Hi everybody!  I just wanted to connect with anyone who will be at AWP next week in Chicago.  (For those of you who don't know, AWP stands for Associated Writers' Programs, and every year the meeting features lots of terrific programming dedicated to writers and writing.)  She Writes will be co-hosting a reception on Saturday, March 3rd at the Women-Made Gal..., an ALL She Writers (whether you are attending AWP or not) are invited.  I'd also like to put together a calendar of She Writers panels at AWP so we can all have a quick and easy reference to help us support each other!

So...

If you are on a panel at AWP, please paste the information in the comments below.

 

 

 

 

My panel will be 4:30PM to 5:45PM on Friday the 2nd (they love to put the ladies last):

The Master’s Tools Will Never Dismantle the Master’s House: Organizations Supporting Women in the Literary Arts
(Cate Marvin, Julie Kuzneski Wrinn, Kate Gale, Kamy Wicoff, Amy Hoffman)
Boulevard Room A,B,C, Hilton Chicago, 2nd Floor
Female and male authors alike are encouraged to join us for a conversation between founders and directors representing a variety of women’s literary organizations: VIDA: Women in Literary Arts, A Room of Her Own, She Writes, the Kentucky Womens Writers Conference, and the Women’s Review of Books. Presenters will discuss their respective and shared missions to foster the production of women’s writing and challenge its critical reception in our current literary culture.


The reception, co-hosted by She Writes along with the organizations listed above for the panel discussion, will be Saturday March 3rd.  For details click here.  I'd love to see She Writers there!

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Comment by Meg Waite Clayton on February 25, 2012 at 10:14pm

Wish I were going to be there. We had such a great gathering in Denver a few years ago.

:-)

Comment by Cris Mazza on February 23, 2012 at 3:06pm

My AWP panel (with fellow She-Writers members Gina Frangello & Zoe Zolbrod) is

Chicago Neighborhoods: The City That Motivates, Friday, 1:30 p.m., Chicago Hilton 3rd floor

Comment by Cynthia Hartwig on February 23, 2012 at 12:20pm

I'll be presenting at AWP on how to use Twitter to promote yourself as a writer.  I'm on at 9 AM, Thurs. March 1.  Here are the details of the panel. Please come up and introduce yourself. I'll be at Kamy's event too.

R113. New Media for New (and Old) Authors and Writers
(Priscilla Long, Matt Briggs, Waverly Fitzgerald, Rebecca Agiewich, Cynthia Hartwig)
Private Dining Room 2, Hilton Chicago, 3rd Floor
What do writers need to know about blogs, Twitter, Facebook, LibraryThing, Goodreads, YouTube, SheWrites, Amazon.com, and author pages on these sites and other new media? What is essential? What is too much? What about that book trailer? What considerations and issues should we authors and writers reflect on as we negotiate these new ways of connecting and communicating? Is ignoring all of this an option? What is the downside?

Comment by Valerie Nieman on February 23, 2012 at 12:04pm

Wish I could be there - maybe next year in Boston.

Comment by Tracy Winn on February 23, 2012 at 8:44am

I will be on a panel called Surprise Me (surprise in the short story) with Robin Black (She Writes member), Ed Porter, and Erin Stalcup, Saturday at noon in Honore Ballroom, Palmer House Hilton, Lobby level. We'd love to meet other She Writers there.

Comment by Amy King on February 23, 2012 at 8:32am
Join us in Chicago! Litmus Press will be at AWP from February 29 to March 3.

We will be a part of the Table X group in the conference bookfair at number i18, sharing space with O Books & Trafficker Press. Come say hello and pick up a few books -- we'll be giving out some very special Litmus bandanas with purchases of $20 or more! 
 

AWP OFF-SITE READINGS CO-SPONSORED BY LITMUS PRESS
 
Thursday, March 1, 2012; 7 pm
Poets and Hot Dogs: A Reading
Comment by Mary Hawley on February 23, 2012 at 8:27am

At AWP I'll be part of a panel that's discussing Palabra Pura, a 7-year-old bilingual poetry series sponsored by the Guild Literary Complex (a longtime Chicago literary arts nonprofit). It's happening at 3 p.m. on Thursday, March 1. I would love to meet some SheWriters there and at other events! Here's more info:

R213. Out of the Melting Pot, Into the Fire—Building and Sustaining a Culturally-Specific Reading Series (Mary Hawley, Paul Martinez-Pompa, Johanny Vázquez Paz, Yolanda Nieves) Wiliford A, Hilton Chicago, 3rd Floor Eavesdrop on administrators, curators, and featured artists discussing the dynamic, sometimes conflicted history of Chicago’s longest-running Latino reading series: the Guild Literary Complex’s Palabra Pura. In its seventh year, PP juggles a long-standing mission of culture-specific work with the need for regular reinvention. This discussion touches on issues of race and authenticity, cultural production and ownership, as well as community outreach and institutional integrity. In other words, it can get heated.

Comment by Kamy Wicoff on February 23, 2012 at 8:10am

Also wanted to plug the reading that will take place before the reception on Saturday...

Woman Made Gallery Welcomes Women Who Write: Strong Words, Strong Voices

Location: Woman Made Gallery, 685 N Milwaukee Ave 

Cost: Free

Website: http://www.womanmade.org/poetry.html

This year, Woman Made Gallery celebrates 20 years of supporting the creative endeavors of women around the world. Literature has been prominently featured among gallery programs, including poetry readings, often organized around the themes of the concurrent art exhibit. Honoring Women’s History Month, we bring together five seasoned poets with distinctive voices, vision and presence: Kim Addonizio, Brenda Cardenas, Nina Corwin, Patricia Spears Jones and Patricia Smith. The reading will be followed by a conversation and celebration hosted by six prominent women’s literary organizations from around the country.

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