Overflow Hotel Notice:
New overflow hotel posted! ~1/19/12

Warning!
Please take note: AWP has received a report that a company calling themselves the "National Travel Association" has been calling AWP members to say they can secure them a "further discounted rate" at the conference hotels. This is a scam designed to obtain financial information. Please note that the only way to secure a reservation with any of our conference hotels is through the hotels directly. AWP does not endorse or use any third party organizations to help with the AWP conference hotel rooms, and financial information to secure a room should only ever be given directly to the hotels themselves.

Discount Lodging at Conference Hotels:
We pride ourselves on offering the best hotel rates for our Conference attendees. AWP's Conference hotels typically sell out of rooms months in advance; so reserve your room soon to avoid disappointment. Below is a list of AWP Conference Hotels offering discount lodging to Conference attendees. All reservations must be guaranteed with a one-night deposit (applicable towards your hotel bill) and a major credit card.

Reserve Your Room Online
To book your room online and receive our discount rate today, please visit the special AWP Conference page at each hotel by clicking on the hotel logo or following the "Website Reservations" link. All reservations must be guaranteed with a refundable one-night deposit (applicable towards your hotel bill) and a major credit card.

Reserve Your Room by Telephone
To book your room by telephone and receive our discount rate today, please call one of the hotels listed below, and tell them you're with AWP's conference. All reservations must be guaranteed with a refundable one-night deposit (applicable towards your hotel bill) and a major credit card.

If you do not receive AWP’s discount conference rate please contact AWP Conference Services: conference@awpwriter.org

Two things you should know before reserving your room:

1. Please do not reserve more rooms than you currently have a confirmed need for. AWP’s discounted rooms sell out quickly, and each year dozens of discounted rooms being held by attendees are cancelled and go unused. Please be considerate of your peers and all other Conference attendees by only reserving rooms for those individuals that are confirmed to attend the Conference.
2. You will be asked to secure your room with a one-night deposit. The deposit for the Hilton Chicago, Palmer House Hilton, and Renaissance Blackstone is non-refundable after 60 days in advance of your arrival date. If you cancel your reservations for any of the hotels fewer than 72 hours in advance of your arrival the hotel may apply a cancellation fee to your deposit. If you check out prior to your reserved checkout date the hotel may apply an early departure fee.

Please be mindful of the deadlines at each hotel to reserve a room at AWP’s rate. After these dates the Conference rate will no longer be available to attendees.

Swissôtel Chicago Overflow Hotel Telephone for reservations: 888-73-SWISS or 312-565-0565 Rates: $145 a night for single / double occupancy room All reservations must be accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card. Any reservation canceled within 72 hours of the arrival date will be charged for one (1) night's room and tax. Swissôtel Chicago 323 East Wacker Drive Chicago, IL 60601-9772

Fairmont Hotel, Chicago Overflow Hotel Telephone for reservations: 1-800-526-2008 Rates: $145 a night for single / double occupancy room All reservations must be accompanied by a first night room deposit or guaranteed with a major credit card. Any reservation canceled within 72 hours of the arrival date will be charged for one (1) night's room and tax. Fairmont Hotel, Chicago 200 North Columbus Drive Chicago, IL 60601

Hilton Chicago Conference Headquarters Sold Out! Please call in case of cancellations Telephone: 1-312-922-4400 Rates: $165 a night for single / double occupancy room The Hilton Chicago Hotel 720 South Michigan Avenue  Chicago, IL 60605 1-312-922-4400

Palmer House Hilton Some Conference Programming will take place here There will be shuttle service running from this hotel to the Hilton Chicago Hotel during the Conference & Bookfair. Sold Out! Please call in case of cancellations Telephone: 1-312-726-7500 Rates: $165 a night for single / double occupancy room Palmer House Hilton  17 East Monroe Street Chicago, IL  60603 1-312-726-7500

Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Hotel Sold Out! Please call in case of cancellations Telephone for reservations: 1-866-508-0261 Overflow Hotel: located directly across the street from the conference headquarters hotel, the Hilton Chicago Rates: $149 a night for single / double occupancy room Renaissance Blackstone Chicago Hotel 636 South Michigan Ave. Chicago, IL 60605

Travel Guide
AWP has created a travel guide to help you navigate Chicago during the conference. It contains information about the city, transportation to and from the airports, inter-hotel shuttles, parking, and off-site events.

