They may call Chicago the Second City, but it's second to none in our hearts. 8,503 individual registered attendees came to our recent Chicago Conference, along with another 1,000 members of the general public, as the Bookfair on Saturday and a few evening events were free and open to all as a service to our host city. This year's attendance matched last year's attendance in New York. AWP thanks all our sponsors, partners, presenters, and exhibitors for their support in helping to make our Conference and Bookfair one of the largest literary gatherings in North America. Thank you.

For information on sponsoring the 2009 conference,
contact Matt Burriesci at 703-993-4540. 

If you have any concerns or questions, please send them to conference@awpwriter.org.

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2009 Sponsors

Major Sponsors

The University of Illinois Creative Writing Program / Ninth Letter / Carr Reading Series

Columbia College Chicago, Fiction Writing Department and Story Week

Columbia College Poetry & Nonfiction Programs

Roosevelt University

Eastern Kentucky University Brief Residency MFA

Georgia College and State University MFA Program / Arts & Letters

Murray State University Low-Residency MFA

NEOMFA--The Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts

UCR Palm Desert MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts

West Chester University Poetry Conference, and WCU Poetry Center

Literary Partners

The Academy of American Poets

Blue Flower Arts

The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses / Small Press Distribution

The Loft Literary Center

The National Endowment for the Arts

PEN American Center

Poets & Writers

The Poetry Foundation

The Poetry Society of America

Small Press Distribution

Writers in the Schools

Benefactors

The Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature at Chicago State University

Steven Barclay Agency

Third World Press

University of North Carolina, Wilmington MFA Program

The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University

Wilkes University Low Residency MA/MFA Program in Creative Writing

Patrons

Adelphi University MFA in Creative Writing

Bath Spa University Creative Writing Centre

Creative Writing at UNC Greensboro

Emerson College, Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing

Fourth Genre: Michigan State University Press

Goddard College Low Residency MFA in Creative Writing

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

The International Center for Creative Writing Research

Minnesota State University, Mankato MFA Program / Blue Earth Review

New England College, MFA Program in Poetry

The Ohio State University MFA in Creative Writing / The Journal

Penn State MFA Program

Program for Writers at the University of Illinois at Chicago

Southern New Hampshire University

University of Florida, Department of English, Program in Creative Writing

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

University of Minnesota Creative Writing Program

University of Nebraska Lincoln / Prairie Schooner / Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference

University of Nebraska MFA in Writing

University of Notre Dame Creative Writing Program

The Water~Stone Review and the MFA Programs in Creative Writing at Hamline University

Western Michigan University Creative Writing Program

Sponsors

Bowling Green State University

The City University of New York

George Mason University MFA in Creative Writing

Grand Valley State University Department of Writing

Granta

Hollins University MFA in Creative Writing

The MFA in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

The MFA Program at Purdue University

Miami University of Ohio

Ohio University MA and PhD in Creative Writing / New Ohio Review

Sewanee Writers' Conference

Spalding University's Brief Residency MFA in Writing Program

Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing

University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program

University of Southern California Master of Professional Writing and PhD in Literature & Creative Writing

University of Utah

Vanderbilt University

Virginia Commonwealth University

Virginia Tech

Wichita State University

Zone 3 / Austin Peay State University

Contributors

Bennington College, Low Residency Program

Consortium of University Presses

Hiram College

Iowa State University, MFA in Creative Writing and Environment

Knox College

Longwood University

New Letters

Northwestern University English Department

Penn State Erie

Queens University of Charlotte

TriQuarterly

University of Tampa

University of Tennessee Chattanooga

Vermont College of Fine Arts

The Writer's Center

Writers who Play / Barton College

Become a sponsor for our 2009 Conference.
There are five levels
of sponsorship with a
variety of benefits.

Questions about Sponsorship? Contact:
Matt Burriesci,
Associate Director,
at (703) 993-4540

Sponsorship Information (PDF-3.34MB)