Western Writers of America Annual Convention, June 21 – 24, Marriott Country Club Plaza, Kansas City, MO. Exciting that this conference is held so close to NWAR this year. Lots of time to explore the history of Kansas City including a tour of the Arabia Steamboat Museum and the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Sessions of […]
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April 24, 2017 | Category: Author Talks, Conferences, Contests, Local Author News, Meetings, Workshops, Writers' Guild of Arkansas | Comments are closed
Author Talks, Conferences, Contests, Local Author News, Meetings, Workshops, Writers' Guild of Arkansas
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This one-day conference covers territory important to writers. Two keynoters: Tommy Hancock, “Preparing Your Manuscript to Pitch” and Andrea Campbell, “Creating Content: Break-in, Connect, Become a Regular.” My interests are: “Writing Non-Fiction” with Janis F. Kearney and “Poetry in Motion” with Jim Barton. I usually skip the poetry sessions–but Jim Barton is always good. www.Arkansaswritersconference.org. AWC, June 3, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Little Rock, AR. Kudos to AWC Director Brenda Iannacone and all conference planners. Check the CALENDAR on this site for other upcoming workshops, conferences, and writer events. www.marilynhcollins.com Writers in this area have a choice of two well-known, overlapping conferences. Both have sessions that appeal to me. Check out OK Writers Federation Conference 2017, May 4 – 6, Embassy Suites, Oklahoma City, OK (www.owfi.org/conference2017/schedule/ ). Variety of workshops with a special two-session block for Scrivener Boot Camp led by Jason Hough. Also the Missouri Writers Guild Conference, May 5 – 7, Holiday Inn Executive Center, Columbia, MO (www.missouriwriterguild.org.) . Opportunity to have a one-on-one with speakers and faculty. Lots of workshops–of special appeal to me, “Writing Historical Fiction” led by Nicole Evelina. The ArkansasWriters.com Calendar lists workshops, conference, and events for writers throughout the year. www.marilynhcollins.com The Arkansas International, a new literary journal produced by graduate students in the MFA Program in Creative Writing and Translation at The University of Arkansas, issues an invitation to their launch party. AI, a local literary magazine with global aspirations, is proud to feature writers from around the world in fiction, nonfiction, poetry, translation, […] Harpist Beth Stockdell plays a solo acoustic lever harp in the main lobby at the Fayetteville Public Library, 1:00pm – 3:00pm, Sunday, October 23. Stockdell is a lifelong artist working in photography, stained glass, and multimedia painting. She began playing harp in 2003 and, since that time, has played harp coast to coast. The music, presented in the library lobby, is free and open to the public. Also, the Montesori Art Wall continues on view. Fayetteville Public Library and Pickin’ Post radio show Mike Shirkey will host the Grass Hawgs, Friday, October 7 at 7:30pm in the Walker Community Room. True Lit: Fayetteville’s Literary Festival will be held Monday, October 17, through Thursday October 27 this fall. The literary festival in its third year, will offer a variety of events, including author talks, writing workshops, and more. True Lit is sponsored by the Fayetteville Public Library, Fayetteville Public Schools, Fayetteville Education Foundation, Fayetteville Montessori School, and the University of Arkansas Program in Creative Writing and Translation. The festival organizers are proud to host award-winning children’s and young adult author Louis Sachar as the headliner for the festival this year. Sachar is best known for the Wayside School series and Holes, winner of both a Newbery Medal and a National Book Award. Full schedule is available at http://www.truelitfest.com/schedule. Soccer under the Swastika: Survival in Hitler’s Death Camps is presented Sunday, October 9 at 2:00pm. Stories of survival and resistance during wartime, drawn from a book by Dr. Kevin Simpson, professor of psychology at John Brown University, are presented and sponsored by the Jewish Federation of Arkansas, Arkansas Holocaust Education Committee, and the Arkansas Humanities Council. These accounts of survival and resistance challenge what you already know about World War II. Contact ksmipson@jbu.edu for further information. The program is free and open to the public; held in the Fayetteville Public Library, Walker Room, October 9. Try FPL series continues with Heartfulness Meditation on October 4, 6:30p at the Fayetteville Public Library. Amita Rathore guides this meditation process. Registration is required, you must be 16 years of age or older. Heartfulness Meditation offers a simple and practical way to learn relaxation and heart-based meditation. The benefits of this practice […] At 6:00 o’clock, October 4, in the Fayetteville Public Library, Ozarks at Large host Kyle Kellams at the Fayetteville Public Library has an intimate conversation with the director and cast of TheatreSquared’s I and You, a “sharp, fresh and funny new play about the existential crisis of being an almost-adult.” The play runs October […] |
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