{"id":22957,"date":"2025-03-28T17:14:47","date_gmt":"2025-03-28T23:14:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/2025-mesa-verde-writers-conference-seeks-writers-for-event\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T04:21:02","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T04:21:02","slug":"2025-mesa-verde-writers-conference-seeks-writers-for-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/2025-mesa-verde-writers-conference-seeks-writers-for-event\/","title":{"rendered":"2025 Mesa Verde Writers Conference seeks writers for event"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The Mesa Verde Writers Conference organizers have announced that their conference is half-full, and they are seeking more published and aspiring writers to attend the event. (Mesa Verde Writers\/Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

Mesa Verde Writers Conference organizers are seeking more experienced and aspiring writers to register for the upcoming conference, which is half full and set to start in the first half July.<\/p>\n

The conference, which is in its third year, will be held at Mancos Commons, 135 Grand Ave., from July 9 through July 11.<\/p>\n

\u201cImmerse yourself in the artsy community of Mancos as you work with award-winning writers,\u201d organizers said. \u201cListen to your inner voice, take risks and break from routine. This is a generative conference and work you create may become a finished story, personal essay, novel or poem.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTuition\u201d for the conference is $425 and includes everything, even breakfast and lunch each day. Faculty includes January Gill O\u2019Neil, associate professor at Salem State University, author and poet; Lisa C. Taylor, poet and author; Angie Hodapp, director of literacy development at Nelson Literary Agency and author and Mark Stevens, fiction author.<\/p>\n

\u201cNo workshops run concurrently so everyone can attend everything,\u201d Taylor told The<\/em> Journal<\/em>. \u201cWe have wonderful faculty and I\u2019m sure it will be a validating and educational event for both experienced and aspiring writers.\u201d<\/p>\n

This year\u2019s workshops will include Tiny Miracles and Everyday Wonders: A Writing Workshop; The Poem Under the Poem: the Practice of Revision; Themes, Motifs and Metaphors: Spinning the Invisible Web; Tone, Mood and Atmosphere: Casting the Spell of Place; Genre Fluidity in Creative Work and Write What You Don\u2019t Know.<\/p>\n

The first day of the conference will include a public reading and kickoff at Fenceline Cider, 141 S. Main St. in Mancos.<\/p>\n

Those who wish to learn more about the event and faculty or wish to register can do so on the conference website<\/a> at www.mesaverdewriters.org. Questions can be directed to mesaverdewriters@gmail.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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