Philip Memmer has been awarded a fellowship to the Hawthornden Castle International Writers Retreat; as a Hawthornden Fellow, he will reside at the Castle (located near Edinburgh, Scotland) in June-July 2011 with five other writers from around the world. Phil was the poetry editor for Stone Canoe Issue 3 and a contributor to Stone Canoe Issues 1 and 5. Phil is also the Executive Director of the YMCA's Downtown Writer's Center, Central New York's only community center for the literary arts.
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Hawthornden Castle (left) has a colorful history, with parts of the building dating back to the 15th century. It was sold to Drue Heinz in the 1970s, and in the early 1980s was turned into a writers retreat. Past Hawthornden Fellows have included such well-known writers as Helen Vendler, Robert Morgan, Maurya Simon and Ian Rankin. Photo by Vic Sharp, Edinburgh, Scotland |
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