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Date: August 14 –August 21, 2010
Begins Saturday, August 14, with dinner at 6 PM
Ends Saturday, August 21, after lunch

Designed For: Alumni of any Founders Workshop taught by Carolyn Yoder who want to take the next step forward in their writing careers.

Limited To: 10 participants

  
 

WORKSHOP FOCUS
This is a special and unusual retreat, open only to graduates of Carolyn P. Yoder’s workshops. Participants will come together for seven days and evenings to write, relax, eat, play, and then write some more.

This workshop will include

  • one-on-one critiques with Carolyn;
  • group critiques;
  • some lectures; and
  • lots of time to write!

PLEASE NOTE: There is no assignment, but attendees are encouraged to bring to the retreat works in progress—nonfiction or historical fiction.

Workshop Tuition of $1,095 includes cozy, individual cabins; all meals (provided by a top-notch chef); airport pickup service, if needed; and an intimate teaching setting in the living room of the Founders of Highlights for Children!

  
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  Workshop Leader


Carolyn P. Yoder

Carolyn P. Yoder
Carolyn is currently editor of Calkins Creek Books—the U.S. history imprint of Boyds Mills Press. Calkins Creek specializes in nonfiction and historical fiction picture books, chapter books, and novels. Carolyn is also the senior editor of history for Highlights for Children. She has written numerous articles on research and writing history for children and is the author of John Adams: The Writer; Becoming George Washington; and George Washington: The Writer. Carolyn spent a decade serving as the award-winning editor in chief of Cobblestone: The History Magazine for Young People; Calliope; Faces; and Odyssey, which led to her position as assistant publisher of Cobblestone Publishing, Inc., overseeing development of its book division. She has been a writer and an editor for the New Jersey Historical Society and the executive director of the New Hampshire Antiquarian Society. A free-lance editor and writer, she lives in Lawrenceville, New Jersey.