Aspen Summer Words
aspen summer word asw festival word story idea held june aspen colorado flagship program aspen word literary art nonprofit program aspen institute aspen word known aspen writer foundation year aspen summer word hosted writer read taught performed audience member student asw literati included international cast author — nobel laureate pulitzer prize winner national book awardees many notable bestselling writer — year transform aspen rocky mountain gateway literary world established aspen summer word asw festival word story idea held june aspen colorado sixday event celebrates author guise novelist poet memoirists journalist songwriter filmmaker comedian editor literary agent jampacked schedule event designed spark imagination reader writer alike flagship program aspen word asw hailed one nation top ten literary gathering usa today included best aspen magazine oprah magazine said bringing new meaning idea escaping literature aspen summer word take colorado town giving booklover chance mingle biggest name storytelling asw one part laboratory one part theater two program — writing retreat literary festival — approach written word different yet complementary angle retreat designed writing student featuring introductory intensive workshop nation notable faculty member literature appreciation course professional consultation literary agent editor writing retreat support writer developing craft providing winning combination inspiration skill community opportunity year workshop held variety genre including fiction memoir novel editing poetry two type writing workshop fiveday juried workshop student seeking intensive instruction individualized critique polish manuscript development daily writing exercise reading assignment discussion student work basis class manuscript submission required admission writing class limited student fiveday nonjuried workshop include workshop writer level wish get foot wet world writing literary festival consists reading conversation awardwinning faculty publishing expert aspen summer word event open workshop participant well general public topic include craft writing writing life business writing many others edition literary festival showcased literary heritage new culture using story storyteller particular region including west american south ireland india africa middle east latin america caribbean consultation private meeting guest editor agent offer chance pitch idea receive feedback manuscript network professional top publishing house literary agency country including simon schuster henry holt co tin house carnicelli literary management penguin random house prestigious literary organization aspen prize literature ceremony part aspen summer word week annual prize presented aspen writer foundation recognize outstanding achievement literature established encourage cultural political economic spiritual intellectual change toward world great human kindness past recipient include wole soyinka ngugi wa thiongo n scott momaday paul muldoon edna obrien salman rushdie ron carlson ernest gaines colum mccann edwidge danticat luis urrea literary festival