Posted: Oct 10, 2011 at 12:29 PM [Oct 10, 2011]
http://www.dzancbooks.org/dzancsessions/
The Dzanc Sessions are designed for writers who are ready to amplify, polish, and advance their writing. An eclectic platform of craft-based workshops are offered in a series of online sessions throughout the year, with specializations in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenwriting. The Dzanc Sessions are an extended form of Dzanc's current one-on-one mentoring program which, in the last year alone, has enabled Dzanc students to have their works published in dozens of leading journals, including PANK, The North American Review, The Citron Review, and many others. Dzanc instructors have taught workshops both independently and through universities and have published many widely praised books. Our instrucors have seen their work included in Best of the Web, the Wigleaf Top 50, Best American Essays, and have published many widely praised books.
Session One debuts in October: a slate of six workshops are led by award-winning literary artists who are committed to engaging deeply with your work. In these classes, both beginning and experienced writers will find opportunities to strengthen their writing, to approach it from new angles, and to grow as confident and skilled creators.
How It WorksWhile each instructor has a unique teaching style, and will adapt the wealth of digital tools to the particular purposes of their class, you can expect to engage with other workshop participants and the instructor on an online platform that functions like a private social network. You will be able to share messages, meet for live chats, respond to an assigned story or exercise, curate a class reading list, and ask questions about a craft question that is troubling you, for example. Your instructor might post a video lecture or an audio clip from a poem that you are expected to discuss, or host a “submission party” for participants to send their work to targeted journals. Participants can also expect to receive one-on-one feedback from the instructor, which might take place over email, phone, video chat, or another method that works for you two.
In each workshop, you will receive detailed feedback on at least two different drafts of your writing, or one draft and one revision. Workshop participants will also be expected to complete an online evaluation of their class at the end of the term.
The DetailsSession One classes begin the week of October 16. Each class spans eight or ten weeks. The content of the class is the same regardless of the time span; it is merely accelerated in the eight-week version. Eight-week Session One classes run through the week of December 4. Ten-week classes run through the week of December 18. Session Two will begin the first week of January 2012 with another eclectic line-up of workshop opportunities.
The price for workshops is $325 and can be paid through PayPal. Cost includes a three-month membership to the Dzanc Books eBook Club. (Or, if you do not have an e-reader, you can select a free copy of any print title from Dzanc Books.) The bulk of your registration fee supports the non-profit work of Dzanc Books. A portion of it supports the work of your instructor and the administration of the Dzanc Sessions.
How to RegisterAfter selecting your workshop from the descriptions on our website (http://www.dzancbooks.org/dzancsessions/), please click the signup button and pay your registration fee via Paypal. After your payment is processed, you will be redirected to a registration form where you will provide your personal information, select your workshop, and choose either your eBook Club membership or your free book.
Questions?We want to hear them! Ask Anna Clark at annaleighclark@yahoo.com.
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