Schedule-at-a-Glance
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 2
| 8:00 – 9:30 am | Check-In Open | MHRA Lobby |
| 8:30 am – 5:00 pm | Exhibit Tables & Book Sales Open | MHRA Lobby |
| 9:30 – 11 am | Session I | |
| Fiction Master Class: Texture and Context – History and Legend in Your Writing with Valerie Nieman | MHRA 1213 | |
| Poetry Master Class: Slippin’ into the Future: Managing Time in Poems with Ross White | MHRA 1209 | |
| Basics of the Book Business with Jamie Rogers Southern | MHRA 1214 | |
| On Trying to Be “Poetic” with Joseph Mills | MHRA 1206 | |
| Body Writing: Expressing the Physical with Words with Halle Hill | MHRA 1215 | |
| When YA Lit Gets Personal: Writing about Self and Family with Zackary Vernon | MHRA 1207 | |
| From Frankenstein to Firefly: Genre Blending for Stronger Stories with Michael G. Williams | MHRA 1204 | |
| 11:15 am – 12:15 pm | Faculty Readings A – M: MHRA 1214 N – Z: MHRA 1215 | MHRA 1214/1215 |
| 12:15 – 1:30 pm | Lunch Break Bring your own, visit one of the nearby eateries, or join the first-ever Fall Conference Pizza Party in exchange for a donation in any amount. | |
| 1:30 – 3 pm | Session II | |
| Fiction Master Class with Valerie Nieman (cont.) | MHRA 1213 | |
| Poetry Master Class with Ross White (cont.) | MHRA 1209 | |
| What to Talk About When You Talk About Book Design with Kate Arden McMullen | MHRA 1204 | |
| Poetry, Trauma, and Restraint with Julie Funderburk | MHRA 1206 | |
| Action Out Loud: An Approach to Dialogue with Jacob Paul | MHRA 1215 | |
| Bending Reality: Transforming Your Ideas into Speculative Fiction with Michele Berger | MHRA 1214 | |
| Writing for Pages, Writing for Stages with Erica McGee | MHRA 1207 | |
| 3:30 – 4:30 pm | Open Mic Readings I – 1214 Open Mic Readings II – 1215 Sign up at the registration table | MHRA 1214/1215 |
| 4:45 – 5:45 pm | Slush Pile Live! | MHRA 1214 |