For the application forms and instructions, click "To Apply" at top right (available in Feb. 2010). The calendar of events below is for 2009, and shown as a sample; it may differ in 2010.

2009 Summer Writers Institute and Young Writers Institute opens: Monday, June 15, 2009.

SWI Schedule: June 15th—June 26th, 2009

Mornings: Workshops with Instructors, 9:30 – 12:00 pm

Afternoons (events to be held in Hurst Lounge unless otherwise noted): 

Monday, June 15th

9:00-9:30 a.m.: Morning coffee, fruit and pastries outside of Hurst Lounge.
9:30 a.m.: First Day Welcome with SWI Director Michael Nye, Hurst Lounge; workshops follow.
12:15pm: Welcome Luncheon (Danforth Undergraduate Center)
2:00 – 3:00 pm: John Dalton, Keynote Address
3:00 – 3:30 pm: Reception

Tuesday, June 16th
1:30 – 2:30 pm: Bob Earleywine, “Getting Started”
2:45 – 3:45 pm: Anton DiSclifani, Fiction Craft Talk

Wednesday, June 17th
1:30 – 2:30 pm: Nick Reding, "How a Non-Fiction Book Gets Made"
2:45 – 3:45 pm: Joe Schuster, "The Polar Explorer's Guide to Writing: How to Avoid Getting Stuck in the Middle--or How To Get Unstuck If You Do"

Thursday, June 18th
1:30 – 2:30 pm: Catherine Rankovic, "From Amateur to Professional Writer"
2:45 – 3:45 pm: Chuck Sweetman, "Narrative Poems: What Story Can Do for Poetry and What Poems Can Teach Storytellers"

Friday, June 19th
1:30 – 3:00 pm: Faculty Reading: Saher Alam, Kerri Webster, Suzann Ledbetter

Monday, June 22nd
1:30 – 2:15 pm: Ice Cream Social
2:30 – 3:15 pm: Faculty Reading: Kathleen Finneran and Richard Newman

Tuesday, June 23th
1:30 – 2:30 pm: Jane Henderson, “Reviewing Books at the St. Louis Post Dispatch”
2:45 – 3:45 pm: Erin Bertram, Poetry Craft Talk

Wednesday, June 24th
1:30 – 2:30 pm: Mary Troy, "Oedipus Wrecks, And Other Tales of Family Dysfunction"

2:45-3:45 p.m.: Shane Seely, "The Poet and the Speaker: Writing Poetry from Personal Experience"

Thursday, June 25th
1:30 – 3:00 pm: Literary Panel: River Styx (Richard Newman), Land Grant College Review (Dave Schuman), Natural Bridge (Steve Schreiner), and 52nd City (Thomas Crone)

Friday, June 26th
12:30 – 2:00 pm: Farewell Luncheon (Whittemore House)
2:00 – 4:00 pm: Participants Open Mic Reading (Hurst Lounge)

2009 Summer Writers Institute and Young Writers Institute concluded: Friday, June 26, 2009.

College-Credit Option Completion Deadline: Friday, August 14, 2009.