Date: Sunday, October 3, 2010

Time: 10am – 4pm – writing activities;

5pm – 8pm – optional reading and discussion

Venue: At “Glentula” on the shores of Lake Seymour; 101 Morningside Drive, Trent River, ON

For map and directions, click here

If you can’t get away for a full weekend retreat, try this one-day getaway filled with inspirational writing activities to get you writing. We’ll draw inspiration from the woods brilliant with fall colour, the rich smells of harvest time and the camp fire, the lake and streams as well as the energy of writing in a community of other writers. The day will be a mix of group-led writing exercises, situation-themed writing prompts and time to write and reflect. Gwynn will be available at several points in the day to answer any questions you may have about your personal writing project.

A hot lunch will be provided, as well as an all-day beverage station.

If you choose to stay, a simple buffet dinner and a cosy reading and discussion session will finish your writing day

Gwynn Scheltema is an award-winning fiction writer and poet and winner of the 2007 Timothy Findley Creative Writing Award. Her stories have placed in the Toronto Star Short Story Contest, the Canadian Authors Association contest, and the Writers Circle of Durham Region short story contest. She was a founding fiction editor for Lichen, Arts & Letters Preview, and her fiction and poetry have been published in Canada and Europe in literary journals, anthologies, and magazines.

Gwynn is fascinated by words and enjoys sharing her love of language. She works as a professional writer and editor and has taught for over 25 years, at community colleges, private colleges, government conferences, retreats and day and evening workshops.

Pre-Registration required

$90.00 Day Activities Only

$80.00 Day Activities Only Member – WCDR, SOH, WEN, HWEN etc.

$100.00 Day and Evening

$90.00 Day and Evening Member – WCDR, SOH, WEN, HWEN etc.

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Directions to Glentula

From the South West (1½ hours from Oshawa)

• Take Hwy. 401 east to Hwy 115. Proceed north on Hwy 115.
• After approx 45 minutes, at Peterborough, Hwy 115 becomes Hwy 7. Continue east on Hwy 7 to Havelock (35 mins.).
• At Havelock follow map below.

From the East (3 hours from Ottawa)

• Take Hwy 417 west to Hwy 7 just west of the Scotiabank Place.
• Proceed west on Hwy 7 to Havelock.
• At Havelock follow map below.

From the North West (45 mins. from Peterborough)

• At Port Perry take Hwy 7A east to Hwy 35.
• At Hwy 35 turn south for a kilometre, then east on the continuation of Hwy 7A to Hwy 115.
• After approx 15 minutes, at Peterborough, Hwy 115 becomes Hwy 7. Go east to Havelock (35 mins.)
• At Havelock follow map below.

From the South East (45 mins from Brighton)

• Take Hwy 401 west to Brighton.
• Take Regional/County Rd. 30 north to Campbellford
• At the lights at the bridge in Campbellford, turn west on Bridge Street (RR 30 cont) to Village of Trent River (15 mins)
• At Trent River, follow the map below

Writers and poets know that detail rooted in the senses helps readers experience rather than observe the narrative world they are reading.

In this workshop explore beyond those five senses. Deepen your powers of description. Challenge your reader’s perceptions and assumptions. Learn new descriptive techniques that will give greater weight to your narrative voice.

Experiment with your new skills in fun hands-on exercises. Come prepared to go new places and try new things. As past participants have said, “You provoked me into thinking of new ways of approaching my writing,” and “Your exercises were great—inspiring, short, but effective. You let us try lots of different things.”

Gwynn Scheltema is an award-winning fiction writer and poet and winner of the 2007 Timothy Findley Creative Writing Award. Her stories have placed in the Toronto Star Short Story Contest, the Canadian Authors Association contest, and the Writers Circle of Durham Region short story contest. She was a founding fiction editor for Lichen, Arts & Letters Preview, and her fiction and poetry have been published in Canada and Europe in literary journals, anthologies, and magazines.

Gwynn is fascinated by words and enjoys sharing her love of language. She works as a professional writer and editor and has taught for over 25 years, at community colleges, private colleges, government conferences, retreats and day and evening workshops.

$95.00 Registration Fee
$85.00 Discounted Registration for Members of WCDR/WEN/HWEN etc.

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• Sunday, September 19, 2010



• 10 am to 4 pm
• Location: The Aurora Cultural Centre, Aurora, Ontario
• Fee: $110 ($95 WCDR, WEN, HHWEN, PWAC, etc. Member)
• To Register: See below
• Maximum Participants: 22

Write to Win is a one-day immersion in the art of entering writing contests…and increasing your chances for winning. Two ’seasoned winners’ — Ruth E. Walker and Dorothea Helms  — will share terrific tips that will help you develop your own winning strategy.

Discover how even an honourable mention can give weight to your writing bio. And bonus! Dorothea and Ruth have not only won writing competitions, they have also judged and even administered writing competitions, so they really know what can knock your entry out of the running — sometimes even before it is actually read.

Participants are asked to bring the first page of their fiction, non-fiction or poetry they hope to submit to an upcoming competition. In this workshop, through a combination of lecture, demonstration and exercises, you will put your own work to the “writing contest” test and see if it will make it past the first reading.

Prepare for a day of inspiration and fun!

