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Please note: our website is undergoing extensive revision and updating February through April 2009. Check back often. And pardon our digital dust!
It's the 15th Anniversary of the Slow Sand Writers Society! Welcome to our site.For
three hours every other Tuesday evening, our group gathers to share our trials,
celebrate our successes, critique one another's work, trade
suggestions, and sometimes deliver good, swift kicks.
Since our
first meeting in 1994, scores of our short stories and personal essays
have been published in respected literary journals, leading national
magazines, and literary anthologies. We've won state and national writing
awards, fellowships for both fiction and nonfiction, and have had many books
published. These successes may not have happened at all without the encouragement of our fellow Sanders.
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Joining the Slow Sanders
Although the Slow Sand Writers Society is at maximum enrollment today, we are happy to keep your application materials on file. We require a 15-20 page prose sample (fiction or nonfiction; sorry no poetry), a resume or narrative of your writing experience and publications, and a statement about your writing goals and your reasons for wanting to join our writing group. If you are not acquainted with one of our members, we also interview you. Send materials to the email address on the left and we'll contact you. Check back next summer to take advantage of our online application process.
In the meantime, you may wish to visit the website of Northern Colorado Writers, an organization that sponsors conferences, holds monthly meetings, and provides resources for local writers to stay in touch.
RECENT NEWS & EVENTS
Missouri Review Prize 2008 Goes to Debby Thompson:
We congratulate Slow Sander Debby Thompson for her$3000 first place win of the prestigious Missouri Review Editor's Prize in the Essay. Her winning piece, "What's the Matter with Houdini," will be featured in an upcoming issue of the magazine.
Bas Bleu Actors Read Slow Sand Writing in Benefit for Theatre:
On November 9th,Bleu actors presented short, dramatic readings by Slow Sand writers . The stories and essays had been entries in the 2008 Tallgrass Writers Guild "Wild Things" writing contest. From hundreds of contest entries from across the country, judges selected Slow Sand submissions for the top three places. Paul Miller's essay, 62,000 Reasons Why Wild Rivers are Good for Your Soul, was the grand prize winner. Second and third place winners were Leslie Patterson and Debby Thompson respectively.
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