News & Important Announcements

June 10th, 2010
This year's conference was fantastic. Thanks to all you came and participated. Registration will re-open next year in 2011 for next years' conference.
January 19th, 2010
Registration for Robert Bly's 36th Annual Conference on the Great Mother and New Father is now open. Hurray!

This year's theme will be posted soon. Scholarship information for 2010 is being updated and will be available shortly. Please check back soon for further news, or sign up for Our Mailing List to receive the latests updates by email.
June 7th, 2009
The 35th Conference was a great success! Thank you to everyone who attended and participated. Hope to see you again in 2010.
March 12th, 2009
We are happy to announce the completion and launch of our new website! The new design presents great improvements in expressing what the Conference is about, and providing organized information for potential and returning participants. Here is a short list of new features that were not present on the old site:
  1. A much expanded Teacher's List with photos, summaries and links to additional websites where you can learn more about each teacher.

  2. A Facilities Page detailing information about the location and accommodations for this year's Conference, complete with an image gallery  of the site.

  3. The History Page, briefly outlining how the Conference started and has developed over the years.

  4. A wealth of Words - Sounds - Images offering a small taste of what the Conference holds in store! Be sure to watch the video of Coleman Barks reciting "What Was Said To The Rose", the poem that inspired this year's Conference theme.

  5. We've added a table of contents to the FAQ, with links that can take you directly to each question.
These are the major additions, and there are more changes for you to discover in exploring the new site. In the future we plan to add a page with some stories about the Conference from the Old-Timers and past participants. In the meantime, we hope you find our new site helpful and appealing. And we'd love to see you in June, whether for the first time or the thirty-fifth time!

Please join us!          

Appreciative words from a past attendee:


“I always feel like a kid in a candy store...feasting on a bounty of poetry, music, and friendship. There is too much to do to find time for sleep.
The GMC is nine fabulous days and nights in mytho-poetic space with poets, writers, artists, teachers,
and musicians from all over
the world.”

--Gus