Co-Coordinators Carolyn Locke and Lucy Turner have done a wonderful job organizing this year's CWC Conference & Retreat. While there may still be a little tweaking of the times listed below, I couldn't wait any longer to give everyone a sneak preview of what to...
By Kathryn Cullen-DuPont The Spring/Summer 2015 issue of CLOCKWORKS has arrived and, as usual, its roundup and reflections on the goings on at Goddard and in its alumni’s lives make for inspirational reading. No alumni publication would be complete...
CWC Writers' Conference & Retreat June 29-July 3, 2015 Goddard College, 123 Pitkin Rd., Plainfield, VT 05667 The Registration for the Clockhouse Writers' Conference & Retreat ends May 15, 2015! While it's true we that we do take late registration if space...
By Julie Parent It’s the month of May and that means that Clockhouse, the literary journal of Clockhouse Writer’s Conference and Goddard College, is about to go into production to be published on July 1. As Editor, I have the privilege of working alongside a...
I love parties. I also love the opportunity to get to know people one-on-one, in some quiet book-walled room or garden corner. Perhaps most fundamentally, I love the chance to be of help in a good endeavor if and when an opportunity presents itself. Luckily for me—and...
Dare. Risk. Dream. Share. Ruminate. How do we understand our place in the world, our responsibility to it, and our responsibility to each other? Clockhouse is an eclectic conversation about the work-in-progress of life—a soul arousal, a testing ground, a new...
by Heather Leah Huddleston Writing is akin to breathing. Those of us who are passionate about words accept this as a deep truth. As writers, we know both the magic and practice that go into threading words together to create meaning, emotion, and story. So, for me,...
By Sam Sherman Sam Sherman, a former co-coordinator of the conference and a past member of the Board of Stewards, has designed these sessions for the last several years, and she's now at work on Stations of the Word 2015. The first year I attended the...
Last week, I mentioned that the Conference & Retreat opens with a Plenary Panel session followed by a question, answer, and discussion period. There’s no pressure that evening or in the following days to come up with a new topic for the next year’s Plenary: From...
Wondering what to expect if you decide to attend? Read on! Each year's Conference & Retreat opens with a Plenary Panel featuring essay presentations on a theme chosen by consensus the previous year, and this Plenary Panel presentation is followed by a question,...
