The Alpha SF/F/H Workshop for Young Writers (ages 14 - 19) is an annual, ten-day, residency writing workshop, currently in its sixth year.Writers-in-residence at Alpha 2007 will include #1 New York Times-bestselling author Tamora Pierce, former Science Fiction Writers of America president Catherine Asaro, John W. Campbell Award-winner Wen Spencer, and up-and-coming new talent Charles Coleman Finlay.
SFWA authors on Alpha staff include Thomas Seay, David Barr Kirtley, Diane Turnshek, Paul Pence, Kevin Hayes and Tobias Buckell. Our newest staff member is Nebula nominee Karina Sumner-Smith.
Former Alpha students have sold stories to prominent publications including Realms of Fantasy, Writers of the Future, Boys' Life, Fantasy Magazine, Lady Churchill's Rosebud Wristlet, Fantastic Stories, Corpse Blossoms, Aberrant Dreams, and Fantastical Visions.
Alpha 2007 will run from July 18 - 27. Tuition is $950 and includes a private, air-conditioned dormitory room for the duration of the workshop, membership to the Confluence science fiction convention, meals, required reading material, and local transportation.
The application deadline is March 31. For more information, visit
http://alpha.spellcaster.org/ .
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