Registration Form

The early bird registration fee for the Southwest Writers Institute is $100. After October 1, 2006, the registration fee is $130. Please make checks payable to Fort Lewis College. The registration fee includes: admission to our featured readings by Sherman Alexie, Esther Belin, Steven J. Meyers, and William Pitt Root, as well as admission to both writers’ panels, attendance at two different craft sessions on Saturday, and coffee and pastries before the morning craft session, lunch between the morning and afternoon workshops, and admission to the receptions prior to the Sherman Alexie reading on Friday night and closing reading on Saturday night at the Abbey Theatre.

Name__________________________________________________

Address________________________________________________

_______________________________________________________

Phone__________________________________________________

Email__________________________________________________

Please select and rank your top four workshops. We guarantee one of your top three choices.

___ "Words, Mountains, and Spirit" with Peter Anderson

___ "Examining the Native American within Literature: Place and Style" with Esther G. Belin

___ "The Mind of Your Story" with Lisa Lenard-Cook

___"Wild Things of 2006: Writing for Children Now and Tomorrow" with Uma Krishnaswami

___"Writing Effective Characters into the Literature of Place" with Steven J. Meyers

___"Where Heart Is the Horse and Head the Rider, Poets Must Be Centaurs: How Technique Can Amplify Our Passions" with William Pitt Root

___"Don't Keep it in the Holster: Wielding a Writer's Journal" with Ken Wright

For descriptions of the craft sessions, biographies about the writers, and other information about the Southwest Writers Institute, please visit our webpage at southwestwritersinstitute.org.

Please mail your completed registration form and the appropriate payment to:

Fort Lewis College-Dept of English

Southwest Writers Institute

1000 Rim Drive

Durango, CO 81301