Their book Short Film Starring My Beloved's Red Bronco is the 2022 winner of the Ballard Spahr Prize for Poetry from Milkweed Editions. Her novel,Alcestis, won the 2011 Edmund White Award, and her writing has appeared in the LARB, The Toast, Public Books, TriQuarterly, and other publications. Well discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries & pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more. She served as poet laureate for Spokane, Washington, from 20152017. Maya Pindyck's most recent poetry collection, Impossible Belonging, won the 2021 Philip Levine Prize for Poetry and will be published by Anhinga Press in 2023. (Jessica Jacobs, Becca Kantor, Madeleine Cohen, Tom Haviv, Alicia Ostriker). Hannah (she/her) started as an agency assistant before moving on to acquire her own clients. She is based in New York City and has received fellowships from Poets House, American Opera Projects, Willow Books, and the CUNY Graduate Center, where she is a doctoral candidate in English. Members Only price of $475.00. Please join us to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Kestrel: A Journal of Literature and Art. She's the program manager of 24PearlStreet, FAWC's Online Writing Program. Olena Jennings is author of the novel Temporary Shelter. Far from the Coasts: Multigenre Asian Diasporic Writers Recrafting Place Sewanee Writers' Conference Reception. Academia positions BIPOC students in a space of precarious reliance on a mentor for access, and often, these students don't have mentors who look like them. In pursuit of success, we keep count of rejections and the bad odds stacked against us; at the same time, real barriers often impede our confidence and achievement. Im an omnivore in my reading taste and I would love my list to reflect that so, while Ive tried to be exhaustive, if you have something that doesnt quite fit then please dont hesitate to pitch anyway! Annie Liontas's novel, Let Me Explain You, was featured in the New York Times Book Review as Editor's Choice. She is a professor of English and creative writing at Rutgers University-Newark. How are poets and translators responding to this unprecedented threat to Ukraine's national sovereignty? Her most recent nonfiction book is Map of Hope and Sorrow: Stories of Refugees Trapped in Greece (2022). She is an affiliate artist at Headlands Center of the Arts and lives in San Francisco. Youll meet four veteran editors with diverse backgrounds in writing, lit mags, and book publishing. What heightened awareness do we have in our writing about issues of ally-ship? Ma and Me released in May 2022 to multiple "Must Read" lists as well as earning starred reviews in major trade journals. Jessica Hoppe is a Honduran Ecuadorian writer based in New York City. He is the inventor of Metaphor Dice and the founding curator of Page Meets Stage, a reading series hosted at the Bowery Poetry Club in New York City. She wasborn and raised in Dallas, Texas. A version accessible to screen readers is also available. Terry Tierney is the author of the irreverent Vietnam-era road novel, Lucky Ride, a poetry collection, The Poets Garage, and the upcoming rust belt romance, The Bridge on Beer River. What are our blind spots, and how do we turn them into revelations? Mira Jacob is the author and illustrator of Good Talk: A Memoir in Conversations. Association of American Literary Agents Their debut essay collection, How Far the Light Reaches, was published by Little, Brown. The Art of the Handout F119. His work has been supported by the NEH, NEA, and the Fritz Thyssen Foundation. ), dark academia and basically all stories that help me escape or make me question everything. She sits on the national council of the Dramatists Guild and advocates for dramatists in the western United States and Canada. She likes to work with academic writers with great narrative sensibilities, such as historians who can target an understudied era and spin an incredible yarn. Her stories have appeared in Shenandoah, Split Lip, Kenyon Review, and elsewhere. (Steph Liberatore, Kazim Ali, Rose Andersen, Margaret Lee, Claudia Rowe). F123. She's represented by Rebecca Friedman (books) and Dana Spector, CA (film). Four founding editors from innovative small presses discuss what makes a literary press successful. This reading showcases poets from Ukraine