Create Your Family Cookbook – a mini-workshop  on Thursdays in MONTCLAIR

This four-week mini-workshop will get you set to create your own family cookbook. Take those yellowed recipe cards of grandma’s, your mother-in-law’s manicotti recipe (admit it: it’s better than yours) and commit that bourbon ball recipe that your friends and family clamor for every holiday to paper. We will work on every aspect of cookbook self-publishing, from proper recipe development and formatting to memoir writing. Preserve your family memories for future generations. These cookbooks also make ideal holiday gifts, wedding presents and family reunion keepsakes.

Four weeks only – October 25 – November 15 – Just in time for the holidays!

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TWC’s ANNUAL AUTUMN WRITERS RETREAT

November 9-11

at St. Marguerite’s Retreat House, Mendham, NJ

Join a congenial group of writers amidst acres of wooded scenery. Enjoy healthy meals, snacks and, most important, plenty of quiet time to spend with your thoughts, memories and characters. Spark your creativity with small breakout sessions and share your writing with your peers. 

Each writer will have a small, private room, sharing communal bathrooms. Linen and bedding is supplied.

Arrive Friday after 4PM.  Head home Sunday after lunch.

Spaces are limited!

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TWC’s Creative Writing Contest for KIDS!

On the theme: PORTALS

Imagine opening a passage to another dimension! Or discovering secrets on the other side of an attic door! Or simply walking into a room where something unexpected happens. Your short story, poem, or creative nonfiction essay about “Portals” can be fantastical, realistic, dystopian, or just plain amazing. We’re looking for ideas that stun us, make us smile, make us cry – and are exquisitely written.

TWO Sections: 3rd-5th graders and 6th-8th graders

PRIZES

• 1st prize: Free class during the Winter session (up to $350 value)
• 2nd prize: Full set of Story Magic decks ($60 value)
• 3rd prize: Plotfoolery board game ($25 value)

Plus, the winners’ writing will be featured on The Writers Circle’s blog!

Submit your writing electronically to mbecker@writerscircleworkshops.com. No more than 1200 words.  Pieces MUST be typed into the body of the email.  (No scanned notebook pages or attachments, please.) Include the author’s grade, but not their name. Judging will be done “blind” by TWC Directors Judith Lindbergh and Michelle Cameron. Limit: one piece per writer.  Send your very best!

Submissions are welcome from October 31-November 15. Winners will be announced on December 14.
 

It’s time to get ready for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards!

Every year since 2013, The Writers Circle has sponsored teen writers entering the prestigious Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.  This national competition draws tens of thousands of submissions and bestows both regional and national honors.  We’ve been thrilled to cheer for our four national gold medalists in the five years our students have participated.  And we look forward to cheering on many more!

This year’s submission deadline is December 5.  Students must first create an account, then select their Writers Circle instructor as their educator.  We work closely with all our students to polish their writing before they submit.  Any teen student who has taken our workshops during 2018, including the Summer Intensives, is invited to submit through our sponsorship.  Any recent teen student who is not currently enrolled may contact us to discuss submitting their work through TWC.

Students should share their work to their TWC instructor no later than November 10.  That’ll give us time to respond, and students time to revise.

Full information is available on the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards website, including how to enter and specific details about submission requirements for the New Jersey Writing Region.

So, teens, we’re challenging each of you to GET WRITING!