Conception Abbey in Conception, MO

Twenty-four NWP Teacher Consultants (TCs) from throughout Missouri met for a weekend of reflection, writing, and conversing at Prairie Lands Writing Project's Fifth Annual Writing Retreat, June 13-15, 2008, at Conception Abbey, Conception, MO.

As in prior years, PLWP TC Rebecca Dierking (now a doctoral student at the University of Missouri - Columbia) facilitated this year's retreat, and Britton Gildersleeve, OSU Writing Project Director, returned as retreat editor. PLWP Technology Liaison Mary Lee Meyer served as local host and photographer. Participants included Kelly Anthony-Gratton and John Gratton (Ozarks Writing Project); Barri Bumgarner and Heather Erickson (Missouri Writing Project); Darice Murray and Sioux Roslawski (Gateway Writing Project); and Patricia Brost, Cindy Cook, Cathy Fitzgerald, Jane Frick, Tina Janc, Pam Johnston, Leanna Lightfoot, Cayetana Maristela, Amanda Moyers, Melissa Robinson, Rachel Spencer, Jill Steinmetz, Joyce Stohr, and Dawn Terrick (PLWP Writing Project).

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