I've been twice and it was helpful, interesting and a pleasure to be in the same room with so many other Jewish women writers.
The Annual Jerusalem Writers’
Seminar
A symposium
on creating, writing, and earning!
Tuesday,
May 1st- Tet Iyar,
2012
Shirat
Yerushalayim Hall
Rechov
Kanfei Nesharim #64, Givat Shaul, Jerusalem
9AM- 5PM, refreshments and lunch
included (hechsher Badatz HaEida Hachareidis)
This full-day program will
include:
- Presentations by Esther Heller, Tamar Ansh, Sarah Shapiro, Yael Mermelstein, Batya Ruddell, Avigail Sharer, Libi Astaire, Shifrah Devorah Witt, Yaffa Ganz, Varda Branfman, Ann Goldberg,Naomi Elbinger, Yocheved Krems, Paula Stern, and more.
- Publishers of leading magazines and books will be on hand for consultations
- Special workshops on “Hands-on Writing.” Gain real practice in writing for children, historical writing, technical writing, freelance writing, grant writing, or poetry.
- Discussion groups on wide variety of topics of interest for everyone
- Network and meet the people behind the names!
See schedule
below
Price for the
full day: 200 NIS.
For the morning session or afternoon session
only- 90 NIS
For the morning session or afternoon session plus lunch-150
NIS
** Early bird prices
for those who pay by Tuesday, April 24
**
For full day: 160 NIS
Morning OR afternoon session only:
70 NIS
Morning OR afternoon session plus
lunch: 130 NIS
Seminar Schedule
8:30 Doors open for those who haven't
registered
9:00-9:30 Welcome and opening address: Tamar
Ansh
9:30-10:15 Yael Mermelstein:
Brainstorming
10:15-11:00 Shifrah Devorah
Witt
11:00-11:30 Esther Heller:
Making
Your Writing Move
11:30-12:00 Sharing Our Writing with Yocheved Krems
12:15-12:45 Sarah Shapiro: Is Nothing New
Under the Sun? When We're Inspired by Other Writers
1:00-2:30 Raffle, followed by
lunch
2:45-3:30 Elective
Workshops
These will be
hands-on workshops on writing fields. Instead of telling about the field like
last year, each leader will teach
a basic skill of
her field.
A. Technical Writing: Producing
a Technical Instruction with Paula Stern
B. Historical Writing with Libi Astaire
C. Writing for Children: Producing
an Opening Page with Avigail
Sharer
D. Poetry Writing with Varda
Branfman
3:30-4:15 Naomi Elbinger:
Can
a Frum Woman Build a Successful Writing Career in the Internet Age: Practical
Tips, Personal Experiences, Motivation, and
Realism.
4:15-5:00 Small Discussion Groups on a
variety of topics
A. Discussing writing issues with
Yaffa Ganz
B. Discussing book
promotion with Tamar Ansh
C. Overcoming writers' block with
Batya Ruddell
D. Developing your freelance writing
career with Ann Goldberg
One-on-one appointments with publishers and
presenters will be available.
This information will be sent to all
participants to be arranged after
Pesach.
Payment
for the seminar is in cash only and can be dropped off at the following
locations:
Ramot
Michal
Borinstein
02-586-9196
Neve
Yaakov
Chaya Baila Gavant
585-0591
Sarai
Yisroel
Har
Nof
Ramat Beit
Shemesh
Bracha Fridrich
991-8413
Beitar
Leora
Gruen
Maaleh
Adumim
Yaffa Ganz
590-1879
Kiryat
Sefer
Tsfat
Please bring exact change when you
pay. Early bird prices effective until Tuesday, April 24th and
must be paid by one of the places listed above in advance of the seminar.
Please note that there will be an area set aside for
participants that need to bring a baby along. Please only bring babies that are
young enough to sit still and be (basically) quiet.
For questions, please contact
registration coordinators Michal Borinstein at mbmb613@gmail.com or Leora
Gruen at 02-580-8970.
To register: Please email Michal
Borinstein at mbmb613@gmail.com or call Leora Gruen at 02-580-8970.
If you are signing up for the whole day or just the afternoon session, please
indicate which elective workshop and discussion group you wish to
attend.
Looking forward to greeting you
there,
All the
best,
Esther Heller and Tamar
Ansh
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