Dear Fellow Writers-
In light of the on-going COVID-19 crisis, we have, with a heavy heart, decided to cancel this summer’s Chesapeake Writers’ Conference. We plan to be back next year, though–mark your calendars for June 20-26, 2021–for our tenth annual conference, and we hope you can join us then.
We also know that there are many writers out there in need of a writing community this summer, since so many of the usual possibilities have dried up as a result of the virus. In light of this need, many of our core faculty members have stepped forward to run group workshops next month. While these workshops are not officially part of the Chesapeake Writers’ Conference, the workshop leaders are all current or former Chesapeake Writers’ Conference faculty and each works with the same generous ethos that our conference fosters.
The workshops, provided there is enough interest in each, will run for five days in late June. Most sessions will run during the original conference dates (June 22-26), though the creative nonfiction course will run from June 26-June 30. The cost will be $300 per student. If you are interested in joining one of these workshop groups, please send an email to the workshop leader (their addresses are below, saved as images) and they can fill you in on the parameters, including format and seat availability, as well as how payment will work.
Whether you decide to join one of these workshops or not, we’ll hope to see you at St. Mary’s College of Maryland for the 2021 Chesapeake Writers’ Conference.
Sincerely,
Chesapeake Writers’ Conference Co-Directors,
Jerry Gabriel
Crystal Brandt
Nadeem Zaman
Summer Workshop Faculty
Patricia Henley (fiction, June 22-26)
Liz Arnold (poetry, June 22-26)
Matthew Henry Hall (a workshop for high schoolers, June 22-26)
Crystal Brandt (songwriting, June 22-26)
Ana Maria Spagna (creative nonfiction, June 26-30)