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MCC Creative Writing Forum – October 28-29

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Join yours truly and fellow area wordsmiths, along with keynote speaker Sam Ligon, for the MCC Creative Writing Forum on Friday, October 28 and Saturday, October 29 at Metropolitan Community College’s Fort Omaha campus. This all things considered writing forum is highly recommended for aspiring and emerging writers looking to navigate the process, publishing and business sides of the craft.It’s a chance to hear from and ask questions of veteran writers from different genres and mediums. Networking opportunities abound.

Hope to see you at the Writing for Local Markets panel I am a part of from 9 to 10:20 a.m. on Saturday.

Full event details, presenter bios and registration information can be found or linked to below.

$45 Regular forum	Includes all sessions, hospitality and a copy of Sam Ligon’s book.
$25 Student forum	High school and college students. Includes all sessions, hospitality and a copy of Sam Ligon’s book.
$20 Friday only	Includes opening session, poetry slam and hospitality only.
$30 Saturday only	Includes Saturday sessions only and lunch buffet.

More details and presenter bios can be found at here.

Online registration can be found at creativewriting.brownpapertickets.com.

This year’s keynote speaker is Sam Ligon. He is an associate professor at Eastern Washington University in Spokane, Washington. Ligon is also the editor of Willow Springs and the artistic director of the Port Townsend Writers’ Conference. He is the author of two collection of stories, “Wonderland” and “Drift and Swerve,” as well as two novels, “Among the Dead and Dreaming” and “Safe in Heaven Dead.” His stories have appeared in The Quarterly, Alaska Quarterly Review, Story Quarterly, New England Review, Noise: Fiction Inspired by Sonic Youth, Post Road, Keyhole, Sleepingfish, Gulf Coast, Prairie Schooner, Okey-Panky and New Orleans Review. A recipient of a 2005 Artists Trust/Washington State Arts Commission Fellowship, Ligon holds an MA from the University of New Hampshire and an MFA from New School University.

MCC Creative Writing Forum

Friday, Oct. 28	Mule Barn, Building 21
6–7 p.m.	Opening reception: heavy hors d’oeuvres, cash bar, soda and water, networking.
7–8 p.m.	Reading and Q&A with Sam Ligon.
8:15–10 p.m.	Poetry Slam – coordinated by Matt Mason.
Saturday, Oct. 29	Swanson Conference Center, Building 22
8:30–9 a.m.	Check in, coffee, networking.
9–10:20 a.m.	Breakout session #1 (three sessions) Young adult reading and Q&A Lydia Kang, Tonya Kuper, Christie Rushenberg Writing for local markets Ryan Syrek, Kevin Coffey, Leo Adam Biga This panel will feature writers and editors from such publications as The Reader, the Omaha World-Herald and Omaha Magazine. Telling your (compelling) story Liz Kay and Brett Mertins Participants will be led through a series of questions and prompts to help find and focus on their central stories. Applicable for everything from novel pitches to scholarship application letters.
10:30–11:50 a.m.	Breakout session #2 (three sessions) Tell me about your process Stephen Coyne, Liz Kay, Tim Schaffert Several area authors will talk about where they get their ideas, how they do research, what their early drafts look like and all the revisions that happen before going to print. Slam poetry, process and performance Sara Lihz Staroska, Stacey Waite, Noni Williams This will be a panel presentation featuring Slam coaches and poets. Writing to get paid Lindsey Anne Baker, Danielle Herzog, Elizabeth Mack Successful freelance writers will talk about finding and pitching essays and articles.
Noon–12:30 p.m	Lunch buffet and networking.
12:30–2 p.m.	General session How to get published Sam Ligon and Q&A.

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