Featured This Month
In the Spotlight: Martha McPhee
Hofstra University, Professor
Writer's Notebook: "Breathing to Write"
Jennifer Sinor | April 2020
Podcast: Episode 81: The Meridel Le Sueur Essay: Sixteen Years of Water~Stone Review
Minneapolis 2015
The Writer's Chronicle Archives: "The Imagination Has Its Orders: Cross-Genre Writing with Carol Muske & Molly Peacock"
Bonnie Riedinger | October/November 1998
The Writer's News
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May 26, 2020
#AWP21 Conference Update
We can all agree this has been a year like no other! The Coronavirus/COVID-19 pandemic has changed us in unimaginable ways. At AWP, we are using this turn of events to imagine what is possible in the virtual space in response to the needs of all of our stakeholders.
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May 19, 2020
The AWP Virtual Book Club Features Aimee Liu for June in Craft-Focused Discussion
Join us for the AWP Virtual Book Club, a book club with a unique craft focus. Our featured book for June is Glorious Boy from bestselling author Aimee Liu.
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May 8, 2020
Writers in Conversation with David Hassler, Katie Daley, Dr. Mary K. Anthony, & Taryn Burhanna on the “Some Days” Community Poem Project
Join us in honor of National Nurses Week 2020 (May 6, 2020) for a special Virtual AWP: Writers in Conversation & Reading event with David Hassler, director of the Wick Poetry Center at Kent State University.
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April 16, 2020
Beyond Sunrise, There Is a Song We Follow: US Poet Laureate Joy Harjo in Conversation
Joy Harjo, the 23rd Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress, talks with us on May 8 about her work in the position as well as the role poets and poetry can play right now.
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April 15, 2020
The AWP Virtual Book Club—Writers Talking Books with Other Writers: Craft-Focused Discussion that Gets Up Close and Personal
Join us for the AWP Virtual Book Club: a book club with a unique craft focus. Our featured book for April/May is Sue William Silverman’s How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences.
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Writer's Chronicle
Calendar
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May 29
Freeing the Written Self
Join a trio of legendary poets--Kaveh Akbar, Terrance Hayes & Mary Karr--to deepen your understanding & practice of poetry and prose
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May 30
Indiana University Writers' Conference 2020
Since 1940, we have prided ourselves on hosting a craft-based writers’ conference with a multidisciplinary approach and award-winning faculty.
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Jun 01
Odyssey Writing Workshop
Since its inception in 1996, Odyssey has become one of the most highly respected workshops for writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Top authors, editors and agents serve as guests, and 59% of graduates go on to professional publication.
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Jun 01
Lit Fest 2020 (virtual)
Our fifteenth annual Lit Fest goes virtual, featuring craft talks, salons, and master classes with Hanif Abdurraqib, Garth Greenwell, Sarah Broom, Sheila Heti, Peter Orner, Justin Torres, Jane Hirshfield, and more.
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Jun 01
Writing About Art in Barcelona
This intensive workshop provides a small group of writers the opportunity to explore and write poems and short prose in response to the rich cultural heritage of Barcelona.
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Jun 02
Writeaway in France
Is your writing missing a certain je ne sais quoi? Find it in France.
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Jun 03
Inkers Con Author Boot Camp 2020
Ready to write your novel? Inkers Con Boot Camp was created for aspiring and debut authors. Its intensive curriculum is designed to give the knowledge, inspiration, and tools to write, publish and promote a debut novel!
