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Dzanc Books: National Workshop Day

Rafael Otto — Tue, 05 Apr 2011 15:40:02 +0000

On Saturday, April 9, 2011, Dzanc Books will hold its second annual National Workshop Day, better known as Dzanc Day. Consisting of dozens of creative writing workshops in almost as many cities, Dzanc Day provides local, affordable two-to-four hour sessions led by professional writers, authors, and editors, all open to attendance by the public for a very affordable fee. Sessions are conducted in fiction, poetry, and non-fiction, and are generally suitable for writers of all levels. Information about individual locations and session descriptions can be found by browsing either the map or the list of states at the website.

In addition to being a great way for participants to receive instruction, get inspired, and meet other local writers, Dzanc Day also helps to partially fund many charitable endeavors, including the Dzanc Prize, which recognizes one writer annually for both literary excellence and service to his or her community, and the Writer in Residence Program, which places professional writers into classrooms to provide creative writing instructions to public school students who could not otherwise afford the opportunity. It’s thanks to the workshop leaders’ generous donations of their time and talents that Dzanc Books is able to continue to support and grow these programs. Signing up for Dzanc Day will ensure their success in the future.

This year, Dzanc Day falls on Saturday, April 9, 2011. Workshops start at just $30 for two hours of instruction.

Best of the Web Nominations

Simmons Buntin — Sun, 17 Oct 2010 06:17:58 +0000

The editors of Terrain.org: A Journal of the Built & Natural Environments are pleased to announce our nominations for the Dzanc Books Best of the Web 2011 anthology:

“Digger Wasp,” a poem by Jamison Crabtree appearing in Issue no. 25
“Precarious Things,” a story by Debbie Weingarten appearing in Issue No. 26
“The Book of Water,” an essay by Joe Wilkins appearing in Issue No. 25

Terrain.org has been fortunate to place a poem in last year’s edition (“A Short History of Falling” by Pamela Uschuk), an essay in the edition two years ago (“Catching Hell: The Joe Holt Integration Story” by Heather McEntarfer), and a story in the edition three years ago (“The Split” by Kim Whitehead).

We’ll keep our fingers crossed, and encourage you to read all of these fine selections and also to investigate the excellent and important Dzanc Book Best of the Web series.

Terrain.org Poem Named ‘Best of the Web’

Simmons Buntin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 00:24:07 +0000

“A Short History of Falling” by Pamela Uschuk, appearing in the current issue (No. 24) of Terrain.org, has been named a “Best of the Web” award recipient by Dzanc Books and will be included in its Best of the Web 2010 anthology.

The selection completes the hat trick for Terrain.org, as we placed fiction in the 2008 edition (“The Split” by Kim Whitehead) and nonfiction in the 2009 edition (“Catching Hell: The Joe Holt Integration Story” by Heather Killelea McEntarfer).

Read and listen to the poem — and two others by Pamela Uschuk — at http://www.terrain.org/poetry/24/uschuk.htm.

We are delighted to once again place a contribution in the Dzanc Books Best of the Web anthology series!

Update:

Dzanc Books is setting up Dzanc National Workshop Day on March 20, 2010. It has over 30 workshops set up in over 25 cities on that date. Learn more at the Dzanc Day website:

http://www.dzancbooks.org/dzancday