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Los Angeles, August 10-17, 2008
Applications are now being accepted for the second Lambda Literary Foundation Writers Retreat for Emerging LGBT writers.
2008 Faculty include Elana Dykewomon (Fiction, Regular), Rigoberto Gonzalez (Creative Nonfiction), Claire McNab (Fiction, Special Genre), and D.A. Powell (Poetry).
In addition, guest faculty include Dorothy Allison, Katherine V. Forrest, Eloise Klein Healy, and John Rechy. Guest faculty will offer special presentations, lectures, and readings for the retreat community.
To apply, please complete an application form and send it in with a writing sample, an autobiographical/artistic statement, and an administrative fee of $15 (check payable to Lambda Literary Foundation) to: LLF Writers Retreat, P.O. Box 1957, Old Chelsea Station, New York, NY 10113.
Tuition is $800, and Room & Board is $700, for a total of $1,500 for the Writers Retreat. Scholarships are available, and ability to pay will in no way be part of the selection process.
Please direct any questions to retreat@lambdaliterary.org.
Thanks to the support of our donors, the first annual Lambda Literary Foundation's Writers Retreat took place in Los Angeles, August 5 -12, 2007.
For a solid week, 22 emerging LGBT writers underwent intensive workshops, craft lectures, and community building.
Here are a few comments from their evaluations:
“Although I am a writer, I find myself at a loss for words when it comes to expressing my gratitude to Lambda for this marvelous experience. I came to celebrate community and I have. I have also found a fellowship full of honesty, humor, and humanity – and for this I thank you tremendously.”
 “I will never forget the people who helped me, and I will never forget you or Lambda. If you ever had a doubt that you have done something to change the world, don’t. Reader by reader, page by page.”
“I’ve been lucky enough to find in NYC my sense of community – but never have I found my heritage – as an artist/writer, and as a gay person. This week has allowed me to see just how rich and supportive Lambda is, how it can provide for us – a sense of ‘us.’ I am so humbled and so proud.”
The Writers Retreat is an ambitious program, and your support made it possible.
OUR 2007 DONORS
Scholarships
Alice B. Readers' Appreciation Committee
Joan Drury
Charles Q. Forester
Mel Heifetz
James Hormel
Estate of Audre Lorde
Michael Nava
Curtis Scribner
Spinsters Ink
Jan Zivic
Accommodations
Tracey Bennett
James Berg
Jill Braden
Deborah Core
Suzanne Corson
Lillian Faderman
Donald Reuter
Leo Shelton
Stepehn Silha
Meals
Thom Cardwell
Nancy Garden
Dave King
Richard McCann
Tim Miller & Alistair McCartney
Joan Nestle
Peter Pereira
Corey Roskin
Jane Troxell
Warren Keith Wright
Travel
Bruce M. Abrams
Anthony Bidulka
MJ Ellis
Dennis J. Hall
Alex Sanchez
Paul Tighe
General Operating Support
Robert F. Ball
Lily Burana
John Cunningham
Max Factor III
David Groff
Richard Lipez
A.J. Logan
Allan Marshall
Emile B. Norman
Bett Norris
David Palmer
Julie Ann Peters
Marie Reid
Christopher Rice
Jeanne Simonoff
Don Spivak
Kathleen Warnock
Be a part of the future of LGBT literature by making a donation today!
MISSION
Lambda Literary Foundation is launching the first program of its kind ever offered to LGBTQ writers: a one-week intensive immersion in fiction, nonfiction, or poetry. An unparalleled opportunity to learn from the very best writers in the LGBT community, the Lambda Literary Foundation Writers Retreat is open to emerging LGBT writers of any age.
2007 FACULTY
Dorothy Allison, Katherine V. Forrest, Eloise Klein Healy, Fenton Johnson; Guest faculty: Bernard Cooper, Michael Nava, and John Rechy, among others.
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