Head Start Mentoring Clinic

March 24-26, 2010

Requirements

By application only. Space is limited to a maximum of eight beginning writers in each mentoring group. 

Application Process

Submit a Word Document attachment with the information listed below to coordinator Karen  O’Connor, at karen@karenoconnor.com.

• In the subject line write: MH Head Start 2010 – YOUR NAME.
• In the Body: Name & Contact information, including your e-mail address
• Your purpose/goal for being in the Head Start Clinic
• Three to five typed, double-spaced pages of the kind of writing that interests you, either fiction or nonfiction.
• Fiction: Send a scene between 2 people, including dialog.
• Nonfiction: Send a short “how-to” or personal experience article or essay on something that interests you.

Acceptance

Karen will respond to you and place you in a group with a mentor appropriate to your genre of writing interest. That mentor will contact you and work directly with you to prepare you for the conference, as well as put you in touch with all the others in your group. Mentors will be in charge of how they organize the group mentoring as well as the afternoon one-on-one critique times.

Non-Fiction Mentors

Karen O’Connor, Holly Miller, Jan Kern; 

Fiction Mentors: 

Mary DeMuth, Jim Bell, John Olson, Kay Strom

Tentative Schedule for Headstart 

Wednesday, March 24
6:00      Opening Dinner

7:15      First Meeting with Mentoring Groups

Thursday, March 25
8:00      Breakfast
9:00      Mentoring Groups
12:30    Lunch
1:30 One-on-one Appointments with Mentors
Free time for Assignments
6:00      Dinner with early-bird registrants and faculty
7:30      Final Mentoring Groups OR
Early Bird Workshop:  “Pitching Your Project” – Lakeside (Austin Boyd)

Friday, March 26
8:00      Breakfast
9:00      Finish up Assignments
Prepare for main Writers Conference
12:15    Opening Lunch for Writers Conference