Apply now for the Nebraska Writing Project's Inaugural
Professional Writing Retreat
June 28-30, 2010
St. Benedict Retreat Center in Schuyler, Nebraska
While previous NeWP writing retreats have supported the development of personal and creative writing, this writing retreat will focus on developing writing intended for professional audiences and publications. Such publication opportunities might include submissions to NWP publications such as The Voice or The Quarterly, national publications such as English Journal, local professional development workshops, and proposals for professional conferences. The structure of this retreat is designed to accommodate writers at any level in their development.
The NeWP Professional Writing Retreat offers:
- an opportunity for un-interrupted, focused, productive writing,
- small writing groups and opportunities to share writing,
- the highly supportive writing community of Writing Project teacher-consultants.
The retreat is limited to 10 participants. The Nebraska Writing Project will cover the costs of private rooms and meals. Participants are responsible for travel costs and incidentals.
Applications due March 31, 2010
Professional Writing Retreat Application
In your application letter, please include the following information: name, Writing Project experience, email address, mailing address, phone number, department/ grade/subject area, schoo. In addition, please respond to the following questions in no more than a total of 500 words:
1. What has been your professional writing experience, and what is your interest in participating in this retreat?
2. What is the work you hope to accomplish at the retreat (the more specific you can be, the better), and how would you describe its potential relevance to your professional community, colleagues, writing project site, or school community?
3. As a writer, what type of support will you need at the retreat?
Please email your application to Diane Ohlson at dohlson@unlserve.unl.edu by March 31st. In the subject line of your email, please write the following: "NeWP Professional Writing Retreat Application."
If you have any questions, please contact any of the retreat facilitators:
Jane Connealy, who served as NeWP Co-Director for five years, has facilitated numerous NeWP Institutes including the Summer, Literature, Open, and Embedded Institutes. She has worked as a program assistant for UNL's Faculty Leadership in Writing Initiative and served as the NeWP Level II Coordinator. She has also written and received grants from the NWP Teacher Inquiry Communities Network and Technology Liaisons Network. Jane currently teaches at Pius X High School in Lincoln, Nebraska. Contact her at jlconnealy@windstream.net
Susan-Martens-Baker has been a NeWP Co-Director for the last four years. Her work has appeared in English Journal and will be included in the forthcoming book Writing Suburban Citizenship. She has facilitated several NeWP Institutes, presented at the NCTE and NWP national conferences, and attended three Professional Writing Retreats hosted by the NWP. She is a Ph.D. student in Composition and Rhetoric and a Graduate Teaching Assistant at UNL who taught high school English for twelve years. Contact her at susan.martensbaker@gmail.com
Robert Petrone is an Assistant Professor of English Education in the department of Teaching, Learning, and Teacher Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln where he coordinates the Secondary English program, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses in English teaching methods, young adult literature, and literacy and popular culture. His research focuses on learning and literacy practices within youth cultures and integrating these perspectives into secondary English classrooms, and his work has appeared (or will soon appear) in the English Journal, Teaching and Teacher Education, Journal of Adolescent and Adult Literacy and several books. Additionally, Dr. Petrone co-facilitated the NeWP Summer Institute this past summer. Robert Petrone at rpetrone2@unl.edu
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