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Writing

To Taste Life Twice: Building the Personal Essay

June 21, 2019 by Meghan Florian Leave a Comment

hand holding a yellow pencil and writing in a notebook

Come spend the weekend in a supportive and structured personal essay writing workshop. This class, which will meet Friday 7-9pm and Saturday 10-4pm, is perfect for those who can’t commit to a 6 or 8-week class but would like to re-commit to their writing practice. Using prompts and reading from other well-known essayists, we will […]

Tagged With: nonfiction, personal essay, Writing

A Writing Quilt

May 12, 2015 by Rebecca Welper Leave a Comment

At RCWMS, we love providing time and space for women to be creative together. One of the ways we’ve done this is by sponsoring weeklong writing retreats at Pelican House at Trinity Center, Emerald Isle, NC. For over a decade, women have been nourished by quiet days of writing and evenings of community sharing. While […]

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Moments Magnified

April 14, 2015 by Jeanette Stokes Leave a Comment

“Evocative, sensual, suspenseful.” That’s how Carol Henderson described strong writing to 25 women who gathered on the first day of spring for Carol’s annual Resource Center weekend writing intensive. Many of the women were veterans of Carol’s writing workshops and dove in eagerly. Entitled “Moments Magnified,” the two-day workshop encouraged participants to write powerful vignettes […]

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2015 RCWMS Essay Contest Winners

February 27, 2015 by Jeanette Stokes Leave a Comment

We are pleased to announce the winners of the 2015 RCWMS Essay Contest, “Embodying Faith.” First place goes to Rebecca Lanning of Durham, NC, for her essay, “How to Pet a Porcupine.” Second place goes to Sarah Woodford of New Haven, CT, and third place goes to Lauren Kilbourn of Chapel Hill, NC. An honorable […]

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