Full Shedule of the 2008 Kentucky Women Writers Conference, September 11-13, 2008

Thursday, Sept. 11, 2008: Gypsy Slam Poetry Competition, Victorian Square

Friday, Sept. 12, 2008:

# = individual meetings, preregistration required

Central Library

8:30 to 9:00 a.m.- registration and continental breakfast

9:00 to 10:15 a.m.-
Strand*- Workshop: Place & Prose I
Marquart*- Postcards From Anywhere But Here: Travel Memior I
Trethewey- Poetry Q & A

10:30 to 11:45 a.m.-
Williams*- Poetry I
Benedict*- Writing on the Dark Side: Genre Fiction I
Strand*- Reading: Inventing Niagara
Trethewey#- manuscript consultation (10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.)

12:00 to 1:30 p.m.- Lunch: 4 Parties

1:30 to 2:45 p.m.-
Marquart, Sahn, Strand- Exchange: The New Environmental Writing
Thornhill- Poetry Reading

3:00 to 4:00 p.m.-
Gabehart Winners: Readings in Poetry, Fiction, and Nonfiction
Thornhill & Alegria- Exchange: Young Adult Fiction
Sahn#-manuscript consultation (3:00 to 5:00 p.m.)

4:30 to 5:45 p.m.-
Trethewey- Poetry Reading at the Young Library

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.- Dinner: on your own

7:30 to 9:00 p.m.-
free lectures
Oates & Benedict at UK's Memorial Hall

Saturday, 13, 2008

Carnegie Center

8:30 to 9:00 a.m.- registration and continental breakfast

9:30 to 10:15 a.m.-
Strand*- Place & Prose II
Marquart*- Postcards From Anywhere But Here: Travel Memoir II
Oates & Williams- Poem or Story? Finding your Subject's Form

10:30 to 11:45 a.m.-
Williams*- Poetry II
Benedict*- Writing on the Dark Side: Genre Fiction II
Alegria- Lessons From the School of Hard Knocks: Writng, Publishing, and Promoting Your Book

12:00 to 1:30 p.m.- lunch: on your own

1:30 to 2:45 p.m.-
Osorio- Exchange: Journalism and Activism
Williams- Poetry Reading
Alegria- Fiction Reading at the Village Branch Library

3:00 to 3:30 p.m.-
Tea Time/ Sign-ups for 90 Seconds Open Mic/ Journaling
Sahn#- manuscript consultation (3:00 to 5:00 p.m.)

3:30 to 4:45 p.m.-
Marquart- Reading: The Horizontal World
Carnegie Center's "Young Women Writers": Readings

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.-
90 Seconds Open Mic at Natasha's Restaurant

7:30 to 9:00 p.m.-
free lectures
Osorio Reading at Transylvania

* = enrollment limited to 12, preregistration required