Dispatches from the Desk: AWP Survival Guide Edition

by Libby Cudmore & Matthew Quinn Martin…hello all, your president and vice president here with our another of our semi-regular featured blog posts.So, as many of you know, The Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP)’s annual conference is just around the corner––metaphorically for those of you who are planning on attending, and literally for …

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Create Your Portfolio Page for AWP

I'm putting together portfolio pages to feature our alumni, students and faculty at AWP and other public gatherings in which we can showcase our collective work. If you'd like to be included in the portfolio, it's really easy. Each person gets ONE page in the portfolio, which will comprise a series of 3-ring binders arranged …

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Dispatches from the Desk: Please Don’t Lie

  by Libby Cudmore & Matthew Quinn Martin …hello all, your president and vice president here with our another of our semi-regular featured blog posts. Ah, autumn, where we are treated to hot apple cider and donuts, crunching leaves beneath our feet…and the annual reminder that a certain fellow writer in our circle has a …

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Create your AWP Portfolio Page

I'm putting together portfolios to feature our alumni and faculty at AWP and other public gatherings in which we can showcase our collective work. If you'd like to be included in the portfolio, it's really easy. Each person gets ONE page in the portfolio, which will comprise a series of 3-ring binders arranged by Stonecoast …

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Dispatches from the Desk: End of Summer Edition

...President Matthew Quinn Martin and Vice-President Libby Cudmore here again with our semi-regular featured blog post. Labor Day weekend has come and gone. The bbq’s have been stowed in the garage. The white slacks have (hopefully) been folded up and dropped in the bottom drawer, and we’ve all felt what might be that last summer …

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Dispatches from the Desk: August 23, 2012 – Distractions

by Libby Cudmore & Matthew Quinn Martin ...hello all, your president and vice president here with our new semi-regular featured blog post. DISTRACTIONS We’ve all been there. Maybe you are now. You sit down to write, all geared up, notes in hand, perfect story on the tips of your fingers. You’ve got the whole day …

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