FEELING OUT OF PLACE

Our goal as writers is to cause another human being to feel emotion from the ink marks we place on paper. Sounds like magic, right? Fortunately, we have all the ingredients we need for the potion. By employing our own bodies in the craft of writing to create new worlds, new experiences, and new energy, we empower our stories to invoke a corporeal experience that is rooted in place and the immense wonder it brings.

In this workshop, we will explore methods for infusing physical sensation and environmental awareness into your writing through practice, observation, and structure. We will focus on what it is like to experience a specific landscape and community and better understand the responsibilities we have when sharing it with others. Primarily a generative workshop, there will be in-class writing opportunities and prompts for extended exercises. There will also be optional opportunities to share and receive feedback on your work. We will discuss the major craft elements of character, structure, dialogue, setting, and imagery in long and short form fiction.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Use this submission form if you are not applying for a scholarship. If you wish, you may submit here and in the scholarship form to be considered for both categories.

Submit up to 20 double-spaced pages of a short story or novel excerpt, or multiple shorter stories, in a regular font (Times New Roman, Garamond, Arial, etc.). Your work may be published or unpublished, as you may submit a different manuscript for the workshop upon acceptance.

Please do not put your name in the text or file name of your document, as submissions will be read anonymously by our screeners.

NEW SHADOWS: READING TO WRITE

This workshop will offer concrete strategies for writing when the only teacher available is a book. We will explore the ways “reading to write” can result in new poems. During the week we will look at how an assortment of poems "shadow," imitate, and are in conversation with other poems and other forms (music, film, journalism). Most importantly, inventive imitations and transformations will be generated in response to the reading. Portions of work generated in the course will be shared and workshopped.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Use this submission form if you are applying for a TCLF scholarship. Full scholarships that cover tuition and housing are available to Transylvania County residents, merit-based applicants, and need-based applicants. All scholarships are provided by the Transylvania County Library Foundation. If you wish, you may submit here and in the non-scholarship form to be considered for both categories.

Submit up to 20 double-spaced pages of a story or novel excerpt, or multiple shorter stories, in a regular font (Times New Roman, Garamond, Arial, etc.). Your work may be published or unpublished, as you may submit a different manuscript for theworkshop upon acceptance.

Please do not put your name in the text or file name of your document, as submissions will be read anonymously by our screeners.

NEW SHADOWS: READING TO WRITE

This workshop will offer concrete strategies for writing when the only teacher available is a book. We will explore the ways “reading to write” can result in new poems. During the week we will look at how an assortment of poems "shadow," imitate, and are in conversation with other poems and other forms (music, film, journalism). Most importantly, inventive imitations and transformations will be generated in response to the reading. Portions of work generated in the course will be shared and workshopped.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Use this submission form if you are not applying for a scholarship. If you wish, you may apply here and in the scholarship form to be considered for both categories.

Submit up to 10 pages of poetry, with one poem per page, in a regular font (Times New Roman, Garamond, Arial, etc.). Your work may be published or unpublished, as you will be able to submit a different manuscript for the workshop upon acceptance.

Please do not put your name in the text or file name of your document, as submissions will be read anonymously by our screeners.

NEW SHADOWS: READING TO WRITE

This workshop will offer concrete strategies for writing when the only teacher available is a book. We will explore the ways “reading to write” can result in new poems. During the week we will look at how an assortment of poems "shadow," imitate, and are in conversation with other poems and other forms (music, film, journalism). Most importantly, inventive imitations and transformations will be generated in response to the reading. Portions of work generated in the course will be shared and workshopped.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Use this submission form if you are applying for a scholarship. Full scholarships cover housing and board and are available to Transylvania County residents, merit-based applicants, and need-based applicants. All scholarships are provided by the Transylvania County Library Foundation. If you wish, you may submit here and in the regular form to be considered for both categories.

Submit up to 10 pages of poetry, with one poem per page, in a regular font (Times New Roman, Garamond, Arial, etc.). Your work may be published or unpublished, as you will be able to submit a different manuscript for workshop upon acceptance.

Please do not put your name in the text or file name of your document, as submissions will be read anonymously by our screeners.

Use this submission form if you are a currently enrolled Brevard College student and are applying for a Brevard College Scholarship to attend the 2025 LGRWC. 

Full scholarships that cover tuition, housing, and board are available to current Brevard College students and are provided by Brevard College. If you are a Brevard College student and have previously received a scholarship to attend the LGRWC, you are ineligible to apply. 

You may submit here and in the regular categories to be considered for both regular admission and a scholarship. Please do not apply to the other scholarship categories.

Submit up to 20 double-spaced pages of fiction or creative nonfiction or 10 pages of poetry, with one poem per page. Your work may be published or unpublished, as you may submit a different manuscript for the workshop upon acceptance.

Please do not put your name in the text or file name of your document, as submissions will be read anonymously by our screeners.

TURNING OUTWARD: OBSERVATION AND LISTENING AS ART

One of the writer’s primary responsibilities is to observe and record the world, sorting through an overwhelming amount of information to hone in on those specific details that will activate both pleasure and understanding in readers. But how does one pull a proverbial needle from the haystack? In this craft class, you will build your observational and interview skills through a series of in-class writing and recording exercises. Together we will practice transforming what we witness into words on the page. The goal? Generating greater intimacy with our readers.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Use this submission form if you are not applying for a TCLF scholarship. If you wish, you may submit here and in the scholarship form to be considered for both categories.

Submit up to 20 double-spaced pages of an essay or memoir excerpt, or multiple shorter essays, in a regular font (Times New Roman, Garamond, Arial, etc.). Your work may be published or unpublished, as you may submit a different manuscript for the workshop upon acceptance.

Please do not put your name in the text or file name of your document, as submissions will be read anonymously by our screeners.

TURNING OUTWARD: OBSERVATION AND LISTENING AS ART

One of the writer’s primary responsibilities is to observe and record the world, sorting through an overwhelming amount of information to hone in on those specific details that will activate both pleasure and understanding in readers. But how does one pull a proverbial needle from the haystack? In this craft class, you will build your observational and interview skills through a series of in-class writing and recording exercises. Together we will practice transforming what we witness into words on the page. The goal? Generating greater intimacy with our readers.

SUBMISSION GUIDELINES

Use this submission form if you are applying for a TCLF scholarship. Full scholarships that cover tuition and housing are available to Transylvania County residents, merit-based applicants, and need-based applicants. All scholarships are provided by the Transylvania County Library Foundation. If you wish, you may submit here and in the non-scholarship form to be considered for both categories.

Submit up to 20 double-spaced pages of an essay or memoir excerpt, or multiple shorter essays, in a regular font (Times New Roman, Garamond, Arial, etc.). Your work may be published or unpublished, as you will be able to submit a different manuscript for workshop upon acceptance.

Please do not put your name in the text or file name of your document, as submissions will be read anonymously by our screeners.