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FISHTRAP, INC.
PO Box 38 - Enterprise, OR 97828
- 541.426.3623
Rich Wandschneider | rich@fishtrap.org
http://www.fishtrap.org
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Disciplines
Literary Arts
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Type of Program
In-school
After school
Weekends
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Age Range
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| Organization |
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Fishtrap promotes good writing and clear thinking in and about the West.
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| Founder: | |
Founders include historian Alvin Josephy Jr., and poet and essayist Kim Stafford.
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| Founded: | |
1988
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| Vision: | |
Fishtrap has just completed purchase of a large house which will include offices, workshop space, visiting writers' and scholars' accommodations, and a writers' library.
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| Honors: | |
Director Rich Wandschneider received the Stewart Holbrook Award for service to Oregon Literature and the Willamette Writers "Humanitarian Award" in 2000, both of which were awards that were basically for the organization.
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| Program |
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Summer Writers' workshops; Summer Writers' Gathering; Winter Writers' Gathering; Nine-week writer in residence; Occasional readings and workshops; Story-telling for toddlers in schools and in assisted-living center; Annual Anthology of workshop writing; Annual Fellowship Program honoring five "emerging writers," open competition; Writers' retreat in April and October, 10-20 writers/year for periods of one to four weeks; Special workshops for K-12 teachers
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| Youth Served: | |
10-100
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| Gender Specific: | |
No
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| Prerequisites: | |
Desire
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| Season: | |
Year-long, Summer, Fixed time interval
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| Method of Evaluation: | |
Product, Survey
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| Scholarships: | |
Yes
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| Additional Info: | |
Fishtrap just raised more than $190,000 to purchase a house, for what might be the first truly rural "literary center" in the country. By literary center, we mean a place and an organization that serves and promotes writing and writers in numerous ways, and one that is truly open to the broad public (Fishtrap programs that are not put on in specific schools are all run on a first-come, first-served basis). More than 400 private individuals donated well over half of the money to purchase the house and pay for the move. Several state and regional foundations provided the rest of the money.
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| Administration |
| Primary Instructor: | |
wirters
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| Professional Development for Artists or Teachers: | |
Yes
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| Budget: | |
$165,000 annually
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Earned revenue, Private support, Government and/or foundation grants
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| Governing Board: | |
Yes
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| Advisory Board: | |
Yes
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| Community |
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Town, School District, City, County, Multiple county, State
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| Serve At-risk Youth: | |
Some
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Schools, Libraries, Cultural institutions
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"What began 12 years ago as a gabfest for a litter of literary types eager to complain about being ignored by big bad publishers back East has musefully morphed into one of the signature cultural events in the state. The organization called Fishtrap now also parents an annual winter conference, a program that places professional writers in Wallowa County schools, a writers' retreat on the Imnaha River, a published anthology and a family of Fishtrappers that stretches from Minam to Manhattan."
-- Jonathan Nicholas, columnist in the Portland Oregonian
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