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As the labor day weekend approaches, we wish you many happy hot dogs, hambu
As the labor day weekend approaches, we wish you many happy hot dogs, hambu
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Lighthouse Writers Workshop
Dear Writer:

As the Labor Day weekend approaches, we wish you many happy hot dogs, hamburgers, and last hurrahs of summer. Lighthouse will be closed on Monday, but at least there’s no flagging now--plenty of writerly events to take you through the long holiday and beyond.

One-Day Classes
Take the long weekend to find some direction in your writing, whether you’re working on fiction, nonfiction, or anything in between. Victoria Hanley will teach her fantastic one-day class on Personal Imagery and Your Writing Voice this Saturday, August 30, from 1:00 to 3:30 PM.

If you can’t make it this weekend, have no fear. There are plenty of other one-day classes coming up, such as Lynn Wagner’s exploration of list poetry, The Power of Lists: Let Us Count the Ways, on Saturday, September 6. You can see all the upcoming one-day classes here.

Matthew Thomas
Speaking of one-day craft classes, we’re pleased to say Matthew Thomas’s class The Art of Close Reading for Writers is now open for registration!

Matt’s debut novel, We Are Not Ourselves, has made great waves in the fiction world, including this review in the New York Times. It took him 10 years to write while holding down a day job as a high school teacher and parenting small children in New York City. Which is to say, score one for the good guys!

Matt will visit Lighthouse on Saturday, September 13, for his class followed by a free reception and reading from 5:00 to 7:00 PM, presented by The Book Project. Please RSVP here or by emailing us.

Saunders Book Club
Also on Saturday, September 13, join us for a free book club discussion of George Saunders’ short story collection Tenth of December, led by Lighthouse instructor Alexander Lumans from 12:15 to 1:30 PM. You can brush up on Saunders to get ready for his visit the following weekend, September 20 & 21, for our Writer’s Studio.

RSVP for the book talk on Facebook or to info@lighthousewriters.org.

RMPBS Fun Fest
Bring your young and aspiring authors to visit our booth at the Rocky Mountain PBS Fun Fest on Saturday, September 6!

We’ll have fun and creative mad libs, plus info on our expanded youth programming. The Fun Fest runs from 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM at 1089 Bannock Street in downtown Denver.

We also invite all young writers in grades 6, 7, and 8 to submit to the RMPBS StoryMakers short story contest! Deadline is October 10. Winners and finalists will get to attend a special Lighthouse workshop at the PBS station in Denver, as well as have their stories published on the RMPBS website.


See you later white pants,
The Lighthouse Labor Day Party Committee


Find voice and direction in your writing this weekend with Personal Imagery and Your Writing Voice.

Matthew Thomas, author of We Are Not Ourselves, is one of the good guys.
He visits Lighthouse on Saturday, September 13.


We invite young writers to submit to the RMPBS StoryMakers Writing Contest.
Learn more at our booth at the RMPBS Fun Fest on September 6!
1515 Race Street, Denver, CO 80206
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