RopeWalk Writers Retreat

participant RopeWalk gave me a chance to slow down and capture a story that was on the edge of sinking like a stone, perhaps to be forgotten forever. I was surrounded by people who cared deeply for writing, ideas and discussion. I look forward to my return.

-Angela Hamilton

RopeWalk 2009 - June 7-13

The weeklong summer RopeWalk Writers Retreat gives participants an opportunity to attend workshops and to confer privately with one of four prominent writers. Historic New Harmony, Indiana, site of two nineteenth-century utopian experiments, provides an ideal setting for this event with its retreat-like atmosphere and its history of creative and intellectual achievement. At RopeWalk you will be encouraged to write, not simply listen to others talk about writing. In addition, several writers will present papers or give lectures, open to all participants, on aspects of the craft of writing.

Breaking news!
2009 marks the first year of the Thomas A Wilhelmus Award, an annual chapbook competition. This year's genre is poetry, and Marianne Boruch will judge. Click here to view the contest guidelines.

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Benjamin Percy was interviewed by Chris Dickens. To view it, click here: SIR_interview

For additional information, call 812/464-1863 or 800/467-8600. E-mail inquiries should be addressed to ropewalk@usi.edu. To download the 2009 RopeWalk brochure in pdf format, Click here.