in English translation, with a variety of voices across the boundaries of gender and class, featuring poetry from both the beginning of the war in 2014 and the full-scale invasion of 2022. (Jennifer Jean, Dariel Suarez, Jennifer Franklin, Frances Cheong, Jason Koo). Salvatore Pane is the author of three books. Out of concern for COVID-19, this popular Bay Area conference has moved from February to a summer date. Maurice Carlos Ruffin is the author of The Ones Who Dont Say They Love You: Stories, a New York Times Editors Choice, and We Cast a Shadow: A Novel, which was a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the PEN America Open Book Prize. Her work has appeared in Bitch Media, Western Humanities Review, Apeiron Review, The Thought Erotic, and others. Writing Motherhood in Post-Roe America, Sponsored by Hugo House AWP Membership Booth. Vanessa Hua is the author of national bestsellers Forbidden City and A River of Stars, and Deceit and Other Possibilities, winner of the Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature. She is an assistant professor of creative writing at UNC Wilmington, and has also taught in India, Italy, and Mexico. About the Fall 2023 Online Seattle Writing Workshop, The Fall 2023 SWW is an Online Conference Heres What to Know, The Online 2023 Seattle Writing Workshop: October 13-14, 2023, Learn all details about what it means to have a writers conference online, see our growing list of success stories here, Learn more about Rae and her co-agents here, Get to Know an Agent in Attendance: Hannah Andrade of Bradford Literary Agency, Get to Know an Agent in Attendance: Chelsey Emmelhainz of Copps Literary Services, Get to Know an Agent in Attendance Anjanette Barr of Dunham Literary, Get to Know a Literary Scout in Attendance: Rae Loverde of Donald Maass Literary Agency, Get to Know an Agent in Attendance: Lane Clarke of Arthouse Literary. (Nicole Shawan Junior, Lilly Dancyger, Angelique Stevens , Jessica Hoppe, Erin Khar). F136. Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint is the author of the novel The End of Peril, the End of Enmity, the End of Strife, A Haven (Noemi Press, 2018), which won an Asian/Pacific American Award for Literature, and Names for Light: A Family History (Graywolf Press, 2021), which won the Graywolf Press Nonfiction Prize. Gabrielle Bates is the author of Judas Goat (Tin House, 2023). Margot Douaihy, PhD, is the author of the forthcoming novel Scorched Grace (Gillian Flynn Books, 2023). This writing event is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the course of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Local Writing Organizations Cascadia Poetics Lab Workshops and poetry festivals. Their work has appeared in Best American Experimental, Best New Poets, Denver Quarterly, Prairie Schooner, Indiana Review, Sonora Review, Ninth Letter, and elsewhere. He is the author of the novel, The Made-Up Man, and the story collection, Big Lonesome. Wouldnt it be wise to give that query letter (i.e., your pitch) one great edit before that meeting? He was appointed by Governor John Bel Edwards to serve as Louisiana Poet Laureate 20172019. Queer Writing between Certain Death and a Possible Future (Su Cho, Lisa Low, Anni Liu, Marianne Chan, Danni Quintos). The panelistsdiscuss writing fiction during the flowering of the BLM movement, #MeToo, this iteration of antisemitism and Her work has appeared in Fugue, Electric Literature, Autostraddle, Entropy, The Offing, and elsewhere. She is also the recipient of the Glenna Luschei Prairie Schooner Award and the Robert Watson Literary Review Prize. Spanish is the second most spoken language in this country, yet the production of literature in Spanish is abysmal. This years 2023 Online SWW agent & editor faculty so far includes: By the end of the day, you will have all the tools you need to move forward on your writing journey. Peter Markus has taught with InsideOut Literary Arts for 27 years. (Franny Choi, Saeed Jones, Brenda Shaughnessy). Sehba Sarwar is a novelist (Black Wings, Veliz Books 2019) whose writings tackle gender and displacement issues. Chetla Sebree is the author of Field Study and Mistress. She writes about being Indian in Indiana. She is an associate professor. Amanda Gunn is a PhD candidate in English at Harvard where she works on Black