Masha Hamilton the author of three crtically acclaimed novels, most recently The Camel Bookmobile and will conduct a fiction workshop at the conference. She has been a foreign correspondent in the Middle East and Moscow. Masha currently teaches at the Gotham Writers’ Workshop in NYC. Having spent years in the Middle East and Moscow, Masha traveled to Kenya in 2006 to research The Camel Bookmobile. She is also the author of two other novels: Staircase of a Thousand Stars and The Distance Between Us.

Michael C. White teaches at Fairfield University and is on the faculty of USM’s Stonecoast MFA program.

The author of four other novels, Michael C. White’s fifth novel, Soul Catcher, will be published in September. He will discuss the role of research in the framing of a historical novel.

Tom Maguire is an Irish playwright, bodhranplayer, and whiskey tenor.He will lead a workshop on scriptwriting. Two of his  plays, Faces to the Rain and The Providence Plays, have been staged off-Broadway. Tom will also provide some traditional Irish music on Tuesday evening.

Kimberly Cloutier-Green teaches nonfiction and poetry at the University of New Hampshire and was selected for the Portsmouth Poet Laureate Voice & Vision Program. She will be presenting a workshop entitled, "Pushing the Envelope: Writing the Prose Poem". She was a winner of The Aldrich Poetry Prize, and the  Dick Shea Memorial Award. Most recently, Kimberly was selected for the Maine Community Foundation’s Martin Dibner Fellowship in Poetry, 2005.

Why not plan to attend the 67th Writers Conference at Ocean Park, Maine? Registration and social with light refreshments begin at 5:30pm on Monday, August 13.

Bring a piece (3 minute limit-any material not entered in any conference contest) to share in an open-mic at 7:00pm. Workshops start at 8:30am on Tuesday and continue through Friday until 1 pm. The conference fee of $175 is discounted to $160 if sent prior to July 1. A food social (included in the conference fee) is planned for Tuesday evening with entertainment following. Poetry writing on the beach is a Thursday morning event followed by breakfast at the library. There are also several writing contests both in poetry and prose which participants are eligible to enter. Cash prizes will be awarded on Friday.

Call or e-mail today for more information! Jumpstart your writing career in a supportive environment by joining us this August.