Dzanc Books is pleased to announce our newest program: the Dzanc Creative Writing Sessions. The DCWS is an online program that will allow writers to work one-on-one with published authors and editors to shape their short story/novel/poem/etc.

Sessions will be done via email, and the pricing structure will vary, determined by the time block you sign up for:

$20 for one hour
$30 for two hours
$50 for four hours

Dzanc has compiled a notable stable of great professional authors. From this list writers paying to participate in the DCWS may select an available author to work with. Writers will then have their work critiqued (the DCWS authors work at a pace of about 10 pages per hour) and can discuss in detail their writing and any other areas of writing in general they wish to explore with their DCWS author.

The program is being offered at an extremely low rate – many of the instructing authors volunteering their time to Dzanc do similar work as freelancers and charge much greater rates than are being offered here through the DCWS. Other workshops and writing programs charge a lump sum of several hundred dollars up front. Not only does the DCWS allow you to control and target your expenses, but 100% of the money brought in by Dzanc by our DCWS goes to supporting the writing programs we run for students grades 4-12. These additional programs – currently being run nationally by Dzanc - are offered free of charge to students who would not otherwise be able to afford and experience the sort of writing programs Dzanc offers.

As noted, participants will be able to choose from the list of authors below. We have published novelists, short story writers, flash fiction writers, poets and non-fiction writers available. If you don't feel the need to select a specific author, we'll simply assign a writer to you if you select that option.

Update - June 2010 - For every three people that sign up for sessions and list you as the source of their hearing about the DCWS program, we will give you a complimentary one hour session. If you're signing up because somebody told you about the DCWS, please mention this in a note when you are paying with Paypal.

For more information on our Creative Writing Sessions program, please send an email to info@dzancbooks.org.



Please look at the desired author's bio to get exact availability, and note that while many of the sessions are wrapped up in as quick as a couple of days, due to mentoring authors' non-DCWS schedules, they do sometimes take as long as a couple of weeks.

Authors Currently Available
Flash Fiction	Short Stories	Novel
Matt Bell Randall Brown Blake Butler Elaine Chiew Craig Davis Kathy Fish Molly Gaudry KJ Hannah Greenberg Tania Hershman Hardy Jones Stefan Kiesbye K. Kvashay-Boyle Steven J. McDermott Kyle Minor Amy Minton Alissa Nutting Meg Pokrass Laura van den Berg Gabriel Welsch	Rebecca Barry Matt Bell Benjamin Buchholz Blake Butler Ryan Call Elaine Chiew Elizabeth Crane Craig Davis Darren Defrain Katrina Denza John Domini Gina Frangello Diane Goettel Richard Grayson Derek Green KJ Hannah Greenberg Seth Harwood Tania Hershman Marcel Jolley Hardy Jones Jeff Kass Stefan Kiesbye K. Kvashay-Boyle Henning Koch Robert Lopez Alex Lumans Peter Markus C.M. Mayo Steven J. McDermott Fred McGavran Amy Minton Sheryl Monks Keith Lee Morris Alissa Nutting Jeff Parker Anne Leigh Parrish Russell Rowland Pamela Ryder Peter Selgin George Singleton Paul Toth Laura van den Berg Norman Waksler Gabriel Welsch Tom Williams Kevin Wilson	Matt Bell Charles Blackstone Darren Defrain John Domini Michael Fitzgerald Steven Gillis Henning Koch Keith Lee Morris Jeff Parker Russell Rowland Peter Selgin Paul Toth J.A. Tyler
Non-Fiction	Poetry
Gail Konop Baker Louella Bryant John Domini Nik De Dominic Darren Defrain Diane Goettel Richard Grayson Derek Green KJ Hannah Greenberg Hardy Jones Robert Lopez C.M. Mayo Jeff Parker Lisa Romeo Ron Tanner	Scott Beal Nickole Brown Benjamin Buchholz Suzanne Burns Nik De Dominic Molly Gaudry KJ Hannah Greenberg Brent Goodman Sandra Huber Jeff Kass Robert Lopez Bill Mohr Gabriel Welsch
Authors With Availability in Upcoming Months
Flash Fiction	Short Stories	Novel
Nickole Brown Myfanwy Collins Michael Czyzniejewski	David Abrams Mary Akers Brad Barkley Michael Czyzniejewski Anne Dyer Stuart Abby Frucht Dave Housley Nina MacLaughlin Rachael Perry Anis Shivani Jennifer Speigel Daniel Stolar Ron Tanner Claudia Zuluaga	Brad Barkley Myfanwy Collins Cheryl Klein Nina MacLaughlin
Non-Fiction	Poetry
Mary Akers Abby Frucht Dawn Raffel	Mary Akers Michele Battiste Nancy Cherry Honoree Fanonne Jeffers LaTanya McQueen Aimee Nezhukumatathil

PLEASE SELECT THE DESIRED TIME BLOCK BELOW AND ENTER AN AUTHOR NAME Please note: Once your payment is made through PayPal, you'll receive an email within two days with instructions as to what is needed next.
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WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT THE DZANC CREATIVE WRITING SESSIONS

"I can't say enough about how valuable this process has been for me—and will continue to be as I digest her comments and revise my story. Her insight, encouragement and suggestions are just what I needed. I will definitely participate in this program again in the future! Thanks so much for the opportunity."
—Jennifer Hollmeyer (regarding mentoring author, Katrina Denza)

"I am so glad you guys have this, I cannot tell you how pleased I am."
—James Moore

"I found the experience quite wonderful."
—Caitlin Hamilton

"Thank you so much for your time and for your words of encouragement. And thanks especially for being so straight with me—this is exactly the kind of tough coaching I need."
—Michael Mussman

"Thanks so much for the in-depth critique . . . Also, I'm applying your no-holds barred editorial style to many of my other stories. I appreciate your time and insights."
—John Fox

"I wanted to let you and Michele Battiste know that your program through her guidance has been extremely useful for me. I had gotten to a point in my project at which I felt stuck, and I don't have an effective writers group here in Japan to help me. Michele's comments and critique reminded me of some long-standing tendencies that I had forgotten I need to avoid, and she also made some insightful points which were new ideas for me. Best of all, I am reinvigorated and working hard on the project again. Thank you so much for that."
—Jessica Goodfellow

"Thanks so much! Ah, these comments from Laura van den Berg are just what I needed. I can't wait to use this service again for another story."
—Kassie Duthie

"I was very impressed with DCWS services and would use them in the future."
—Kim Johnson

"Thank you so much. I'm thrilled with my DCWS experience, and the level of thought and critique I received from Gabriel. Tremendously helpful, I will definitely do this again. Thank you to you & Dzanc & Gabriel!"
—Marie Gauthier (after working with Gabriel Welsch)