pleasure and ephemerality. Founder and fiction editor of The Asian and Pacific Islander Transmasculine Anthology, he is part of the Latinx Writers Caucus leadership team. She is on the faculty of the VCFA MFA writing program and directs the VCFA Novel Retreat and Yucatan Writing Conference. She currently lives on a mini-farm in Woodstock, Georgia. Local Writing Organizations | The Seattle Public Library PR in a (Nearly) Post-COVID Age Isip is a full-time professor and writer. Learn more about Lori here. She would love to see horror stories with a historical lens, contemporary books that push against the status quo, and fantasy that takes on underrepresented mythology. Adjuncts, join us for coffee and conversation as AWP board member, author, and fellow adjunct James Tate Hill guides the discussion. She holds an MFA from the University of Wyoming and worked for over a decade as an independent bookseller at West Side Books in North Denver. Their debut novel Heading North is forthcoming from Braddock Avenue Books and their prose has appeared in Shenandoah, Passages North, Four Way Review, and elsewhere. Recent works appeared in Poetry, New England Review, World Literature Today, and Best of the Net. She teaches at the College of Wooster; previously, she taught at UH Mnoa. In this panel, early-career agents will share their perspectives on what really mattersand what doesnton the path to publishing a first book. Seattle Convention Center. Marco Wilkinson is an assistant professor of literary arts and cultural studies in the Literature department at UC San Diego. Miciah Bay Gault's debut novel is Goodnight Stranger (Park Row Books, 2019). When There Are No Words: Grieving Suicide through Poetry His work appears in APR, Poetry, The Southern Review, Yale Review, and in The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Venita Blackburn's works have appeared in thenewyorker.com, Harpers, The Paris Review, and others. F211. Matt Bell is the author of the novels Appleseed, Scrapper, and In the House upon the Dirt between the Lake and the Woods, the story collection A Tree or a Person or a Wall, and two works of nonfiction, Refuse to Be Done and Baldur's Gate II. Jami Nakamura Lin is the author of The Night Parade (Mariner Books / HarperCollins 2023), a speculative memoir illustrated by her sister Cori. Her first novel, co-written with her husband, was a finalist in the 2022 Launch Pad Prose competition and top ten comedy manuscript on Coverfly. In 2020, she created an 85-foot-long comics mural, which was installed at Climate Pledge Arena. He is the author of The House of Impossible Beauties, which won the Edmund White Award for Debut Fiction and was a finalist for the Lambda Literary Award for Gay Fiction. Joe Mungo Reed is the author of the novels Hammer and We Begin Our Ascent. Despite a strong literary presence, forums for support among American Jewish writers are limited. F165. Verdelle, a novelist, essayist, and the creative advisor to AWP's HBCU Fellowship Program, currently in its inaugural year. Representatives from the press and its partners will speak about the mutual benefits of their collaborations. Her short fiction appears in Kenyon Review, Tin House online, Electric Lit, Mississippi Review, and other publications. Agent Bree Ogden Seeks Graphic Novels, Dystopian - Writer's Digest Her book Writing That Gets Noticed is forthcoming. (You also get 10+ additional free pre-recorded webinars on writing and publishing.) After successful 2015, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, and spring 2023 events in Seattle, on October 13-14, 2023. His fiction has appeared in The New Yorker, Best American Short Stories, and many other places. K-Ming Chang is a Kundiman fellow, a Lambda Literary Award finalist, and a National Book Foundation 5 Under 35 honoree. Shes the publisher of Veliz Books and teaches at the University of Houston-Downtown. He has published widely on Khmer, Lao, Pali, Thai, and Vietnamese literature, and is the author of Until Nirvanas Time and a coeditor of Out of the Shadows of Angkor. Co-founder of the literary journal Kestrel, he taught for over 20 years at Georgia College & State University, where he founded the MFA in creative writing program and the journal Arts & Letters. Her work explores finding a place as a queer refugee. Everything I Don't