Dorothea Helms

is an award-winning, internationally published writer who is also a popular writing instructor. She is the author of the highly successful book The Writing Fairy™ Guide to Calling Yourself a Writer, and she offers courses, workshops and keynote speeches that inspire adults to write and publish their work. Dorothea has also served as a fiction judge for regional and international writing contests. She has been a finalist in fiction competitions, and her humorous fiction has appeared in an anthology in southern Ontario.
In 2006, she held the first-ever Writing Fairy Humour Writing contest, which drew entries from across North America. In 2005, Dorothea was presented with the first-ever Barbara Novak Award For Excellence in Humour and/or Personal Essay Writing from the Periodical Writers Association of Canada. Also in 2005, she tied for first place in the non-fiction category of the Haliburton Highlands Writers’ and Editors’ Network and The Agnes Jamieson Gallery 3rd Annual Writing Contest. In 2003, she placed third in The Writers’ Circle of Durham Region Dan Sullivan Memorial Poetry Contest.

Ruth E. Walker

knows a thing or two about writing competitions. Not only has she organized and administered a range of writing competitions, she has served as a final judge and a tier-judge for a number of national and international competitions including The Writers’ Community of Durham Region 2008 Chapbook contest, the annual Serial Poet competition at LICHEN Arts & Letters Preview, the Canadian Authors Association Toronto short story contest, and the Oval Victory poetry contest at Hidden Brook Press.
And she knows a bit about winning writing competition too. In 1996, her very first fiction submission won the Canadian Living Short Story prize. She went on to win the 1998 & 2005 Dan Sullivan Memorial Poetry Contest, was a 1999 semi-finalist Chapters-Robertson Davies Competition; 2001 winner Ghost Story Contest, Trent University Writers and Readers Fair; 2003 2nd place Larry Turner Award for Non-fiction; 2007 two entries tied for 2nd place in The Writers’ Circle of Durham Region Short Story Contest; and in 2008, she won 3rd place in the prestigious Banff Centre Bliss Carman Poetry Award. Along the way, she gathered a couple of honourable mentions as well.

Together, Ruth and Dorothea bring a wealth of experience as creative writing instructors along with a fun, interactive tag-team style to all their workshops. Join them on Sunday, September 19 for Write to Win.

To register online $110 registration fee

$95 discount registration fee

Barrier Lake Lookout "Sentinel"

Glentula, nestled in five acres of mixed Ontario forest, is the home of Gwynn Scheltema and Don Anderson. “Glentula” means “peaceful woods”. “Glen” meaning “woods” comes from Don’s Scottish heritage. “Tula” is from Gwynn’s roots in Zimbabwe, Africa, and is the Ndebele word for “peace” or “quiet”.Glentula is the perfect place to write. The front shade garden offers a gazebo beside the rock garden, the tea stone sunken bench under the maples, or a muskoka chair on the pink granite surround of the camp-fire pit. Wander the garden paths, have a swing or just enjoy the dappled shade beneath the tall trees.

From the South West (1½ hours from Oshawa)

• Take Hwy. 401 east to Hwy 115. Proceed north on Hwy 115.
• After approx 45 minutes, at Peterborough, Hwy 115 becomes Hwy 7. Continue east on Hwy 7 to Havelock  (35 mins.).
• At Havelock follow map below.

From the East (3 hours from Ottawa)

• Take Hwy 417 west to Hwy 7 just west of the Scotiabank Place.
• Proceed west on Hwy 7 to Havelock.
• At Havelock follow map below.

From the North West (45 mins. from Peterborough)

• At Port Perry take Hwy 7A east to Hwy 35.
• At Hwy 35 turn south for a kilometre, then east on the continuation of Hwy 7A to Hwy 115.
• After approx 15 minutes, at Peterborough, Hwy 115  becomes Hwy 7.  Go east to Havelock (35 mins.)
• At Havelock follow map below.

From the South East (45 mins from Brighton)

• Take Hwy 401 west to Brighton.
• Take Regional/County Rd. 30 north to Campbellford
• At the lights at the bridge in Campbellford, turn west on Bridge Street (RR 30 cont) to Village of Trent River  (15 mins)
• At Trent River, follow the map below

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Looking forward to writing with you!

Regular
Single occupancy $625
$595 Alumni or Writers’ Group member discount
$565 Both discounts

Double occupancy $525 per person
$495 Alumni or Writers’ Group member discount
$465 Both discounts

2 Double Beds
Shared tub/shower unit
3rd Floor

DEPOSIT on The TTC Room – Single occupancy $250.00

DEPOSIT on The TTC Room Double occupancy $250.00

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To pay in full:

Single Occupancy:

The TTC Room – Single occupancy $625.00

The TTC Room with Alumni or Writers’ Group member discount- Single occupancy $595.00

The TTC Room – Both discounts – Single occupancy $565.00

Double Occupancy:

The TTC Room – Double occupancy $525.00

The TTC Room – Double occupancy with Alumni or Writers’ Group member discount $495.00

The TTC Room – Double occupancy – Both discounts $465.00

This room is booked and no longer available

Regular

Double occupancy only $525 per person
$495 Alumni or Writers’ Group member discount
$465 Both discounts

2 Queen Beds
Shared tub/shower unit
3rd Floor

Double Occupancy:

The Clerestory Room – Double occupancy $525.00

The Clerestory Room – Double occupancy with Alumni or Writers’ Group member discount $495.00

The Clerestory Room – Double occupancy – Both discounts $465.00

If you’ve paid your deposit, to pay the balance of your registration fee, click here.