Deadline approaches for Tent: Creative Writing

Writers in their 20s and 30s who are interested in connections between Jewishness and contemporary culture are invited to apply for a week of workshops, literary seminars, and conversations at the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, from June 2-7. Participants provide their own transportation but receive a scholarship that covers the cost of the workshop, room, and board.

Only 20 writers are accepted to the workshop. The application deadline is Feb. 4. Applicants can be current or graduated MFA students.

The workshops include fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Literary discussions center on classics of modern Jewish literature by such writers as Adrienne Rich and Sholem Aleichem. Past workshop faculty have included Eileen Pollack, Sam Lipsyte, Don Share, Lisa Olstein, and Rivka Galchen. Editors also have participated as visiting speakers.

See the Yiddish Book Center's website for more information and the application.