Heartland Review Press to host creative writing workshop

Published on Apr 15, 2024

The Heartland Review Press invites high school and college students to register for a creative writing workshop with local poet Jan LaPerle. The workshop is 6 to 8 p.m. April 30 at Elizabethtown Community and Technical College, James S. Owen Building, room 131.

Jan LaPerle’s publications include “Maybe the Land Sings Back” (Galileo Press, 2022), “It Would be Quiet” (Prime Mincer Press, 2013), an e-chap of flash fiction, “Hush” (Sundress Publications, 2012), and a story in verse, “A Pretty Place to Mourn” (BlazeVOX, 2014). She lives in Elizabethtown with her husband Clay and daughter Winnie. LaPerle will retire from the U.S. Army this year.

The workshop has 25 seats. Students will create an original work that will be considered for publication in ECTC’s literary journal The Heartland Review. A registration fee of $20 will support similar future events for the college and community. To register, visit ectc.us/creative-writing-workshop.

For more information, contact Mick Kennedy at mick.kennedy@kctcs.edu.