DePaul Summer Writing Conference

Lectures by esteemed writers, craft classes taught by some of the country's best writers and panel discussions on literary and practical topics make up the program of this new three-day conference. Participants will also enjoy the opportunity to take the podium and read from their own work.

DePaul Continuing and Professional Education program partners with the Department of English at DePaul and the Chicago Public Library on this one-of-a-kind event in downtown Chicago. You can sign up for the entire three days of the conference for $250 or select individual days that interest you for $100 each.

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DePaul Summer Writing Conference Schedule, July 17-19, 2009
NOTE ON ENTERING THE DEPAUL CENTER: Please enter the DePaul Center at the 333 S. State Street entrance and use the elevator bank closest to Barnes & Noble; also, on Sunday, 7/19, because of fire code requirements, all participants will need to sign the DePaul Center’s building log.


Day 1, Friday, July 17:
10:00 a.m.- 2:00 p.m.
Registration: the conference begins with check-in and also open registration (checks or credit cards only) (Chicago Public Library main level)

11:00 a.m.-1:30 p.m.
Faculty Book Sales (Chicago Public Library lower level)

12:00-1:00 p.m.
Welcome & Keynote: “Writing & Responsibility”: Achy Obejas (Chicago Public Library’s Pritzker Auditorium)

2:00-4:00 p.m. Craft Classes:
*Poetry Class: “Basho’s Guide to Writing an Image”: James Shea (DePaul Center 8002)

*Fiction Class: "From Character to Action: Working on the move that is the hallmark of literary fiction": Dan Stolar (DePaul Center 8005)

*Nonfiction Class: "Writing What You Don't Know You Know: Discovery in Creative Nonfiction": Michele Morano (DePaul Center 8010)


3:30-4:30 p.m. Faculty Book Sales (DePaul Center, 8th floor, Conference Services lobby)

5:00-7:00 p.m. Faculty Book Sales (DePaul Center Terrace, 11th floor)

5:30-6:30 p.m.: Readings (DePaul Center Terrace, 11th floor): Achy Obejas (fiction), Michele Morano (nonfiction), David Trinidad (poetry)

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Day 2, Saturday, July 18:
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Registration (checks or credit cards only) (DePaul Center 8th floor Conference Services lobby)

11:00a.m.-4:00 p.m.
Faculty Book Sales (DePaul Center 8th floor Conference Services lobby)

11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m. Craft Classes:
*Poetry Class: “Poetry as Play”: Chris Green (DePaul Center 8002)

*Fiction Class: “Wait, Wait, Don't Give up on Me Yet - I'm Just Getting to the Good Part: Writing Effective Openings”: Christine Sneed (DePaul Center 8005)

*Nonfiction Class: “Research 101”: Miles Harvey (DePaul Center 8010)

1:00 p.m.-2:00 p.m.
Registration (checks or credit cards only) (DePaul Center 8th floor Conference Services lobby)

2:00-3:00 p.m.
Panel: “Publishing in Literary Magazines”: Garnett Kilberg Cohen (fiction), Tony Trigilio (poetry), Eula Biss (nonfiction) (DePaul Center 8005)

3:00-4:00 p.m.:
Publication Panels:

*Panel: “Publishing Poetry Chapbooks and Books”: Tony Trigilio, Josh Corey, Kristy Bowen (DePaul Center 8002)

*Panel: “Publishing Novels and Short Story Collections”: Dan Stolar, Garnett Kilberg Cohen, Bayo Ojikutu (DePaul Center 8005)

*Panel: “Publishing Nonfiction Books”: Michele Morano, Miles Harvey, Eula Biss (DePaul Center 8010)

5:00-7:00 p.m. Faculty Book Sales (DePaul Center Terrace, 11th floor)

5:30-6:30 p.m.:
Readings: Dan Stolar (fiction), Miles Harvey (nonfiction), Martha Modena Vertreace-Doody (poetry) (DePaul Center Terrace, 11th floor)

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Day 3, Sunday, July 19:
9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.
Registration (checks or credit cards only) (DePaul Center 8th floor Conference Services lobby)

10:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Faculty Book Sales (DePaul Center 8th floor Conference Services lobby)

10:00-11:45 a.m. Craft Classes:
*Poetry Class: “Meditation and Writing”: Tony Trigilio (DePaul Center 8009)

*Fiction Class: “Writing the Novel in the Short-Short Age”: Bayo Ojikutu (DePaul Center 8005)

*Memoir Class: "Voice Lessons: Crafting an Engaging Narrator in Memoir": Michele Morano (DePaul Center 8010)

12:00-1:00 p.m.
Sack Lunch Panel:
Panel: “Finding Jobs as a Creative Writer”: Tony Trigilio, Ellen Wadey, Paula McQuade (DePaul Center 8005)

1:30-4:00 p.m.
Faculty Book Sales (Chicago Public Library lower level)

2:00-3:00 p.m.
Closing Panel:
Panel: “Ethics in Memoir”: Michele Morano, Jackie Taylor, and Carol LaChapelle (Chicago Public Library’s Pritzker Auditorium)

3:00 – 4:00 p.m.
Conference Participants Open Mike (sign-up sheets for 3 minute reading slots will be passed out in the craft classes on Sunday morning) & Scholarship Winners Reading: Kristen Ravel (Poetry), Erin Gadd (Fiction), and Jason Brown (Nonfiction)
(Chicago Public Library’s Pritzker Auditorium)