Know, by Jerzy Ficowski and cotranslated from the Polish with Piotr Sommer, received the PEN Award for Best Book of Poetry in Translation. What editors doand how they do itcan feel exclusive or even mystifying to writers and would-be editors alike. F179. Jean Kwok is the award-winning, international bestselling author of Girl in Translation, Mambo in Chinatown, and Searching for Sylvie Lee, which was a Read with Jenna Today Show Pick and an instant New York Times bestseller. Society of Childrens Book Writers and Illustrators Shelley Wong is the author of As She Appears (YesYes Books, 2022), winner of the 2019 Pamet River Prize. She is currently the director of FUSE at SU and the managing editor of Flagship magazine on campus. Annual meeting of writing faculty who teach in art and design environments to discuss pedagogy, programming, administration, and general best practices particular to their writing classes and programs. CL Young is a poet, artist, and intuitive facilitator with a background in philosophy, movement, and performance. African Diaspora Caucus. Come meet and mingle with current faculty and students from the MFA program at Eastern Washington University. Rooms 340-342, Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center, Level 3, F139. His essays and short stories have appeared in both Turkey and the US. (Rushi Vyas, Phuong Vuong, Nilufar Karimi, Vyxz Vasquez). (Spaces limited.) ( Sarah Ghazal Ali is the author of Theophanies (Alice James Books, 2024), selected as the Editors' Choice for the 2022 Alice James Award. Bookfair Concessions, Bar, and Lounge. Association of Writers & Writing Programs. Kazim Ali is a poet, translator, essayist, and fiction writer. What can we share to encourage and inspire each other? She is seeking: Lane is looking for an array of genres in Middle Grade, Young Adult, and Adult. Editor ofCopper Nickel, he teaches at the University of Colorado Denver. In addition to traditional prose, she is very interested in graphic novels and nonfiction. Writers today are engaged in groundbreaking interactions between art and science. MariNaomi is the author and illustrator of the SPACE Prizewinning graphic memoir Kiss & Tell: A Romantic Resume, Ages 0 to 22, the Eisner-nominated Dragon's Breath and Other True Stories, the upcoming Turning Japanese, and her self-published Estrus Comics. Shankar Narayan explores identity, power, mythology, and technology in a world where the body is flung across borders yet can still transcend them. He coedited Food Republic: A Singapore Literary Banquet (2020). #AWP24 February 7-10, 2024 Kansas City, Missouri Kansas City Convention Center Registration Contact Conference Registration Manager (240) 696-8273 registration@awpwriter.org F170. A version accessible to screen readers is also available. Her ideal projects feature fresh, high-concept hooks and multifaceted, layered conflicts. (Shana Youngdahl, Cate Marvin, Molly Sutton Kiefer, Martha Silano , Jennifer Jean). He is the author of two books of poetry, including Adam Robison and Other Poems. When we situate students within the expansive, interconnected web of art-based approaches, what new modes of making become possible? She lives in Chicago with her husband and daughter. (Joseph Scapellato, Matt Bell, Thirii Myo Kyaw Myint, Sarah Ghazal Ali). What elements of the genre have persisted, and how has horror evolved? She has edited for the Best Small Fictions series, and her flash fiction has appeared in anthologies, including Flash Fiction America. 2:45 3:45: Building Your Author Platform: How to Sell Your Books and Yourself. Panelists will discuss the defining features of this genre and its value to queer identities and cultural production. Leona Sevick is the 2017 Press 53 Poetry Award Winner for her book of poems, Lion Brothers. F176. Robert Davis Hoffmann imagines the mythical and historical life of his Tlingit people. Moira Macdonald Books Entertainment Events Seattle writers: Take note of 15 events at the AWP Conference this week March 8, 2023 at 6:00 am Updated March 8, 2023 at 10:29 am By Paul Constant. What happens when our job of exposure clashes with our familial duty to protect? Michele Herman is a widely published essayist, columnist, fiction writer, poet, teacher, and editor whose first novel and second poetry chapbook were published in early 