2017 Annual Creave Wring Seminar for Helping Professionals July 21-24, 2017 Name _________________________________________ Email __________________________________________________ Home Address _________________________________________________________________________________________ City ___________________________________ State ___________ Zip ___________________________________________ Home Phone __________________________________ Work Phone _____________________________________________ Degree ___________________Agency/Organizaon ___________________________________________________________ Please make check payable to THE UNIVERSITY OF IOWA SCHOOL OF SOCIAL WORK and return with the registraon form by July 7th, 2017. No refunds aſter that date. Please send payment and registraon to: Jefri Palermo The University of Iowa School of Social Work 308 North Hall Iowa City, Iowa 52242 School of Social Work 26th Annual Creative Writing Seminar for Helping Professionals Valerie Hardy/Woman Writing on Porch With permission from the artist www.valeriehardy.com July 21-24, 2017 Iowa City, IA The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has designated Iowa City, Iowa, the world's third City of Literature, making the community part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. The Creative Cities Network was designed to promote the social, economic and cultural development of cities in both the developed and the developing world. The cities that apply to join to the network seek to promote their local creative scene; they share interest in UNESCO's mission toward cultural diversity. School of Social Work 308 North Hall 20 W. Davenport St. Iowa City, IA 52242
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Valerie Hardy/Woman Writing on Porch With permission from the artist
www.valeriehardy.com
July 21-24, 2017 Iowa City, IA
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
(UNESCO) has designated Iowa City, Iowa, the world's third City of
Literature, making the community part of the UNESCO Creative Cities Network. The
Creative Cities Network was designed to promote the social,
economic and cultural development of cities in both the developed and the
developing world. The cities that apply to join to the network seek to
promote their local creative scene; they share interest in UNESCO's mission
toward cultural diversity.
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308 N
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52242
The seminar fee is $290 if received by June 21st, and $375 afterwards. The fee does not include housing, transportation or food.
The deadline for registration and payment is July 7th and no refunds are available after that date.
We reserve the right to cancel the seminar if there is insufficient enroll-ment. Enrollment is limited to 16 participants.
24 contact hours of continuing education credit for social workers is
offered for full participation.
FEES & CREDIT LEARNING OBJECTIVES
—Improve creative writing skill in fiction, non-fiction, poetry, essays, blogs etc.
—Understand how writing can be used as a professional tool in human services work as counselors, educators, advocates, researchers and practitioners.
Writing skill topics include:
Tuning the Creative Self with Writing
Writing for Social Change
Writing to Externalize Your Inner Apocalypse
Strategies for Shaping Story, Character and Style
Social Media, the Writer’s Agent of Change
Flash Fiction/NonFiction
Guest speakers will share experiences with projects related to creative writing for social change, journaling for personal growth, and/or the written word as a tool for enhancing social justice.
Individuals with disabilities are encouraged to attend all University of Iowa-sponsored events.
If you are a person with a disability who re-quires an accommodation in order to participate in this program, please contact Jefri Palermo in
advance at 319-335-3750.
For more information, contact Jefri Palermo at 319-335-3750, or [email protected]
PRESENTERS
The annual Creative Writing Seminar is coordinated by Mercedes Bern-
Klug, PhD, MSW, MA. Dr. Bern-Klug is on the faculty in the School of Social Work and is Director of The University of Iowa Aging Studies Program.
Ellen Szabo, M.Ed. is the founder of
Write Now, practicing and promoting the use of creative writing for personal investigation, enrichment and social change. She earned her B.A. from Harvard Col-lege, with a concentra-
tion in English and American Litera-ture, and her M.Ed. from Columbia University Teacher’s College, in Coun-seling Psychology. She writes and teaches with focus on how innovation and creativity can illuminate, inspire and advocate compassionate transfor-mation.
SEMINAR FORMAT
The seminar meets 6 hours daily, Friday through Monday on The University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. Each day includes a mixture of presentations from invited guests, writing instruction and practice, and peer critiques of participants’ work. Several hours are reserved for individual coaching sessions with Ellen Szabo. Registrants usually include a mixture of beginning, experienced, and sometimes published writers. Most participants have not previously attended a writing workshop. Variety of experience, and active interest and curiosity about the possibilities inherent in creative writing, are the essential ingredients for a fresh and exciting workshop experience.
