Regional Literary Events Archives
March 2008
Saturday, March 1—Poetry Workshop with Dannye Romine Powell, in Charlotte, NC. Writers will learn techniques for starting, shaping and revising their work, and may bring up to three poems to the class for in-class revision. Powell is the award-winning author of Parting the Curtains, The Ecstasy of Regret, and At Every Wedding Someone Stays Home. Her poems appear in such journals as the Paris Review, Prairie Schooner and the Georgia Review. She has received fellowships from the N.E.A., and is news columnist at the Charlotte Observer. The class is open to any writer, and will meet on Saturday from 12:30-5:30 at the J.C.C., 5007 Providence Road. The cost is $75, or $70 for Workshop members. Registration is in advance since class size is limited, either online (www.twwoa.org ), or by mail: The Writers' Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville, NC, 28805. For more information please contact WritersW@gmail.com - or call 828-254-8111.
Saturday, March 8—Turning Fiction Into Screenplay with John P. McAfee, in Asheville, NC. Writers of novels and short stories will learn how to turn their work into a screenplay. The class will receive tips on polishing their writing - what to leave out, what to add, and how to find information on marketing, understanding contracts, and more. Information on using screenplay software, Final Draft, will also be given. McAfee is author of two novels, Slow Walk in A Sad Rain and On Rims of Empty Moons. He has sold the rights to Slow Walk and has been hired to write the screenplay. The class is open to any writer, and will meet on Saturday from 10am to 4pm at 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville. The cost is $75, or $70 for Workshop members. Registration is in advance since class size is limited, either online ( www.twwoa.org ), or by mail: The Writers' Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville, NC, 28805. For more information please contact WritersW@gmail.com - or call 828-254-8111.
Saturday, March 8—Writing Fantasy with K. Gail McAbee, in Charlotte, NC. The class will study the elements of writing fantasy and science fiction for young adults, such as designing a believable world and creating memorable characters. Discussion will include books by C.S. Lewis, Tolkien, and Heinlein. Three pages or a synopsis may be brought to the class for review. McAbee is the author of The Dark Legacy , Flight To Malmillard, Escape the Past, and Bewitched By Darkness. She won the Dorothy Parker Award and First Place in the Writers' Journal Fiction Contest, and is Artist in Residence for the S.C. Arts Commission. The class is open to any writer, and will meet on Saturday from 12:30-5:30 at the J.C.C., 5007 Providence Road. The cost is $75, or $70 for Workshop members. Registration is in advance since class size is limited, either online (www.twwoa.org ), or by mail: The Writers' Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville, NC, 28805. For more information please contact WritersW@gmail.com - or call 828-254-8111.
Saturday, March 8—Appalachian Heritage will have a booth set up at the Ohio River Festival of Books held at the Big Sandy Superstore Arena in Huntington, West Virginia, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. http://www.ohioriverbooks.org/
Wednesday, March 12—Kevin Stewart, author of the recently published collection of short stories The Way Things Always Happen Here, will be on the Alderson-Broaddus campus to read from and discuss his work at 7:00 p.m. in the Humanities Division Lounge, 206 Withers-Brandon Hall. The presentation will be followed by a writing workshop. The public is invited to attend both the presentation and the workshop. Stewart, a native of Princeton, West Virginia, won the Texas Review Novella Prize for "Margot," as well as numerous other awards. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Appalachian Heritage, The Southeast Review, Shenandoah, Louisiana Literature, and elsewhere. For more information about the presentation or about the creative writing program at Alderson-Broaddus, contact Professor Carol Del Col at 457-6301 or delcolcs@ab.edu.
Saturday, March 15—Writing Your Memoirs with Karen Ackerson, in Asheville, NC. The class will receive information on writing memoirs - collecting data, creating a timeline, and focusing on personal epiphanies. Excerpts from award-winning memoirs will be discussed, and in-class writing exercises will help students identify memorable life events. Three pages may be brought to the class for review by Ackerson, who has edited and revised memoirs with The Renbourne Agency for 18 years. The class is open to any writer, and will meet on Saturday from 10am to 4pm at 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville. The cost is $75, or $70 for Workshop members. Registration is in advance since class size is limited, either online ( www.twwoa.org ), or by mail: The Writers' Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville, NC, 28805. For more information please contact WritersW@gmail.com - or call 828-254-8111.
