Lancaster Literary Guild

04/24/2018

04/21/2017

On April 22, 2017 at 8 pm on HBO the movie " The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks" will premiere. The Guild supported the book's author, Rebecca Skloot by giving her a farmhouse 'quiet' living space to write. The Guild is acknowledged in her book.
The story grapples with medical ethics & the extraordinary contribution of HELA cells to medical research. Oprah Winfrey stars as Henrietta's daughter.
Please watch

09/30/2016

Our First Lancaster County Children's Laureate is hosting this event--
You don't want to miss it!
Great job promoting Children's literature --thank you Sandy Asher!

11/02/2015

Please join us this Friday Nov 6
From 5-9pm for a drop-in at 113 North Line Street
Featuring our Literary exhibit:

The Life and Work of
Arthur Miller

09/10/2015

FIRST FRIDAY OCT 2 FROM
6-9pm
AND NOV 6 FROM 5-9pm
COME JOIN US

04/30/2015

May 1st -- 5-9p.m. -- literary exhibit on the Life and work of American poet T.S.Eliot

113 North Lime Street
A 4-star event!

04/30/2015

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY:
Spend the afternoon. You can't take it with you. -Annie Dillard, author (b. 30 Apr 1945)

04/08/2015

Flash Fiction 2014 workshop participant Julie Vitto has published a flash story she developed in the course. Go check it out! http://wuweifashion.com/issue-five/julie-vitto-the-move

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03/30/2015

Thanks to your support, Lancaster, we have two sections of the Spring Creative Nonfiction up and running!

03/08/2015

The upcoming nonfiction workshop is now on our website. A few seats remain open.
http://www.litguild.org/events/creative-nonfiction/

Spring Creative Nonfiction Workshop 6 Wednesday Classes: 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6 March 18 - May 6, 2015 | 6:30pm - 8:30pm Workshop Do you have a good story to tell? (Now is the time to tell it!) Creative nonfiction, or CNF for short, has been called by Lee Gutkind “the fastest growing genre…

03/04/2015

Announcing a new creative nonfiction spring workshop at the Lancaster Literary Guild:

Days/dates: 6 Wednesdays, 3/18, 3/25, 4/1, 4/22, 4/29, 5/6
Time: 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Location: Lancaster Literary Guild House, 113 N Lime St.
Cost: $150 ($135 for seniors/students/veterans/LLG members)
For: writers of all levels; enrollment limited to 12
Instructor: Jeremy Hauck (see bio below)

Enroll @ [email protected] or call/text 937.728.3320

Do you have a good story to tell? (Now is the time to tell it!) Creative nonfiction, or CNF for short, has been called by Lee Gutkind “the fastest growing genre in the industry.” In this new workshop you will learn how to write the truth vividly, in a supportive, collaborative atmosphere. We will explore the genre through readings on the craft of creative nonfiction, in-class writing exercises, and critical discussion of classic essays by the likes of F. Scott Fitzgerald, Wendell Berry, and Joan Didion.

Each student will produce two original essays—a flash piece (under 750 words) and a longer piece (under 3,000 words). The first three weeks will be devoted to learning about the genre and creating a polished work of flash nonfiction. In the second half of the course, after a two-week break for writing, we will be workshopping our longer pieces. In the final class we’ll walk through the process of submitting work to literary journals, with special guest Donna Talarico, founder and publisher of Hippocampus Magazine.

Meeting sessions will move briskly and feedback will be lively and constructive. You will be writing with the intent to create publishable, standalone pieces that engage the reader. Participants are also welcome to use this course to develop longer work they intend to use in memoirs or collections.

Jeremy Hauck’s fiction, reviews, and nonfiction appear or are forthcoming in 100 Word Story, The Molotov Cocktail, Penduline Press, TINGE Magazine, Heavy Feather Review, The Review Review, the Ploughshares blog and others. He teaches writing at Temple University and Harrisburg Area Community College. In 2014 he led the area’s first flash fiction course at the Lancaster Literary Guild.

11/01/2014

Donald Davis will be here on Tuesday! After you vote, come out to the Ware Center and experience the "father of family tales."