Call for Applications
Award-winning
publisher Atelier26 Books announces its first creative writing
workshops, to launch in Portland, Oregon this September.
For
a limited time, we’re accepting applications for this FREE opportunity to explore
and refine your writing in the context of a small, serious, and committed group
of writers.
The first workshop will be multi-genre (fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry) and facilitated
by author and Atelier26 editor M. Allen Cunningham.
About the
Publisher
Atelier26
is the publisher of numerous books, including Margaret Malone’s People Like You (a 2016 PEN/Hemingway
Award finalist and Balcones Fiction Prize winner) and Harriet Scott Chessman’s The Beauty of Ordinary Things (called “a
song of the soul” by Foreword Reviews).
Established in 2012, Atelier26 is dedicated to producing beautifully designed
and expressive books that get people listening, talking, and sharing ideas. Atelier26
titles are distributed throughout North America by Independent Publishers
Group.
About the Instructor
M. Allen Cunningham is the publisher of Atelier26 Books and brings a writer’s
sensibility to the entire publishing process, from intensive editing to design
and distribution. He is the author of six books, including The Green Age of Asher Witherow (Unbridled Books), which was named
a #1 Indie Next Pick by the American Booksellers Association and was a finalist
for the Indie Next Book of the Year Award; Lost
Son (Unbridled Books), which was a Top Ten pick in the Oregonian; and The Honorable
Obscurity Handbook: Solidarity & Sound Advice for Writers and Artists,
which Cynthia Ozick calls “Ingenious…inspiring and inspiriting.” His short
stories and essays have appeared in numerous outlets such as Glimmer Train, Tin House, The Kenyon Review,
Alaska Quarterly Review, and Poets
& Writers. He was a finalist for the 2014 Flann O’Brien Award and is
the recipient of grants and fellowships from Literary Arts, The Oregon Arts Commission,
the Regional Arts and Culture Council, and two residencies at Yaddo. He is a
contributing editor at Moss Literary
Magazine and a frequent public speaker on the subjects of writing, publishing,
and literary culture.
About the
Workshop
Over the course of this workshop, writers will focus on
shaping and sharpening their manuscripts with reference to the principles of
effective and compelling creative writing. Each participant will share work and provide
and receive feedback both written and verbal. Participants will hear their
writing discussed, interpreted, analyzed, and constructively critiqued within a
guided workshop format; they will receive written commentary and suggestions on
the manuscript itself from the workshop participants and instructor; and they
will offer all of the above to their peers. For the purposes of discussion, the workshop will include outside readings (supplied by the instructor).
Location: Portland, OR
Inclusive dates: Mid-September to early-October
2016 (one 3-week cycle) – Monday evenings, 2-3 hours per session
Tuition: FREE to accepted
applicants (workshop participants may have the opportunity to continue beyond 3
weeks at a reasonable per-cycle rate)
Eligibility: Applicants must be age 25 or
older and committed to the rigors and disciplines of creative writing; prepared
to provide and receive serious, well-considered and constructive criticism both
spoken and written; and ready to participate in a literary discourse that will include
the analysis of published texts (supplied by the instructor).
To apply: E-mail a simple cover
letter indicating any prior workshop experience, along with a 5-page writing
sample in your workshop genre of choice (fiction, creative nonfiction, or
poetry) to atelier26books@gmail.com. Questions? E-mail us.
Application closing date: August
20, 2016
Coinciding with the release of our newest title Funny-Ass Thoreau, edited by Atelier26 publisher M. Allen Cunningham, Lit Hub is featuring Cunningham's full introduction to the book.
