Journal Conference 2016

Journal Conference 2016:

Pioneering the Next 30 Years

May 19-22, 2016

Hendersonville, North Carolina

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Kay Adams is celebrating her 30th year as a pioneer in the field of journal therapy and journal writing. The Journal Conference 2016 will gather with the pioneers of the past, present, and future at the beautiful 1300-acre Kanuga Conference Center, a mountain retreat setting near Asheville, North Carolina. 

This Conference is for YOU, if you are a journal writer of any level of experience, or a therapist, coach, facilitator, or helping professional who uses journals with clients, or as someone who is Interested in the use of journal writing for healing, growth, and change.

Aspen Words

Aspen Words encourages writers, inspires readers, and connects people through the power of stories.

The summer workshops (June 19-26, 2016) are designed to accommodate both experienced, published writers and promising, emerging writers who have yet to publish their work. The majority of writing workshops are determined by a juried admission process that requires a manuscript submission; however, there is also a Beginning Writing workshop and a Readers' Retreat, which are non-juried and first-come, first-served.

Juried Workshops:

Fiction: Maria Semple, Dean Bakopoulos, Antonya Nelson

Memoir: Darin Strauss, Abigail Thomas

Poetry: Rowan Ricardo Phillips

Young Adult Literature: Deborah Wiles

Novel/Memoir Editing: George Hodgman

Application Deadline: February 26th.

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Los Angeles: Save the Dates!

Apparently, Los Angeles is the place to be, a bona fide storytelling hub. There are two big events in 2010 that you must mark on your calendars:

The 9th Annual LA Storytelling Festival

Saturday, November 13, 2010


Culver-Palms UMC Complex


4464 Sepulveda Blvd.


Culver City, CA 90230

If you're interested in being a performer or workshop leader at the festival ACT NOW... the application deadline is March 17th! Click here to download the application.

Also, Los Angeles is hosting the National Storytelling Network's annual conference this year:

The 2010 National Storytelling Conference

July 29-August 1, 2010
The Warner Center Marriott


21850 Oxnard Street

Woodland Hills, CA 91367

* early bird registration for NSN begins March 1st!

Both events will feature workshops, performance showcases, concerts, and lots of networking opportunities.

And if that's not enough, then visit the new "About Town" section on my website for a list of storytelling events across Los Angeles. Come one, come all... be an audience member or get up on that stage!

SOS ~ kg