Poetry Workshop with George Bilgere!

Join award-winning poet George Bilgere for a weekend retreat in poetry at Quartz Mountain!  Held October 11 – 14, you’ll renew your creativity while connecting with other artists and enjoying the beautiful Quartz Mountain resort in autumn.  New this year, Oklahoma college educators receive 50% off the price of tuition, and members of Oklahoma writers’ groups receive 20% off!

Whether you are a beginning poet or have written and published poems for years, you will enjoy George’s workshop. The Pushcart Prize-winner will help you become a better reader and writer of poetry. And if you happen to be a teacher, you’ll learn practices and techniques that will help you teach and present poetry more effectively in the classroom. You’ll write poems based on specific assignments each day. The poems will then be discussed in a friendly workshop environment. We will talk about what works well in your poems and what strategies might help make your work stronger. We’ll also read poems from a variety of modern and contemporary poets. At the end of the course, you will be a better writer and teacher of poetry, and you’ll also have a larger sense of the contemporary American poetry scene.

Oklahoma college and university educators can attend for a total cost of $315.50, and members of writers’ groups can attend for $490. This price includes all meals and lodging in a shared room. Private rooms can be reserved for an additional $100. More information and online registration is available at:

 WWW.OAIQUARTZ.ORG