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Applications open for Fishtrap’s
Yearlong Writers’ Program
ting through a good fi rst draft of
a book-length work is what I will
encourage through big-hearted
support,” she said. “Writing is
so solitary and it’s really helpful
to know there are a few people
out there keeping track of your
progress, helping you when you
get stuck and cheering you on
— people who understand what
you are trying to do and where
you are going, people who ap-
preciate your voice and want to
help you cultivate it and shape
a narrative that others will want
to read.”
By Lisa Britton
Go! Magazine
ishtrap is again off ering the
Yearlong Writers’ Program,
led by Karen Auvinen, that will
begin and end with gatherings at
Summer Fishtrap.
Applications for this program
are open now at www.fi shtrap.
org/karen-auvinen-yearlong-
workshop/.
Mike Midlo, Fishtrap program
director, said the year-long writ-
ing workshops began in 2008 “as
an opportunity for writers to de-
vote a year to their work at about
half the cost of a master’s in fi ne
arts degree in creative writing.”
The cost is $7,250 — or
$6,750 if paid in full by July 11,
2022. Tuition includes registra-
tion and workshop instruction
for the 2022 and 2023 Summer
Fishtrap Gathering of Writers,
and all individual monthly instruc-
tion during the year.
Auvinen describes it as “a
13-month intensive distance-
learning program that focuses on
one-on-one instruction to help
you reach your goals as a writer.”
She said participants will
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SUMMER FISHTRAP
www.karenauvinen.com
meet at Fishtrap in July 2022 “to
get grounded and begin think-
ing about book length projects.
Then everyone will retreat to
home to write.”
Throughout the year, each
writer will share pages with a
workshop partner, as well as
Auvinen who will off er written
feedback and also schedule
Zoom meetings.
“Each writer will determine
their goal for the year, but get-
During the Summer Fishtrap
2022 portions of the workshop,
participants in Auvinen’s pro-
gram will meet in the mornings
to work on developing their writ-
ing project, then attend other
activities.
“Including readings and just
soaking up being a part of one
of the best writing communities
in the U.S. — certainly the best in
the West,” Auvinen said.
At Fishtrap 2023, she said the
participants will meet again “for
fi nal considerations, some work-
shopping and a BIG celebration
for a fi rst draft, which will include
next steps.”
ABOUT THE INSTRUCTOR
Auvinen lives in Rollinsville,
Colorado, and is on the faculty
at the Low-Residency MFA in
Nature Writing at Western Col-
lege University in Gunnison. She
started out as a poet and also
writes nonfi ction (her memoir,
“Rough Beauty: Forty Seasons
of Mountain Living,” was pub-
lished by Scribner in 2018). She’s
also taught writers and writing
at Fishtrap and the Lighthouse
Writers Workshop in Denver.
She is a former artist-in-
residence for the State of Colo-
rado and her work has won two
Academy of American Poets
Awards and two Pushcart nomina-
tions. Her book was a fi nalist for
the Colorado Book Award and the
Willa Award. Get acquainted at
www.karenauvinen.com and on
www.karenauvinen.com
Facebook (www.facebook.com/
KarenAuvinenAuthor).
ABOUT SUMMER FISHTRAP
The 35th Summer Fishtrap
Gathering of Writers is set for
July 11-17, 2022, at Wallowa
Lake Lodge. Adult workshops
are $895 or $805 for Fishtrap-
pers. Youth workshops are $550.
Registration opens Feb. 1, 2022.
Genres include fi ction, nonfi c-
tion, poetry, memoir, short story
and children’s literature. Each
workshop is limited to 13 partici-
pants. The week will include craft
talks, discussions, open mics,
readings and a special 35th an-
niversary celebration. For informa-
tion, visit www.fi shtrap.org.
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