2022. This schedule is subject to change. Because Brian plans different workshops, make sure you note that youre inquiring about the Seattle workshop specifically. Drawing from a range of cultural and literary backgrounds, and examining both their own work and the work of others, these writers will discuss the craft of writing the grief, anger, desire, and joy that insists upon formal contradiction and possibilityrefusing to be singularly contained. Rooms 440-442, Summit Building, Seattle Convention Center, Level 4, F124. She is looking for epic fantasy with a strong cultural point of view. Her memoir, A Hard Silence, is forthcoming in September 2023. Raised in Auckland, Aotearoa New Zealand, she is an associate professor of creative writing at Baylor University. Sarah Audsleyan adoptee born in South Korea and raised in rural Vermontis a graduate of the MFA Program for Writers at Warren Wilson College and a member of The Starlings Collective. Trevino L. Brings Plenty is a poet, musician, and multimedia artist. A Kundiman and Lambda Fellow, they teach at the University of Washington Bothell. Leading, Styling, and Other Navigations: Writers and Editors as Designers Stand (or Sit) and Deliver: Inviting Audiences into Poetry through Performance May 4, 2015. She is an assistant professor at Marshall University. She is currently working on a memoir. Miriam's work has been published in The Pitkin Review and Smith & Kraus. literary agent Kathleen Ortiz of New Leaf Literary, I signed an author [Kate Thompson] that I Writing Day Workshop Success Stories Her debut collection of essays, An Anthology of Assholes (Little A), is forthcoming summer 2023. Eva Scalzo is a literary agent with Speilburg Literary. Copyright 2023 by AWP. Chauna Craig is the author of the story collections Wings and Other Things and The Widow's Guide to Edible Mushrooms. Maija Makinen is a Finnish-born writer and translator. And then I embarked on books for adults, when I decided to return to my favorites with particularly queer memoir, queer romance novels, and select adult nonfiction. His work has been translated into a dozen languages, and his books in English include the Voroshilovgrad and Depeche Mode, as well as What We Live For, What We Die For. Deborah Taffa is the director of the MFA creative writing program at IAIA in Santa Fe, New Mexico. I Wish Id Known: Advice for Navigating the Publishing World Her family memoir, The Fifth Passenger, will be out in 2022. Funded by Hugo House, Centrum, and Hedgebrook. Sometimes the truth is funny, even when it hurts. AWP: Conference Hotel & Travel Information - Association of Writers Spoilers: its super queer! Rio Cortez is the New York Times bestselling author of picture books The ABCs of Black History (Workman, 2020) and The River Is My Sea (S&S, 2024). (Catalina Marie Cant, Erica Reid, Leona Sevick, Diana Raptosh, CMarie Fuhrman). This panel brings together writers who defy and merge genres and forms to discuss queer expression in messy, multifaceted hybrid work. People of color are inextricably placed at the hot center of our nations history, our countrys anxiety, and much of Americas drama. F178. Sherrie Flick is the author of a novel and two story collections. F160. Asian Moms: Tiger Moms, Magical Grandmas, and the Asian American Millennial Poetry Alive! Join Scarlet Tanager Books to celebrate Indigenous wisdom in poetry. Redefining Southern: A Poetry Reading with The Southern Collective Experience A Public Space, MacDowell, Hedgebrook, Tin House, and Kranzberg Fellow, she's from the Quechan Nation and Laguna Pueblo. Bonnie Swanson is a literary agent with The Purcell Agency. Lars Horn is a writer and translator working in literary and experimental nonfiction. In this workshop you will learn 10 specific techniques to strengthen your writing that you can begin implementing into your work right away. (Lucy Durneen, Alycia Pirmohamed, Joseph Mungo Reed, Patrick Errington). Toni Jensen is the author of the memoir Carry, a Dayton Literary Peace Prize finalist, and the story collection From the Hilltop. Join program directors and instructors at four of the longest running writers centers in the country as they discuss experiences within and outside of academia. Her nonfiction was chosen by Roxane Gay as Best of 2019.
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