WITH
MASTER WRITERS
A multi-faceted program
that aims to bring each writer’s voice
to the next level…
WITH
MASTER WRITERS
A multi-faceted program
that aims to bring each writer’s voice
to the next level…
WE ARE FULL!
Congratulations to
all 50 participants in
UTV 2019!
10-20 JANUARY/
2019
TEPOZTLÁN
MEXICO
UNDER THE VOLCANO is a modular program of writing master classes that convenes every January in Tepoztlán, Mexico, an hour outside Mexico City in the foothills of the great volcanoes. Our award-winning faculty spans the English-speaking and Hispanic worlds.
The core writing program is open to poets, short story writers, novelists, journalists, librettists, memoirists and essayists, as well as those working on projects that challenge traditional genre forms. Optional add-on’s include a two-week extension residency and flash master classes.
Registration for the core master classes is limited to eight, with acceptance based on an 8-10 page writing sample. Both accomplished and emerging writers are strongly encouraged to apply.
Our alumni have published novels, stories, memoirs and articles, been admitted to top MFA programs, signed with leading literary agents and won prizes and honors that include a National Book Award, the Premio Nacional de Novela Tamaulipas, the Premio Quimera Literatura Queer and the Write Stuff competition at the London Book Fair.
Financial aid and full fellowships are available to qualified applicants.
WE ARE FULL!
Congratulations to
all 50 participants in
UTV 2019!
10-20 JANUARY/
2019
TEPOZTLÁN
MEXICO
UNDER THE VOLCANO is a modular program of writing master classes that convenes every January in Tepoztlán, Mexico, an hour outside Mexico City in the foothills of the great volcanoes. Our award-winning faculty spans the English-speaking and Hispanic worlds.
The core writing program is open to poets, short story writers, novelists, journalists, librettists, memoirists and essayists, as well as those working on projects that challenge traditional genre forms. Optional add-on’s include a two-week extension residency and flash master classes.
Registration for the core master classes is limited to eight, with acceptance based on an 8-10 page writing sample. Both accomplished and emerging writers are strongly encouraged to apply.
Our alumni have published novels, stories, memoirs and articles, been admitted to top MFA programs, signed with leading literary agents and won prizes and honors that include a National Book Award, the Premio Nacional de Novela Tamaulipas, the Premio Quimera Literatura Queer and the Write Stuff competition at the London Book Fair.
Financial aid and full fellowships are available to qualified applicants.
MAGDA BOGIN
Fiction
DAVID BARSTOW
Journalism
SABINA MURRAY
Fiction
DAVID HUERTA
Poetry
ELIZABETH ROSNER
Memoir
MAGDA BOGIN
Fiction
DAVID BARSTOW
Journalism
SABINA MURRAY
Fiction
DAVID HUERTA
Poetry
ELIZABETH ROSNER
Memoir
JONATHAN LEVI
Manuscript Seminar
ALEJANDRA XANIC
Journalism
MARK DOTY
Poetry
Mónica Lavín
Fiction
Luisa Valenzuela
Featured Guest
JONATHAN LEVI
Manuscript Seminar
ALEJANDRA XANIC
Journalism
MARK DOTY
Poetry
Mónica Lavín
Fiction
Luisa Valenzuela
Featured Guest
Ayşegül Savaş
FICTION
FRANCISCO CANTÚ
Memoir
NELLY ROSARIO
Fiction
Ayşegül Savaş
FICTION
FRANCISCO CANTÚ
Memoir
NELLY ROSARIO
Fiction
Under the Volcano:
The Best Writing of Our First Fifteen Years
featuring work by Russell Banks, Magda Bogin, Sandra Cisneros, Jennifer Clement, Francisco Goldman, Reyna Grande, David Huerta, Jonathan Levi, Paul Muldoon, Grace Paley, Elena Poniatowska, Luisa Valenzuela, Alison Wearing and 40 of our best participants. Cover art by Cisco Jiménez makes this book a true collector’s item.
Under the Volcano:
The Best Writing of Our First Fifteen Years
featuring work by Russell Banks, Magda Bogin, Sandra Cisneros, Jennifer Clement, Francisco Goldman, David Huerta, Jonathan Levi, Paul Muldoon, Grace Paley, Elena Poniatowska, Francisco Segovia, Owen Sheers, Luisa Valenzuela, Alison Wearing and 40 of our best participants. Cover art by Cisco Jiménez makes this book a true collector’s item.
Under the Volcano
Documentary
Short film about UNDER the VOLCANO produced by the Instituto de Radio y Televisión Morelense, with script by Raúl Silva de la Mora
(In Spanish)
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