Love the Outdoors? Write it.

It's President's Day. Celebrate the day by writing about . . .our country! The land, that is. 

THIS WORKSHOP IS NOW FULL.

We Coloradoans love the outdoors – camping, fishing, burning our feet on the great Sand Dunes or wandering by the river. Feeling deeply connected to places often warrants expression; many nature-lovers seek a way to communicate their ideas/bonds/hopes to a larger audience. However, there’s a real trick in rendering place – connecting the “external landscape” of the world to the “internal landscape” of you or your characters. In this two-hour workshop (10 a.m.-noon), Laura Pritchett will lead us in brainstorming and starting an essay or short story, looking at a few short examples of what contemporary nature writers are doing, and discussing how and where to publish your work. 

Appropriate for fiction and nonfiction, all levels.

Want to sign up?
This class limited to 15 participants and the cost is $40.To sign up, you must contact Adult Programs Coordinator Jennie Lay by email or by calling 879-0240x317. Once your space is confirmed, further information will follow.

About the teacher
Laura Pritchett is the acclaimed author of nine books. She began her writing journey with the short story collection Hell's Bottom, Colorado, which won the PEN USA Award for Fiction and the Milkweed National Fiction Prize. This was followed by the novels Sky Bridge, Stars Go Blue, Red Lightning and The Blue Hour (due out Feb 2017), which garnered other major writing awards. She’s also editor of three anthologies: Pulse of the River, Home Land, and Going Green: True Tales from Gleaners, Scavengers, and Dumpster Divers. She has two nonfiction books: Great Colorado Bear Stories and the forthcoming Making Friends with Death, Kind Of, due out Sept 2017. Her work has appeared in The New York Times, O Magazine, Salon, High Country News, The Sun, Brain, Child, and many others. She holds a PhD from Purdue University and teaches around the country.