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Story Circle Network
...for women with stories to tell
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National e-Letter
September 2009, Vol. 4, No 1
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Stories From the Heart V
Feb 5-7, 2010
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Heather Summerhayes Cariou
Keynote Speaker
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Stories from the Heart V is the fifth National Women's Memoir Conference, held in Austin TX Feb 5-7, 2010, sponsored by the Story Circle Network. The conference will bring women from around the country to celebrate the stories of our lives and learn valuable lifewriting skills. Join us as we welcome readers, writers, storytellers, and any woman with a past, present, and future.
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Program & Registration
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The conference program offers a wide selection of workshops, panel discussions, and presentations, all focussed on women's memoir. Participants will learn how to use personal narrative as a healing art, how to gather and use their memories, and how to tell their lifestories. See the program overview for details. Ready to register? That's easy—just go to our online registration form.
See our conference website for more information.
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Call for Vendors
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This conference will be a perfect opportunities to show off your wares! We welcome vendors (including small publishers) who would like to sell books that they have written or published, paper products, print-related services, writing-related items, and hand-crafted items of interest to women. For information and an on-line application form, go here. Application deadline: December 1.
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Open Mic
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If you have a piece of life writing to share, the Stories from the Heart Conference Open Mic is the perfect opportunity. Conference attendees are invited to bring a piece of their writing to read during "Open Mic," Saturday, February 6. Details here. Whether you come to read, listen, or share, we look forward to seeing you there!
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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.
We offer
- a quarterly newsletter with features on women's lifewriting
- opportunities to publish your work
- workshops, classes, online courses
- writing circles
- 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+
Internet Chapter membership: $18
(To join the Internet chapter you must also be a member of the national organization; chapter dues are in addition to the national dues.)
To join, see our online membership form. You can pay online, or send a check to Story Circle Network, P.O. Box 500127, Austin TX 78750-0127
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Heather Summerhayes Cariou was born and raised in Ontario, trained at the National Ballet School of Canada, and was a founding member of the Ontario Youtheatre and the Center for Actor's Study in Toronto. She enjoyed a professional acting career for twenty years across Canada and off-Broadway. She now lives on the Hudson River in New Jersey with a view of New York City and is working on a novel and co-producing the feature film "Make Believe" with her husband, stage and screen actor Len Cariou. She is a member of the Story Circle Network.
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Wise Words from the Heart
"When you open your heart, you open your mind."
—Beth Mende Conny
"The best and most beautiful things in this world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt with the heart."
—Helen Keller
Have a "heart" quotation to share? Email it to us, and we'll add it to our growing collection.
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E-Letters
We publish four monthly e-Letters:
• This National e-Letter brings you writing tips, quotes, and book reviews.
• The Story Circle Book Reviews e-Letter brings you information about our book reviews and book news.
• The Story Circle Online Classes e-Letter brings you information about our upcoming online classes and workshops.
• 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.
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To read this e-Letter on our web site, click here: www.storycircle.org/Conference/Newsletters/090921.html
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. ©2009 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 & Susan Wittig Albert.
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email: storycircle@storycircle.org
voice: 512-454-9833
web: www.storycircle.org
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