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Stories from the Heart IV
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This year marks the tenth anniversary of the Story Circle Network. Stories from the Heart IV is the fourth National Women's Memoir Conference, held in Austin, TX, Feb 1-3, 2008 and sponsored by the Story Circle Network.
Come celebrate with us!
Stories of the Heart IV is a coming together of women from across the country to write and share stories in celebration of our lives. The conference is for any woman with a story to tell, which means the conference is for every woman, for we all are storytellers. Beginner or seasoned, there is a place for YOU at the conference.
You will find warmth, friendship, wisdom and joy at Stories of the Heart IV along with a powerful lineup of workshops to encourage you to write and share the tapestry of your life story.
See our conference website for more information.
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Program
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Susan Wittig Albert, founder of Story Circle Network, declares in her book Writing from Life: "Our lives are made of story: stories handed down from our parents, stories we have created out of our experience, stories about our loves, our work, our explorations, our joys, our disappointments, our learnings—the soul's story. Creating story, we create and re-create ourselves..."
With Susan's words in mind, Stories from the Heart IV has planned a program for readers, writers, storytellers, and any woman with a past, present, and future.
Presentations: We've recently finished the difficult process of selecting the conference presenters. We had a great many wonderful submissions this year, and we've chosen 20 of the very best. If you are a woman with a story to tell, you'll find our program packed full of ideas for telling and sharing your story.
Open Mike: You've got a story, and we have a place for you to tell it! On Saturday night, we'll continue the tradition we began at our first Stories From the Heart conference: A Saturday Night Open Mike. Come and share your story!
Story Wall: Bring your story, pictures, and other life writings to post on our Story Wall. Our Super Scrapbook Sisters will include as many as possible in our Stories from the Heart IV Conference Scrapbook!
See program overview for more details.
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Registration
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Ready to register? Use our online registration form. You can mail your check to the Story Circle office, or pay with your credit card online, via Paypal.com. Hurry: early registration ends on December 15!
SCN Members: check your mailboxes later this week for the hot-off-the-presses conference brochure! Not a member but want us to "snail mail" you a brochure? Email us your request and we'll send you one! (Be sure to include your full name & mailing address!)
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Scholarships
(deadline December 15)
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If you are a member of SCN and have an annual family income of $50,000 or less, you may apply for a scholarship. These will be awarded in amounts ranging from $75 to the full conference cost, depending on need and the availability of funds. Additionally, we may be able to assist with travel/lodging (but we can't confirm the availability of travel/lodging money until January, 2008). Deadline to apply for a scholarship is December 15. See the registration form for details.
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Call for Vendors
(deadline December 1)
for Works of Heart Marketplace
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We welcome member-vendors (including small publishers) who would like to sell THEIR OWN books, paper products, print-related services, writing-related items, and hand-crafted items of interest to women. We will have a limited number of tables available in a reserved "shopping area". Vendor sales will be Saturday only. For information and an on-line application form, go here.
Please note our request that all vendors submit their proposals by December 1. Vendor applications WILL be accepted without the TX Sales and Use Tax Permit number as long as the permit has been applied for.
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Women's Words from the Heart
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The human heart, at whatever age, opens only to the heart that opens in return."
~Maria Edgeworth~
"A broken heart is what makes life so wonderful five years later, when you see the guy in an elevator and he is fat and smoking a cigar and saying long-time-no-see. If he hadn't broken your heart, you couldn't have that glorious feeling of relief!"
~Phyllis Battelle~
Have a "heart" quotation to share? Email it to us, and we'll add it to our growing collection.
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Who We Are & How to Join Us
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Our mission: The Story Circle Network is dedicated to helping women share the stories of their lives and to raising public awareness of the importance of women's personal histories. We carry out our mission through publications, a web site, classes, workshops, writing and reading circles, and woman-focused programs. Our activities empower women to tell their stories, discover their identities through their stories, and choose to be the authors of their own lives.
If you're receiving this e-Letter but aren't a member, please join us.
[Learn more about how SCN can help you tell your story: click here, or go to our website & click on "How SCN Can Help You Tell Your Story" in the "Who We Are" section of the left frame.]
We offer
a quarterly newsletter with features on women's lifewriting
opportunities to publish your work
workshops, classes, on-line courses
an Internet Chapter
Speaker's Bureau
much more
Membership categories:
Member: $35; Canada & Mexico: $45; International $50
Supporter: $70
Sponsor: $125
Patron: $200
Benefactor: $400+
Chapter memberships:
(To join the Internet Chapter you must also be a member of the national organization; chapter dues are in addition to the national dues):
Internet Chapter: $18/yr
To join, click here, or go to our website & click on "Join SCN" in the "How to Join / Enroll / Pay" section of the left frame. You can pay on-line, or send a check to Story Circle Network, P.O. Box 500127, Austin TX 78750-0127
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Nancy Aronie
Keynote Speaker
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Our Friday-night keynote speaker, Nancy Slonim Aronie, has been a commentator for National Public Radio's All Things Considered. She was a Visiting Writer at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, wrote a monthly column in McCall's magazine and was the recipient of the Eye of The Beholder Artist in Residence award at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. She gives writing workshops and lectures at Kripalu Center for Yoga and Health, Omega Institute, Rowe Conference Center, Wain-Wright House and The Open Center in New York City. She teaches at Harvard University.
See our conference program for more information.
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E-Letters
We publish two monthly e-Letters:
This National e-Letter brings you writing tips, quotes, and book reviews.
The Internet Chapter e-Letter is sent only to members of the Internet Chapter; it features chapter news and events.
We appreciate your help in spreading the word about Story Circle Network. Please forward this e-Letter to anyone interested in lifewriting—family and friends, students, clients, members of your writing group.
If a friend has forwarded this to you, add your e-address and click below to get your own subscription.
To unsubscribe: see link at the very bottom of this email.
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This e-Letter is a publication of the Story Circle Network, (P.O. Box 500127, Austin TX 78750-0127). It is provided free, via e-mail, for women interested in lifewriting worldwide. ©2007 Story Circle Network
Feel free to forward this e-Letter to friends and colleagues with appropriate credit to Story Circle Network.
This e-Letter is written and edited by Peggy Moody, Danelle Sasser and Joyce Boatright.
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email: storycircle@storycircle.org
voice: 512-454-9833
web: www.storycircle.org
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