(Last Update: 6/2/08)

SUMMER 2008

Our Summer Workshops and Contests are now online!

Featuring our 2ND ANNUAL MEET THE WRITERS COMPETITION!

Contest winners are eligible for a free trip to New York to personally meet National Book Award-winning authors E.L. Doctorow and Peter Matthiessen.  The winners will also receive autographed books by the authors - or, may opt for a combined $1,000 in cash prizes instead of the trip. In addition, ten Honorable Mentions will receive recognition.  Check out our Contests Page for more info.

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Check out the recent winning stories in Microsoft Word format!

Contents:

  • Connie’s Heart by W. Lawrence Miner, Jr.

  • Gestating In A Movie Theatre by Ed Devany

  • The Scar by Nan Wheeler

  • Origami Prince by Nancy Tupper Ling

  • The Summer of 1951 by Lynne Santy Tanner

  • Lines in the Sand by Clara Stites

  • Stopping At The DQ by Susan White

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Please click here for the Kurt Vonnegut commemorative web page.

See more photos of Kurt at our Photo Archive.

Check out our 2007 Contest Winners!

Volunteers and interns needed!
Take free classes in exchange for volunteer hours at our office (or in your home). Please call 828-254-8111, or email info@twwoa.org.

 

Other amenities include:

•  Extensive book and video library.

•  Parlor room with piano and pool table.

•  Home-cooked meals and laundry service.

•  Computer nook with wireless internet, fax & phone.

•  Editing/typing services.

•  Personal driver.

For reservations, please call 828-254-8111 or email: Prez@twwoa.org

 

The Mountain Mews

 

If you're planning to visit Asheville, come and stay at our own Mountain Mews Bed & Breakfast, located at 387 Beaucatcher Road. Catering to literary and artistic minded folks, this century-old farmhouse is the ideal place to relax and rediscover your muse. A peaceful place with 3 bedrooms, 1.5 baths, two porches and gardens, we're only minutes away from downtown Asheville, The Biltmore Estate, the Folk Art Center, and the Blue Ridge Parkway.

Rates are $80 per night ($95 double), including breakfast.

Weekly rates are $475.

 

And Elsewhere...

The South Carolina Writers’ Workshop can be located at www.scwriters.com.

The Hub City Writer’s Project in Spartanburg, SC can be located at www.hubcity.org

The N.C. Writers’ Network can be located at www.ncwriter.org

Visit the Appalachian Writers' Association at www.king.edu/awa/

 

 

The Writers' Workshop is a non-profit literary center established in 1985.

The Writers’ Workshop
387 Beaucatcher Road
Asheville, NC 28805
(828) 254-8111
info@twwoa.org

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