The 2018 Association of Writers and Writing Programs conference will take place from March 7-10 in Tampa, Florida. A number of our authors will be attending the conference to sign books at the LSU Press Booth (No. 505) and to participate in panels:
Thursday, March 8 Book Signings at the LSU Press Booth
2 p.m. Chanda Feldman, Approaching the Fields
2 p.m. Adam Vines, Out of Speech
3:30 p.m. Michael Chitwood, Search and Rescue
3:30 p.m. Ed Falco, Wolf Moon Blood Moon
Friday, March 9 Book Signings at the LSU Press Booth
10:30 a.m. Karen Celestan, Freedom’s Dance
1 p.m. Sally Van Doren, Promise
2 p.m. Nicole Cooley, Girl After Girl After Girl
2 p.m. Joelle Biele, Tramp
3:30 p.m. Matthew Baker, Hybrid Creatures
3:30 p.m. Lee Upton, Visitations
Panel Participants
Thursday, March 8 from 9-10:15 a.m. – The Mentor/Mentee Relationship for Creative Writers – Grand Salon A, Marriott Waterside, Second Floor – Doug Ramspeck
Thursday, March 8 from 9-10:15 a.m. – Intersectional South: New Perspectives in Southern Poetry – Room 18 and 19, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor – Adam Vines
Thursday, March 8 from 9-10:15 a.m. – Writing/Motherhood: Difficulty, Ambivalence, and Joy – Room 20 and 21, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor – Chanda Feldman
Thursday, March 8 from 10:30-11:45 a.m. – That Ticking Clock: The Handling of Time in Fiction, Poetry, and Nonfiction – Florida Salon 1, 2, and 3, Marriott Waterside, Second Floor – Gary Fincke and Cary Holladay
Thursday, March 8 from noon-1:15 p.m. – Hitting the Jackpot: How Judges Select Winning Poetry Selections – Florida Salons 1, 2, and 3, Marriott Waterside, Second Floor – David Kirby
Thursday, March 8 from 3-4:15 p.m. – Bad Moon Rising: Writing It Weird in the South – Florida Salon 4, Marriott Waterside, Second Floor – Matthew Baker
Thursday, March 8 from 3-4:15 p.m. – Teach Me All the Things: New Approaches to Multi- & Hybrid-Genre Writing – Florida Salon 5, Marriott Waterside, Second Floor – Lee Upton
Thursday, March 8 from 4:30-5:45 p.m. – Feminist Flash: Five Women Talk Flash Nonfiction – Florida Salon 4, Marriott Waterside, Second Floor – Nicole Cooley
Thursday, March 8 from 4:30-5:45 p.m. – Voice in the American Southeast: A David Kirby Tribute Panel – Room 22, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor – David Kirby and MaryKatherine Callaway
Saturday, March 10 from 10:30-11:45 a.m. – Tending the Flourishing: What Sustains Undergraduate Creative Writing Programs – Room 23, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor – Gary Fincke
Saturday, March 10 from noon-1:15 p.m. – Thirty Years of Influence Across Genres in Indigenous Literature: Tribute to Diane Glancy – Room 18 and 19, Tampa Convention Center, First Floor – Bruce Bond
Check out the AWP website today to plan your own personal schedule and get excited to meet and hear from some our fantastic authors! For more information in real time, check out our Facebook event.