© 2024 Aspen Public Radio
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations

Summer Words lineup released

As the snow finally flies, local writers are preparing for summer workshops. Aspen Words has announced the faculty lineup for its Summer Words programs.

The nonprofit offers seven workshops: three fiction, two memoir, one poetry and one opportunity for full book editing. All are taught by professional authors, including novelists Jess Walter, who wrote the best-seller “Beautiful Ruins,” and Ben Fountain, whose novel “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk,” was released as a film in November.

Caroline Tory with Aspen Words said now is the time to start preparing for the June event.

“A lot of the workshops are juried, so we actually ask people to submit a writing sample that goes by a group of professional readers who help us select the group of writers for Summer Words,” Tory said.

Applications for juried workshops are due in February. The full Summer Words program, which includes opportunities for beginners, is June 18-23.

Aspen native Elizabeth Stewart-Severy is excited to be making a return to both the Red Brick, where she attended kindergarten, and the field of journalism. She has spent her entire life playing in the mountains and rivers around Aspen, and is thrilled to be reporting about all things environmental in this special place. She attended the University of Colorado with a Boettcher Scholarship, and graduated as the top student from the School of Journalism in 2006. Her lifelong love of hockey lead to a stint working for the Colorado Avalanche, and she still plays in local leagues and coaches the Aspen Junior Hockey U-19 girls.
Related Content