Download:
2012 AWP Chicago Travel Guide (PDF-187KB)

Inter-hotel Shuttle Services
Get from point to point.  AWP is happy to announce that courtesy shuttles will run throughout the day during the Conference, Thursday – Saturday, March 1-3, 2012, between the hours of 8:30 AM – 6:15 PM every 10-15 minutes between:

The Hilton Chicago Hotel 720 South Michigan Avenue  Chicago, IL 60605

and

The Palmer House Hilton Hotel 17 East Monroe Street  Chicago, IL 60603

Roommate Search:
Looking for a roommate for the conference? Visit the Conference Roommate Search section of the Writers' Circle Forums. To post or reply to topics, you will first need to register.

Services for Persons with Disabilities:
AWP is committed to making all reasonable arrangements that will allow members of the association to participate in conference events. If you require special services, equipment, or accommodations, please submit your request in writing along with your registration form by December 23, 2011.

2012 Sponsors

Major Sponsors

Poetry Foundation

Roosevelt University MFA in Creative Writing

Writing Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Ashland University MFA Program
River Teeth | Ashland Poetry Press

Bath Spa University Creative Writing Centre

Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing Department & Story Week

Columbia College Chicago Poetry & Nonfiction Programs

Hollins University: Jackson Center for Creative Writing

NEOMFA | Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Northwestern University: MA/MFA Creative Writing / Creative Writing Major / Northwestern University Press / triquarterly.org

University of Tampa Low-Res MFA in Creative Writing

Literary Partners

Academy of American Poets

Blue Flower Arts

Cave Canem

The Center for Fiction

The Council of Literary Magazines & Presses / Small Press Distribution

The Loft Literary Center

Macondo Writers' Workshop

National Book Critics Circle

National Endowment for the Arts

Poetry Society of America

Poets House

VIDA: Women in Literary Arts

Wesleyan University Press

Writers in the Schools

Benefactors

Emerson College MFA in Creative Writing

Rosemont College

Wilkes University Low Residency MA/MFA Program in Creative Writing

Patrons

The University of Illinois Creative Writing Program / Ninth Letter

Adelphi University MFA in Creative Writing

Antioch University Los Angeles MFA Program

Chatham University MFA in Creative Writing Programs

George Mason University MFA in Creative Writing

Goddard College Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing

Graduate Program for Writers University of Illinois at Chicago

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

University of Miami MFA in Creative Writing

Miami University & Miami University Press

University of Michigan MFA in Creative Writing

Minnesota State University, Mankato / Blue Earth Review

University of Nebraska MFA in Writing

University of New Orleans

University of North Carolina Wilmington MFA Program

MFA in Creative Writing, University of Notre Dame

Red Hen Press

Southern New Hampshire University

Vanderbilt University / Nashville Review

Water~Stone Review & MFA Programs at Hamline University

Sponsors

Arkansas Writers MFA Program, University of Central Arkansas

Bowling Green State University Creative Writing Program

The City University of New York

DePaul University MA in Writing and Publishing

Georgia College & State University / Arts & Letters

Longwood University / Dos Passos Review

Marquette University

University of Missouri-St. Louis MFA Program

New York University

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

Old Dominion University

Prairie Schooner / University of Nebraska Lincoln

The MFA Program at Purdue University

Sewanee Writers' Conference

Spalding University's Brief-Residency MFA in Writing Program

Vermont College of Fine Arts

Virginia Commonwealth University

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

Writer's Studio Program, The University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies

Contributors

Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada Las Vegas

Eastern Kentucky University Brief Residency MFA

The Creative Writing Program at Emory University

Hofstra University

Knox College

Motionpoems

Murray State University MFA Program

Queens University of Charlotte MFA Program

Saint Joseph's University

University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program

The MFA in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Split This Rock Poetry Festival

Washburn University

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