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                     A NOVEL RETREAT

A Workshop
FOR NOVELISTS

led by

Nancy Zafris

September 24-27, 2010

at
THE PORCHES
on the James River
in Virginia

• 2 writers will be accepted for each        residency.
• If your manuscript is completed or at least half-done and you feel it isn’t quite working, you’re a good candidate.
• Nancy will read and thoroughly analyze your manuscript before the residency begins.
• Writers will meet individually with Nancy. They are not required to read other authors' manuscripts.

    "I arrived at the Porches with a formless manuscript and left three days later with the draft of a novel. Nancy Zafris discoverd the form that I had been struggling to uncover and breathed life into it. Nancy is simply the best editor and teacher I know: challenging, supportive, creative beyond measure. To enjoy such indivdiual attention from an artist of her caliber is an experience I recommend without reservation to any writer. I have been to lots of writers' workshops--many very good workshops--but none can compare to my experience at the Porches."                     

~Ted Obourn

Nancy Zafris is editor for the Flannery O’Connor Award for Short Fiction book series. Formerly fiction editor of The Kenyon Review for nine years, she has taught at numerous universities and won several awards, including two National Endowment for the Arts grants. She has published over two dozen short stories and three award-winning books, The Metal Shredders, The People I Know, and Lucky Strike.

Total Cost $1,300 contact Trudy Hale. trudyhale@gmail.com