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CRITIQUE GROUP MEETINGS

CREATIVE WRITING GROUPS for ADULTS

NIGHT GROUP: 1st Tuesdays 6:00—9:00 PM ... Suspended Temporarily
Until More Writers Sign-up via Email

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, Flash Fiction, Magazine Article, Essay, Memoir

MARKETING: Query Letter, Synopsis, Book Proposal, Cover Letter

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

Pell City Pens, founded in 2004, provides constructive critique sessions (no hateful remarks), contests and workshops for writers of all skill levels. Open to all genres except poetry. Writing prompts available by email request, or bring whatever you currently need help with, up to 2,000 words or so (6 to 8 pages).

Please format your work per industry standards:
- Double-spaced
- 12 pt. font, Courier New or Times New Roman
- 1" margins on all four sides.

We welcome drop-ins. If you have any questions before-hand, please don't hesitate to email Janice:

Contact PC Pens

DIRECTIONS:

(10 minute drive, approximately)
http://www.mapquest.com/maps/Birmingham+AL/1923+1st+Ave+N+PellCity+AL+35125-1663

                                        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 onto 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)

Read about our writers in the online version of:

The Daily Home

Pell City Pens Writers Contest Info Updated September 2010

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 contest sponsored by Smoke City Narrators
Novel Pitch & 1st 5 Pages Contest

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

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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