2008 Schedule TBA
- Individual conferences may be scheduled by workshop instructors
- All events are held in the WVU Mountainlair unless otherwise noted.)
- Workshop Assignments are listed after the schedule.
Thursday, July 19, 2007
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Literary Journal Display, Piano Lounge , Stalnaker Hall
10:00 a.m. - 12:00 a.m. General Registration; WVU Bookstore on site, Piano Lounge, Stalnaker Hall
9:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. High School Workshop Registration, Piano Lounge
11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. High School Orientation Meeting, Piano Lounge Conference Room
Noon - 2:00 p.m. Welcome Lunch (included in registration), Reading by WV Poet Laureate, Irene McKinney, Gold Ballroom
2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. High School Workshop, Tygart Room
2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. Reading and Craft Class in Poetry with John Hoppenthaler, Rhododendron Room
3:30 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. Refreshments Available, Outside Rhododendron Room
4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m. Workshops, Poetry – Aleda Shirley, Kanawha Room; Fiction/Nonfiction – Laura Kasisch ke, Cacapon Room; Poetry - Nick Carbo, Mountain Room; Fiction/Nonfiction – Maribeth Fischer, Monongahela Room; Fiction — Steve Almond, Laurel Room
4:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. High School Craft Class, Tygart Room
Dinner (on your own)
5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. Computer access — White Hall Computer Lab
8:00 p.m. Readings by Nick Carbo and Laura Kasischke, Gold Ballroom, Reception and booksigning to follow
Friday, July 20, 2007
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Piano Lounge, Stalnaker Hall
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Literary Journal Display, Piano Lounge, Stalnaker Hall
10:00 a.m. - Noon High School Workshop, Tygart Room
10:30 a.m. - noon. “Not Assuming: Place and Persona in Nonfiction, craft class on Nonfiction,” with Kevin Oderman, Rhododendron Room
Lunch (on your own)
1:30 p.m. Readings by Kevin Oderman and Sara Pritchard, Gold Ballroom, Reception and book signing to follow
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Workshops, Poetry – Aleda Shirley,Kanawha Room; Fiction — Laura Kasischke, Cacapon Room; Poetry - Nick Carbo, Mountain Room; Fiction/Nonfiction – Maribeth Fischer, Monongahela Room; Fiction — Steve Almond, Laurel Room
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. High School Craft Class, Tygart Room
5:00 p.m. - 8:00 p.m. Free time and dinner
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Computer access — White Hall Computer Lab
8:00 p.m. Readings by Mark Brazaitis and Maribeth Fischer, Gold Ballroom. Reception and Booksigning to follow
Saturday, July 21, 2007
Note: Conference participants must use the plaza (rear, 2nd floor) entrance to the Mountainlair on Saturday and Sunday.
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Piano Lounge, Stalnaker Hall
8:30 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Literary Journal Display, Piano Lounge, Stalnaker Hall
10:00 a.m. - Noon High School Workshop, Tygart Room
10:00 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. “The Literary Life Outside Academe” with Steve Almond, Rhododendron Room
Lunch (On your own)
1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. Reading and Craft Class on Writing for Children of All Ages with Cheryl Ware, Rhododendron Room
2:30-3:00 p.m. Refreshments available outside Rhododendron Room
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Workshops: Poetry – Aleda Shirley, Kanawha Room; Fiction – Laura Kasischke Cacapon Room; Poetry - Nick Carbo, Mountain Room; Fiction/Nonfiction — Maribeth Fischer, Monongahela Room; Fiction – Steve Almond, Laurel Room
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. High School Craft Class, Tygart Room
5:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m. Free time
5:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. Computer access — White Hall Computer Lab
6:30 p.m. Dinner/Reading at WVU’s Wise Library (Advance registration required). Please use the side entrance beside Clark Hall.
8:00 p.m. Readings by Steve Almond and Aleda Shirley, Robinson Reading Room,WVU Wise Library Booksigning and reception to follow. (Those not signed up for the dinner are welcome to attend the reading at 8:00 p.m.) Please use the side entrance beside Clark Hall.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Note: Conference participants must use the plaza (rear, 2nd floor) entrance to the Mountainlair on Saturday and Sunday.
8:30 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. Continental Breakfast, Piano Lounge, Stalnaker Hall
8:30 a.m. - Noon Literary Journal Display, Piano Lounge
9:30 - 11:00 a.m. “Craft Class in Fiction,” with Mark Brazaitis, Rhododendron Room
Noon Open Mic Reading (sign up at the Literary Journal Display table), Rhododendron Room
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