What is Fall Writerfest?

Fall Writerfest is a writing program that meets annually at the Pyramid Life Center in the Adirondacks in upstate New York, from the Sunday after Labor Day to the following Friday morning. Our format includes morning workshops for which you pre-register and after lunch walk-in seminars for which you do not have to sign up in advance. We also have a centering/meditation session before breakfast and evening readings, both optional and offered on a walk-in basis. The $395 fee includes room and board as well as all of the above. 

If you decide to register, please pick one of the four morning workshop offerings - Fiction, Work-in-Progress, Poetry. or Nature Writing. You will hear from your instructor prior to arriving at Pyramid, probably about a month before. They might assign reading or a writing exercise to bring to Pyramid with you. You can read about each workshop at these links. 

Fall Writerfest: It’s All About the Telling 

Fall Writerfest: After the First Draft: Revising a Work in Progress

Fall Writerfest: Poets Writing After Other Poets

Fall Writerfest: Nature Writing: Telling the Lake, Story by Story

You can find the description of the after lunch walk-in seminars here. No need to decide in advance. You can attend any or all of them. 

We also have a third program for writers with a complete or near complete manuscript. This is the only aspect of the Fall Writerfest that would cost extra. If you would like a professional manuscript consultation with Jeff Campbell, Clif Travers, or Ellie O'Leary, that is available for an additional fee of $300. If you are nowhere near this stage in your writing, don't be concerned. Only a few people will do this. Additional information is here. 

You can register for Fall Writerfest and read more about the Pyramid Life Center on their website. The Fall Writerfest is facilitated by Nelle Stanton and Ellie O'Leary. Click on the name to send an email if you are looking for additional information.