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CREATIVE WRITING CRITIQUE GROUPS for ADULTS

NIGHT GROUP: 1st Tuesdays 6:00—9:00 PM ... Suspended Temporarily

DAY GROUP:  2nd Tuesdays Noon—3:00 PM ... Ongoing

Both Groups Critique Short Prose and Books

BOOK WRITERS: Novel, Nonfiction & Narrative Nonfiction, including Memoir
SHORT PROSE: Short Story, Magazine Article, Essay, Memoir

All Meetings at Pell City Library - Conference Room 
1923 1st Ave. No. * Pell City, AL 35125 * (205) 884-1015

Instructor: Janice Wiley-Dorn
Fee: $5 Per Session
                                                  DIRECTIONS:
                                   (10 minute drive, approximately)
 
               Going from Birmingham toward Atlanta on I-20 East

               Take Exit 156 (Eden - a suburb of Pell City) onto Hwy. 78 East

               After passing by Pell City High School on RIGHT

               Look for Court House on LEFT

               At Rexall Drugstore turn LEFT ont 4th St. No.

               Go 1 short block and

               Turn RIGHT onto 1 Ave. No.

               Park Free behind Court House or beside Library

               (both on LEFT side of the avenue)

            http://www.mapquest.com/maps/Birmingham+AL/1923+1st+Ave+N+PellCity+AL+35125-1663
Read about our writers in the online version of:

The Daily Home

Pell City Pens Writers Contest Info Updated June 2009 

Writers Contest ..... 2007 Rules & Checklist

2007 Judges and Winners        2006 Judges and Winners 

Read about the 2006 Awards Ceremony in the online version of The Daily Home

Check out the new contest sponsored by Smoke City Narrators
Novel Pitch & 1st 5 Pages Contest

Contact PC Pens

Past Events

Cultivating Characters

Separate Classes for Teens and Adults

June 2, 2008 -- July 6, 2008 

Details on Cyber Courses Page:

http://www.janicewiley-dorn.com/cybercoursesworkshops.html 

             TITLE: Young Writers Workshop
               SPONSORS: Pell City Pens and Pell City Library
               DATE: May 3, 2008
               TIME: 5th--8th Graders: 9:00--11:00 AM     
                          9th--12 Graders: Noon--2:00 PM
               FEE: None
               INSTRUCTOR: Marlin Barton
               Moderator: Janice Wiley-Dorn
               VENUE: Pell City Library, 1923 1st Ave. No., Pell City, AL 35125

DESCRIPTION: In-session writing with instructor, Marlin Barton, author of A Broken Thing, The Dry Well, and Dancing by the River. Barton teaches in and helps direct Writing Our Stories, a program for juvenile offenders created by Alabama Writers Forum. http://www.southernartistry.org/Marlin_Barton

REQUIREMENTS: Seating limited. Please pre-register by calling library or emailing student's name, grade, address, phone & email address to the Pell City Pens.

CONTACT: Janice Wiley-Dorn, President of Pell City Pens: pcpens@janicewiley-dorn.com OR Susan Mann, Assistant Library Director: (205) 884-1015.
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