A 1-Day All-Genre Workshop
Saturday, August 16, 10 AM - 4 PM
The ocean can symbolize vastness, depth, the unknown, freedom, and the subconscious mind. Its predictable tides represent the cyclical nature of life, while its unpredictable power reminds us of the duality of calm and chaos.
Join Lewis Robinson, author and creative writing professor, and Sarah Holman, writer and Registered Maine Guide, for an immersive outdoor workshop. We’ll spend the day in Wolfe’s Neck State Park exploring the coastline and its rocks, beaches, forest trails, and ocean views.
Participants will be given writing prompts centered around the ocean and what it represents in their lives. We will delve into experiences of calm and chaos and work to convey the deeper meaning of those moments. At the end of the day, we will share our work and offer each other constructive feedback.
Timeline:
We’ll meet at the park picnic shelter at 10am to discuss goals and objectives for the day. Morning and afternoon sessions of walking, observing nature, and writing will follow, with a midday lunch break. We will end the day with a group feedback session.
Please bring:
Wolfe’s Neck gate fee (Maine resident: $4, non-resident: $6, senior resident: Free, senior non-resident: $2)
Packed lunch, snacks, and water
A notebook and pen or pencil
Sunscreen and bug spray
A warm layer
A small backpack to carry items
Optional: a lightweight camp chair or sit pad
$120 Members/$175 Nonmembers
Sarah Holman is a Registered Maine Guide and the owner of She Hikes Mountains, LLC, a guide services business. Sarah shares trail reviews, images, and personal experiences from hiking and backpacking New England’s many peaks on her blog, shehikesmountains.com. She is also a professional writing coach, an adventure travel guide with Adventures in Good Company, and a young adult fiction writer. Sarah holds a BFA from Pratt Institute.
Lewis Robinson is the author of the story collection Officer Friendly (Random House, winner of a Whiting Award and the Pen/Oakland Josephine Miles Award) and the novel Water Dogs (a New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice selection). His stories and essays have appeared in Sports Illustrated, Tin House, The Baffler, The Missouri Review, Open City and elsewhere and have been featured on N.P.R.’s Selected Shorts. He has received grants from the Whiting Foundation and the National Endowment for the Arts. Lewis holds an M.F.A from University of Iowa and a B.A. from Middlebury College. He is currently Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Maine Farmington.
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SCHOLARSHIP
The MWPA is proud to offer one partial scholarship to this workshop for members-only. Scholarships are awarded on a combination of need and merit. Email programs@mainewriters.org to see if the scholarship is still available. Application Due two weeks prior to the workshop start date, at 9:00 a.m.
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