Sunday, March 20—Wednesday, March 23—“Split This Rock Poetry Festival: Poems of Provocation & Witness” will take place in Washington, D.C. Several panels, discussions and workshops are planned. Some of the poets to be at this event are Lucille Clifton, Joy Harjo, Naomi Shihab Nye, Sharon Olds, Brian Gilmore, and Kenneth Carroll. For more information, visit www.splitthisrock.org.
Saturday, March 22—Getting Published with Ed Schubert, in Asheville, NC. Writers of fiction and non-fiction books and articles will learn how to prepare their work, such as writing the cover letter, query letter and synopsis; where to submit your work; the differences between selling fiction and non-fiction; how to find a reputable agent, and more. In-class writing exercises will also be given. Schubert is editor of Orson Scott Card's science fiction magazine, InterGalactic Medicine Show, Diversity Woman Magazine, and N.C. Career Network Magazine. The class is open to any writer, and will meet on Saturday from 11am to 5pm at 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville. The cost is $75, or $70 for Workshop members. Registration is in advance since class size is limited, either online ( www.twwoa.org ), or by mail: The Writers' Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville, NC, 28805. For more information please contact WritersW@gmail.com - or call 828-254-8111.
Saturday, March 22—Screenwriting Workshop with Nathan Ross Freeman, in Charlotte, NC. Aspiring scriptwriters will learn elements of the screenplay such as format, characterization, dialogue, theme, conflict, and resolution. Three pages of work or a synopsis may be brought to the class for review. Freeman teaches writing at U.N.C.-Charlotte. His screenplays include Mr. Bones, Hannah Elias, Geist, and GEM. The class is open to any writer, and will meet on Saturday from 12:30-5:30pm at the J.C.C., 5007 Providence Road. The cost is $75, or $70 for Workshop members. Registration is in advance since class size is limited, either online (www.twwoa.org ), or by mail: The Writers' Workshop, 387 Beaucatcher Rd., Asheville, NC, 28805. For more information please contact WritersW@gmail.com - or call 828-254-8111.
Monday, March 24—Linda Parsons Marion will give her first reading of hew new collection of poetry, Mother Land, as part of the University of Tennessee Writers in the Library series. Judy Loest will also be reading. The event begins at 7 p.m.
Wednesday, March 26—Sunday, March 30—The Virginia Festival of the Book will be held in Charlottesville, Virginia. For more information, visit vabook.org.
Thursday, March 27—Saturday, March 29—The 20th annual Tennessee Mountain Writers Conference will be held in Oak Ridge, Tennessee at the DoubleTree Hotel. Featured speakers this year will be Terry Kay, Maurice Manning, Anne Shelby, Jimmy Carl Harris, and many more. For more information, visit www.tmwi.org.
Friday, March 28—Saturday, March 29—The 12th Annual Blue Ridge Writers’ Conference at the North Georgia Technical College in Blairsville, Georgia, sponsored by the Blue Ridge Mountains Art Association. The keynote speaker will be bestselling novelist, Joshilyn Jackson. Registration is $60. For more information, please visit http://brmaa.net/writers_conference.htm
Friday, March 28—Saturday, March 29—The biennial Chattanooga Festival of Writers will be held by the Arts and Education Council. The workshops on Saturday will include Research for Non-fiction Writing, Memoir Writing, Creating Great Characters, Playwrighting, Short Stories, and Screenwriting. Current CWG members get a 50% discount. To register, call 1-800-267-4232.
Friday, March 28-Sunday, March 30 –Appalachian Heritage will have a table set up at the Appalachian Studies Conference held on the Marshall University Campus in Huntington, West Virginia. http://www.appalachianstudies.org/conference/index.php
Friday, March 28-Sunday, March 30—The Appalachian Studies Association will hold its 31st annual conference in Huntington, West Virginia. The conference will be hosted by Marshall University.