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Fall workshop at Eastern Shore Community College, A Very Late Bay to Ocean Conference brief

Hey folks, the workshop at the Eastern Shore Community College will be returning! I did not do a virtual workshop last fall because I was immersed in hybrid learning at Pocomoke High School.  My multi-genre workshop will return, beginning in late August. The folks over at the Academy for Lifetime Learning will be posting the fall schedule toot sweet. Visit them here.

In the past, I have done variations of Beating Hell to Hell, which I recently taught over at the Eastern Shore Writers Association. This fall is likely to involve some prompts, probably not generated via Dante, however. 

From the catalog


Students will read poems and short plays, analyzing for content and technique. Students will compose original works. Students will critique each other’s works for content and technique. Prompts will be provided but will not be required. Students are encouraged to go on their nerve with regard to the work they will compose.


Six sessions: Thursdays, 8/26, 9/2, 9/9, 9/16, 9/23, 9/30  —4:15-5:45 p.m.

Materials needed: a highlighter, writing utensils, a notebook, and a positive attitude

Class size: Maximum 15


@SScottWhitaker is a member of the National Book Critics Circle and the co-editor of The Broadkill Review.  A teaching artist with the Virginia Commission for the Arts, an educator, and a grant writer, Whitaker’s work is forthcoming or has appeared in The Rumpus, The Maine Review, Great River Review, Oxford Poetry, The Best of Helios Quarterly & The Southern Poetry Review Series: Virginia. Mulch, a novel of weird fiction is forthcoming from Montag Press.


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I did Bay to Ocean Conference in March and worked with the publishing tract. I highly recommend this conference if you are local. It was virtual this year, FYI. See screen below




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