The 30th Anniversary conference occured over two days, Friday and Saturday, September 11-12, 2009. The events from the 30th conference are listed below.
| Time |
Friday – Central Library Downtown |
Saturday – Carnegie Center |
| 8:30 - 9:00 a.m. |
- registration and continental breakfast
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- registration and continental breakfast
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| 9:00 - 10:15 a.m. |
- Jeffers - poetry workshop I
- Vreeland - fiction seminar I
- Edwards - book reviewing for writers
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- Jeffers - poetry workshop II
- Vreeland - fiction seminar I
- Green - online resources for writers
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| 10:30 - 11:45 a.m. |
- McKibbens - poetry workshop I
- Bent publishing seminar I
- Vreeland reading - Luncheon of the Boating Party
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- McKibbens - poetry workshop II
- Bent publishing seminar I
- Bingham reading - Red Car
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| 12 - 1:30 p.m. |
- 30th Anniversary Luncheon with Sallie Bingham ($15)
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| 1:30 - 2:45 p.m. |
- Goddard Jones - fiction workshop I - Text and Subtext
- Bingham workshop - memoir
- Finney - poetry workshop I
- McCauley and Muhammed panel
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- Goddard Jones - fiction workshop II - Text and Subtext
- Kaboom conversation - writing groups
- Finney - poetry workshop II
- Young Women Writers - reading
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| 3:00 - 4:15 p.m. |
- Schutt - fiction workshop I
- KY Publishers panel
- Reading: 3 Gabehart Winners
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- Schutt - fiction workshop II
- Alexander, Finney, Jeffers - panel on poetry and spirituality
- Bent manuscript meetings
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| 4:30 - 5:30 p.m. |
- Goddard Jones and Finney - reading
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| 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. |
- dinner - on your own
- 90 Seconds Open Mic - at Natasha's
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| 7:30 - 9:00 p.m. |
- McCauley - Sonia Sanchez Series
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- Alexander and Jeffers - Hardwick/ Jones reading
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