News Release

Creative Writing Workshop

Thursday, February 25, 2010

Author Susan Power is one of the presenters and also teaches at Hamline University in St. Paul.

St. Cloud State will offer a two-credit graduate or undergraduate creative writing workshop during summer intersession from 10:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. June 1-4.

Creative Writing Director Bill Meissner, winner of the Midwest Book Award for fiction for his novel "Spirits in the Grass," will facilitate the event. The workshop consists of best-selling novelists’ and poets’ presentations, daily writing exercises, discussion, and writing skills development. This S/U non-graded course requires no prerequisites and is suitable for beginning and advanced level students.

Presenters include Minnesota Voices Award winner, Margaret Hasse; author of the non-fiction memoirs "Wasted" and "Madness," Marya Hornbacher; author of "The Grass Dancer," Susan Power; and author of "Welcome To My Planet (Where English is Sometimes Spoken)," Shannon Olson.

Questions regarding registration can be directed to the St. Cloud State Registration Helpline at (320) 308-3936 or at registrationhelpdesk@stcloudstate.edu.

St. Cloud State’s creative writing program offers a minor and a major emphasis in creative writing, with beginning and advanced courses in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, play/screen writing and editing.

For more information contact the Department of English at (320) 308-3061.

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