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The International Writing Program (IWP) is a writing residency for international artists in Iowa City, Iowa, United States. Since 2014, the program offers online courses to many writers and poets around the world. [ 1 ]
Based on mostly the same principles as the Nigerian 419 advance-fee fraud scam, this scam letter informs recipients that their e-mail addresses have been drawn in online lotteries and that they have won large sums of money. Here the victims will also be required to pay substantial small amounts of money in order to have the winning money ...
The Spanish Prisoner scam—and its modern variant, the advance-fee scam or "Nigerian letter scam"—involves enlisting the mark to aid in retrieving some stolen money from its hiding place. The victim sometimes believes they can cheat the con artists out of their money, but anyone trying this has already fallen for the essential con by ...
Gotham Writers Workshop is an adult-education program for aspiring writers based in New York City. [1] [2] Established in 1993, it offers courses in-person and online, [3] [2] and has been recognized for its classes in science fiction and mystery writing. [4]
There was a great need for a program for adults who had not completed college, to obtain degrees without disrupting their family lives or careers. The Adult Degree Program (ADP), created by Evalyn Bates, was established in 1963. It was the first low-residency adult education program in the country. [3]
The International Institute of Modern Letters (IIML; Māori: Te Pūtahi Tuhi Auaha o te Ao) is a centre of creative writing based within Victoria University of Wellington. Founded in 2001, the IIML offers undergraduate and postgraduate courses (including a PhD in creative writing) and has taught many leading New Zealand writers.
Its flagship program is an annual, international creative writing event in which participants attempt to write a 50,000-word manuscript during the month of November. [2] Well-known authors write "pep-talks" in order to motivate participants during the month. [ 3 ]
The International Women's Writing Guild (IWWG) was founded in 1976 by Hannelore Hahn. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It is a 501(c)(3) non-profit writing organization whose mission is to "empower women writers personally and professionally through writing."