The Writers Workshops of Puerto Rico
Summer 2010

Program Description
The Writers Workshops of Puerto Rico offers committed writers time to write in a “writers’ colony” style environment and to distribute their work for workshopping among their classmates and instructor. Students will enroll in one of several writing courses to pursue a writing project of their own choice during a two-week period of intensive writing and revision. Students may bring a nearly completed project with them to finish; a draft of a project; or develop an idea that they work into a substantial draft. The final revision of a student’s work is due two weeks after the date on which the student returns to Atlanta. The program is not restricted to English majors or to graduate students in the M.A. in Professional Writing Program. Those in other disciplines and individuals without a university affiliation, such as area teachers, but with a strong desire to write, are welcome in this program.

Program Dates
Dates for the summer 2010 program are:
Session 1: May 17-29
Session 2: May 31- June 12
Session 3: June 21- July 3
Session 4: July 5-17

Program Cost
$1,790 per session. Tuition is paid separately. Cost is subject to change.

Scholarships are available for this program. Please visit: http://www.kennesaw.edu/studyabroad/financial.html for more information.

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Application Deadline:
February 1, 2010 for Sessions 1 and 2

A $300 nonrefundable deposit is due at time of application.
The first program installment of $745 is due by March 1, 2010.
The second program installment of $745 is due by March 15, 2010.

March 1, 2010 for Sessions 3 and 4

A $300 nonrefundable deposit is due at time of application.
The first program installment of $745 is due by April1, 2010.
The second program installment of $745 is due by April 15, 2010.

Housing
Students live for two weeks in the capital of Puerto Rico, San Juan. They stay in condos along or near Avenida Ashford, one of San Juan’s most luxurious thoroughfares. Most condos have two bedrooms, and each student has his/her own bedroom. All have kitchenettes, and all are fully-equipped with linens, cooking utensils, etc.

Courses
(Choose one course per session)
WRIT 3100     Poetry Writing
WRIT 3110     Playwriting
WRIT 3120     Fiction Writing
WRIT 3130     Literary Nonfiction
WRIT 4120     Advanced Creative Writing
ENGL 4400    Directed Study
PRWR 6410    Feature Writing
PRWR 6460    Fiction Writing
PRWR 6470    Poetry Writing
PRWR 6480    Play Writing
PRWR 6490    Screen/TV Writing
PRWR 6520    Creative Nonfiction
PRWR 7500    Advanced Creative Writing
PRWR 7950    Directed Study

Students will enroll in one session for which they receive 3 semester hours credit. Students who want to earn more than 3 semester hours may enroll in a second session for another 3 semester hours credit, but students are limited to 6 semester hours (or two sessions) in any given summer.

Students who are not English majors or who are not in the MA in Professional Writing Program may enroll in a directed study course offered by their home department or program. Please contact Dr. Elledge regarding this option.

Faculty Background
Dr. Jim Elledge is director of the MA in Professional Writing Program at Kennesaw State University. A poet, he has taught and published in a wide variety of genres, not just creative writing. His most recent book, a collection of prose poems entitled H, is due fall 2009. His book-length poem, A History of My Tattoo, won the Lambda Literary Award in gay poetry, a national competition, and the Georgia Author of the Year award in poetry. He’s at work on another collection of poems, a biography of “outsider” artist Henry Darger, and a three-volume series called Queers in American Popular Culture, which he’s editing.