLING UP.
REMEMBER THAT ACCEPTANCE INTO ADVANCED CLASSES REQUIRES A COVER LETTER WITH QUALIFICATIONS STATED, SUCH AS EXPERIENCE AND PUBLICATIONS.
We do not want you to miss out on this wonderful conference.
REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON JULY 15 AND CLASSES WITHOUT ADEQUATE ENROLLMENT WILL BE CANCELLED WITH FULL REFUNDS. CLASS SIZE IS CAPPED AND THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.
PLEASE REGISTER EARLY.
Conference A
Opening Night: August 15 (Starts at 6 PM)
Keynote Speaker: August 16
Master Class: August 17
Classes August 16, 17, and 18 (Ends at 6 PM)
Conference B
Opening Night: August 18 (Starts at 6 PM)
Keynote Speaker: August 19
Master Class: August 20
Classes August 19, 20, and 21 (Depart Friday PM or Saturday AM)
The 47th Annual CCWC Double Conference offers registrants a choice of attending all week, or for a half-week. By consolidating 7.5 hours of instruction to three days instead of spreading it out over five as it has in the past, this conference will require less driving for commuters, and fewer overnight accommodations for those who stay at Craigville or elsewhere.
Craigville has agreed to the half-week stay for attendees as well as faculty – offering three and four-night stays for those attending for a half-week, and six and seven-day stays for those staying all week. Likewise Craigville has agreed to modify the meal times to accommodate our schedule.
REGISTRATION WILL CLOSE ON JULY 15 AND CLASSES WITHOUT ADEQUATE ENROLLMENT WILL BE CANCELLED WITH FULL REFUNDS. CLASS SIZE IS CAPPED AND THERE WILL BE NO EXCEPTIONS.
Complete faculty bios and course descriptions are in the downloadable brochure and brochures that are being mailed. If you are not a member and have not attended the conference in the past three years, please e-mail us a request for a brochure with your snail mail address.
THE CAPE COD WRITERS CENTER IS ENTERING ITS 48TH YEAR!
For the past 46 years, during the third week in August,
Cape Cod Writers Center has drawn together writers at various levels of experience. Over the years this annual gathering has evolved
into a summer conference nationally recognized in professional
writers circles. It now offers courses in fiction,
creative nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting, editing,
and publishing. Literary agents and editors are in residence throughout the
week and with faculty conduct individual manuscript
evaluation/ mentoring
sessions.
Evening speakers programs, master classes,
and poetry and prose readings round out the experience.Since 1963, distinguished
speakers and faculty at the conference have included Kurt
Vonnegut, Jr., Mary Higgins Clark, Marge Piercy, Robert
Finch, Art Buchwald, Dennis Lehane, Claire Cook, Wes McNair, and Affa Michael Weaver, among others. Last summer Newsweek contributing editor and McLaughlin Group regular Eleanor Clift addressed the conference one evening; and David Godine, founder of David Godine Publisher, the award-winning Boston publishing house, spoke to us on another night and chaired our Master Class on publishing. This year Marita Golden, founder of the Hurston-Wright Foundation will be among our keynote speakers, as well as Roger Sutton, editor in chief of the critical Horn book on children's and young adult books; Martin Sandler Emmy-award winning writer; and David Kirkpatrick, co-founder of Plymouth Rock Studios.
A tuition-free weeklong Young Writers Workshop (see Young
Writers webpage ) offered during the conference accommodates
approximately 45 twelve to sixteen year olds, selected
competitively through submissions judged by a committee
of published writers.
The location of the conference is a charming Victorian
village in the Craigville area of Centerville, overlooking
Nantucket Sound.
Cape Cod Writers Center: 508-420-0200
writers@capecodwriterscenter.org www.capecodwriterscenter.org
Craigville Conference Center, on a bluff
overlooking Nantucket Sound, has been the unique
setting for the Cape Cod Writers Center summer
conference for the past 46 years.
Charming Cape
Cod cottages, many on the National Historic Register,
and an historic post office, inn, and Tabernacle
encircle the classic green, or small park, of
the original 1871 church campground from which
the village evolved.
Four inviting guest houses (Manor, Lodge, Seaside
and Inn) serve as lodging and classrooms with
views of fresh water ponds and marshes, and Craigville's
world-famous ocean beach.
Two books by Marion R. Vuilleumier, founder of
the Cape Cod Writers' Center, capture the rich
history of the village: Cape Cod's Craigville and Craigville Now and Then.
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Craigville Conference Center in Centerville on Cape Cod -
39 Prospect Avenue, Craigville, MA 02632
Craigville's ten buildings are interspersed with private cottages in an historic village setting. For overnight rates and information contact The Craigville Conference Center at craigvillecc@capecod.com or (508) 775-1265.
Driving Directions:
Take Route 6 east to Exit 5. At end of ramp, go straight across Route 149. Take the first right onto Old Stage Road. Follow to the stop sign and take a left, you will still be on Old Stage Road. Proceed to the light and go straight, then straight at the next stop sign and straight through the next light.
You are now on Craigville Beach Road and you will see the beach on the right. Once you pass the long gray beach complex, the road will start to curve to the left, and you will see the green and white Craigville Conference Center sign on the left. Take this left onto Lake Elizabeth Drive and you may follow our signs from there to get to the Manor and the Lodge. Or follow Lake Elizabeth on your right side until you come to the sign for the Tabernacle. Take that left and follow – the Inn will be on the right and the Tabernacle will be in front of you.
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A limited number of rooms with board are available
at Craigville Conference Center for our conference as 3-night, 4-night, 6-night and 7-night stays this summer for the first time. Accommodations there
must be arranged by participants directly with the Conference
Center at (508) 775-1265 or by fax to
(508) 778-1160. To assure your space, reserve early!
Other lodging is
available in Centerville, Osterville, Hyannis and nearby
Cape Cod towns. Again, we strongly recommend
early reservations.
Last summer several faculty for our short courses stayed in the Centerville Bed and Breakfasts - Long Dell Inn and Fernbrook Inn, and spoke highly of their accommodations.
The Cape Cod Chamber of Commerce
provides a full listing of accommodations and restaurants,
as well as transportation information. See www.capecodchamber.org. Also try Craigslist.com.
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