Next week is AWP! This year’s conference is taking place in our backyard, and we couldn’t be more excited. Stop by and visit us at booth 1056. There are so many excellent panels this year, and we’ve curated a list of a few each day that you should definitely check out. Take a peek below!
THURSDAY:
How to Win a Writing Fellowship
D131-132, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Thursday, March 28, 2019
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Winners of National Endowment, Fulbright, and other state funding discuss techniques for putting together a manuscript, writing an artist’s statement and soliciting recommendations in order to receive fellowships. Moderated by Thaddeus Rutkowski, Ava Chin, Janet Kaplan, Tim Keane, and Pedro Ponce.
Literary Agents 101: Insights and Tools for the Business of Writing
Portland Ballroom 255, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2
Thursday, March 28, 2019
10:30 am to 11:45 am
Curious about the publishing process from the perspective of an agent? Literary agents discuss the dos and don’ts of approaching agents. Moderated by Libby Burton, Sarah Levitt, Monika Woods, Serene Hakim, and Julia Kardon.
E146, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Thursday, March 28, 2019
12:00 pm to 1:15 pm
Put together by Sarabande, this panel will discuss aspects of constructing short form literature, from beginnings and endings, to white space, to structure and everything in between. Moderated by Kristen Renee Miller, Kimiko Hahn, Elena Passarello, Nona Caspers, and James Richardson.
The Future is Fabulist: Crafting Fantastic Fiction at the Margins
C125-126, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Thursday, March 28, 2019
1:30 pm to 2:45 pm
This panel will explore whether embracing the unreal can help writers at the margins tell stories that are true to their experiences. Moderated by Amira Pierce, R. Lemberg, Melissa R. Sipin, Brooke C. Obie, and Richard Scott Larson.
FRIDAY:
Grandmasters of Flash: They Wrote the Book on It!
A107-109, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Friday, March 29, 2019
10:30 am to 11:45 am
The Masters Review’s Flash Fiction contest is rapidly approaching. This panel discussing theory and craft of flash fiction will be perfect for you to prepare your micros for submission! Moderated by David Galef, John Dufresne, Nancy Stohlman, and Randall Brown.
B110-112, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Friday, March 29, 2019
1:30 pm to 2:45 pm
Interested in writing a book review for The Masters Review? Check out this panel on how to nail that critique. Moderated by Joseph Salvatore, Carolyn Kellogg, Gabino Iglesias, Scott Esposito, and Siddharta Deb.
Monsters, Marvels, & Melanin: A Discussion of Black Speculative Fiction
F149, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Friday, March 29, 2019
3:00 pm to 4:15 pm
A panel focused on Black speculative fiction? Sign us up. Five authors discuss how the genre can be used “to translate the experience of those from the African diaspora.” Moderated by Kat Lewis, Sean Smith, Yona Harvey, Gary Jackson, and Elwin Michael Cotman.
SATURDAY:
Trust Falls: The Editor/Author Relationship
D131-132, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Saturday, March 30, 2019
9:00 am to 10:15 am
Author and Editor pairs discuss their working relationship, designed to help authors know what to expect from the process. Moderated by Erin Calligan Mooney, Vivian Lee, Matthew Salesse, Kristen Arnett, and Tony Perez.
Flash Fiction Exercises that Work from Award-Winning Masters of the Form
A103-104, Oregon Convention Center, Level 1
Saturday, March 30, 2019
3:00 pm to 4:15 pm
Another panel about the flash form. (We really want you to submit to this contest, if you haven’t noticed.) This panel will discuss exercises, so if you need inspiration, stop on by. Moderated by Venita Blackburn, Anthony Varallo, Kim Chinquee, Sherrie Flick, and Genevieve Plunkett.
Unrealism: The True Art of Fantastic Fiction
Oregon Ballroom 201-202, Oregon Convention Center, Level 2
Saturday, March 30, 2019
4:30 pm to 5:45 pm
This panel will discuss “the unreality of reality” and how fantastical fiction models our experiences in the real world. Moderated by Ethan Nosowsky, Kathryn Davis, Mark Doten, Carmen Maria Machado, and Lucy Corin.
For a full list of AWP panels, check out the official website.