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Upcoming workshops will be posted. Please visit this site regularly for information on these workshops and other BWC activities.

Recent Workshops Taught by Bronx Writers' Center Fellows,
Spring 2007

From the Image to the Word,
A Free Eight-Week Creative Writing Workshop
Taught by 2007 Literary Arts Fellow Dahlma Llanos-Figueroa

In a world that is increasingly focused on the visual, this workshop is designed to use that visual to spark the written word. This is the perfect workshop for writers who lack direction or are stuck in a rut. Writing exercises will allow participants to approach his or her individual experience from a different perspective, and to go beyond it to a fictional realm. When? Monday evenings from (April 2nd -May 21st), from 6:00-8:00pm.Where? Longwood Arts Gallery at Hostos Community College, 450 Grand Concourse.

Writing Workshop
Taught by Literary Arts Fellow Peter Selgin

Fiction & Memoir: Writing from Imagination and/or Memory is a free workshop to be held at the Riverdale Community Center which will be taught by 2006-07 Literary Arts Fellow Peter Selgin. This nine-week workshop series will run Saturday mornings from 9:30 am to 12:00 noon, from March 10 through May 12th (no class April 7th). Interested participants should call the Riverdale Community Center at 718-796-4724. The Community Center is located at 660 West 237th Street in the Riverdale section of the Bronx.

Professional Development Seminars

Every year, BWC offers a series of professional develoment seminars designed to help writers get their work into print. Previous seminars have included The Author/Agent Relationship, Publishing 101 and From Rejection to Publication.

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Locations of Events and Activities

Downtown Bronx Bar & Cafe (718-585-5255) is located at 141 E. 149th St @ Walton Avenue. Take the #4 or #5 to Grand Concourse, walk one block west on 149th St. First Wednesdays is part of the Bronx Cultural Trolley Program.
Hostos Community College (718-518-6728) is located at 450 Grand Concourse (at 149th Street) at a busy Bronx intersection just steps from the subway station and bus stop. By subway, take the #2, 4 or 5 IRT trains to 149th Street and the Grand Concourse; By bus, take the BX1 or BX19 to 149th Street and the Grand Concourse.
Kingsbridge Branch of the New York Public Library is located at 280 West 231st & Corlear Ave, Bronx, NY. Telephone: 718-548-5656. Take the #1 Train to 231st and walk 2 blocks west to Corlear Avenue.
Lehman College is located at 250 Bedford Park Boulevard West in the Bronx. By train, take the #4 or “D” Train to Bedford Park Blvd. Walk west to campus; By bus, take BX 1, 2, 3, 9, 10, 12, 22, 26, 28, or 34. Ask for the stop nearest the campus.
Longwood Art Gallery (718-518-6728) is located in Hostos Community College. See Hostos listing above for directions.
Riverdale Community Center (718-796-4724) is inside M.S./H.S. 141 (Riverdale Kingsbridge Academy) located at 660 West 237th Street in the Riverdale section of the Bronx. By public transit: take #1 train to 231st Street. Transfer to BX10 or BX20 buses towards Riverdale. Get off at the 235th Street bus stop, walk over pedestrian footbridge to cross Henry Hudson Parkway. Walk away from the parkway one block to Independence, and make a right. Walk one block to 237th Street Southbound bus to 236th Street and follow directions above. By car: from Henry Hudson Parkway; southbound, exit at 237th Street; or northbound, exit at 232nd Street, make left to cross over parkway, make right on Independence Avenue. The Center is located one block west of the Parkway at 237th Street.

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