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Weeklong & Weekend Schedules

The Festival Experience
Weeklong Schedule
Weeklong Workshops begin Sunday evening with a light dinner, orientation, and the first class meeting. For the rest of the week, workshops meet each afternoon, Monday through Friday, from 2:00-5:00. Mornings are reserved for The Eleventh Hour Series, and for writing, revising, and annotating manuscripts in preparation for your workshop. Your conference with your instructor may be scheduled in this time, too.
Sunday
6:30–7:30 p.m. Registration and light dinner
7:30 p.m. Large-group orientation and welcome
8:00 p.m. First class meeting
Monday–Friday
7:30–11:00 a.m. Coffee and conversation downtown; time to write, read, critique manuscripts, and confer
11:00 a.m. The Eleventh Hour Lecture Series
2:00–5:00 p.m. Meet in workshop
Weeklong sessions include the following events:
Monday, 5:30 p.m. Festival reception
Wednesday, 7:00 p.m. Open Mic: readings by participants
Thursday, 6:00 p.m. All-Festival dinner
Weekend Schedule
Saturday
8:30–9:30 a.m. Registration and light breakfast
9:30 a.m. Large-group orientation and welcome
10:00 a.m. Meet in workshop
12:00 –2:00 p.m. Lunch; read, write, critique manuscripts
2:00–4:00 p.m. Meet in workshop
Break for dinner on your own
7:00 p.m. Open Mic: Readings by participants
Sunday
9:00–11:00 a.m. Meet in workshop
11:00 a.m.–1:00 p.m. Lunch; read, write, critique manuscripts
1:00–3:00 p.m. Meet in workshop
Note: It is possible to take a weeklong and weekend workshop in succession, and participants routinely do so. They do not overlap.