Here’s information about the upcoming FREE Jenny
McKean Moore workshop at GW University…there is no website, so this is all the
information you’ll need.
Unfortunately, I received this notice along with
a memo noting that the program is going to be suspended after spring 2018 due
to financial considerations. Though the letter feels slightly hopeful that the
suspension won’t be permanent, I’m still sad. This program was a wonderful
addition to our DMV literary community.
The George Washington University
Jenny McKean Moore Free Community Workshop
Spring 2018 – Poetry Workshop
Led by Sally Wen Mao
Wednesdays, 7:00 – 9:00 P.M.
24 January – 25 April 2018
Come take part in a semester-long poetry workshop!
To apply, you do not need academic qualifications or publications. The class
will include some readings of published writings (primarily memoir and the
personal essay), but will mainly be a roundtable critique of work submitted by class
members. There are no fees to participate in the class, but you will be
responsible for making enough copies of your stories for all fifteen
participants. Students at Consortium schools (including GWU) are not eligible.
To apply, please submit a brief letter of interest
and a sample of your poetry: 3-5 poems, 12 pt type, no more than 7 pages in
length. Include your name, address, home and work telephone numbers, and email
address for notification. Application materials will not be returned but will be
recycled once the selection process is completed. Applications must be received
at the following address by Tuesday, 9 January 2018:
JMM Poetry Workshop
Department of English
The George Washington University
801 22nd Street, NW (Phillips 643)
Washington, DC 20052
All applicants will be notified by email of the
outcome of their submissions no later than Saturday, 20 January 2018.
Sally Wen Mao is the 2017-2018 Jenny McKean Moore
Writer-in-Washington at The George Washington University. She is the author of Mad Honey Symposium (Alice James Books,
2014) and the forthcoming Oculus
(Graywolf Press, 2019). Her work has been published in The Best American Poetry 2013, A Public Space, Poetry, Tin House,
Missouri Review, and others. She is the recipient of a Pushcart Prize and
fellowships from the Cullman Center for Writers and Scholars at the New York
Public Library, Hedgebrook, Kundiman, Bread Loaf Writers Conference, and
others.