Salon 2006 Registration Open

Pudding House Publications presents:

SALON 2006
Monthly read-around, feedback, critique.

Join us in 2006 as we continue to explore new approaches, new subjects, new avenues through which poetry can express the seemingly inexpressible. We will work on craft, presentation, voice and style, personna poems, poems of place, finding the central life of the poem, freewriting, seed poems, freeing yourself to deliver your art, and much, much more.

Second Saturday of each month, February-November 2006

Shaker Square Apartments Clubhouse
280 Barkley Place West
Whitehall, Ohio 43213

Cost: $40 per year (covers all sessions)

Workshop Facilitator: Rose M. Smith


To register: See instructions below.

Salon is an interactive poetry workshop
sponsored by Pudding House Publications

Where will WORDS take YOU in 2006 and beyond?

Rose M. Smith is a refreshing yet familiar voice in contemporary poetry. Accomplished on the page and a welcome critical ear at workshops, Rose and her poems take on a second life in live audience. She placed 13th in the nation among individually performing artists in 2005 and continues to captivate listeners throughout the midwest with her unique mix of craft and delivery. Rose is an Associate Editor at Pudding House Publications and author of Shooting the Strays (Pavement Saw Press, 2003) and A Woman You Know (Pudding House Publications, 2005).


How to Register:

If you have not attended Salon before, please mail the attached registration form along with a three or four poem writing sample to:

Rose M. Smith
PO Box 20689
Columbus OH 43220-0689

Include your $40 registration fee. Make checks payable to “Rose Smith.” If you need to use Visa or MasterCard, please contact Pudding House at 614-981-1881 to register by phone. Jennifer will need your name exactly as on card, credit card number, and expiration date. All credit card registrations will be handled by Pudding House.

Salon is a cooperative workshop for intermediate and advanced writers (exception is made for beginners of unusual promise) and sponsored by Pudding House Publications. If Salon appears not to be a good fit for you in the current phase of your writing experience, your full registration and poems will be returned to you.

Map of the Salon workshop location:

Since you're reading this online, use the Driving Directions function at www.mapquest.com to get directions to 280 Barkley Place West in Whitehall, Ohio. If you need help with this (after you've been accepted into Salon), please contact Rose at 614-284-7769.

At Hamilton Road & Shaker Square: Go east on Shaker Square into the apartment complex. The clubhouse is the large building in front of you at the entry stop sign. You may park in any parking spot that is marked with a “V” (for visitor).

If the majority of parking in the front of the complex appears to be full, additional parking is located in the northeast rear corner of the complex. (If this does not make sense or you have additional questions, please feel free to give Rose a call at 614-284-7769.)

What to Bring:

Always bring a writing tablet and your favorite type of pen for writing exercises or freewriting sessions. While each session will be different, you may want to take notes or respond to such writing impetus as occurs during the sessions.

If you have a poem or poems on which you’d like feedback from workshop attendees, please bring at least a dozen copies. If anticipated attendance per session increases, you will be notified prior to the sessions.

Participants are encouraged to bring individual poems to share with the group during our morning “read-around.” Morning read-arounds are a time of sharing. While immediate feedback may be given during this time, more critical feedback is provided during the afternoon intensive.

You are welcome to bring your lunch. There is a small kitchenette in the clubhouse.


Accommodations:

We’ll test the aesthetics in the first couple of sessions. Since the rental office (in the same building) will be open during our workshop sessions, there may be occasional background noise.

I am working on a way to have a viable sound system available.

~~~~~~~~~ (print the form below to register by mail) ~~~~~~~~

Salon 2006 Registration Form

Name:

Street Address:

City:

Phone (include area code):


Briefly describe your writing experience:






What do you hope to gain from your experience in Salon?






If you are a first-time participant, please include a three-poem or four-poem writing sample with your registration. If we feel Salon may not be a good fit for you at the current phase of your writing career, your application fee and sample will be returned.



Mail this form, along with $40 registration fee (this covers all sessions) to:

Rose M. Smith
PO Box 20689
Columbus OH 43220-0689

(Visa/MC registrations: Call Pudding House at 614-981-1881)