MAY 1st and 2nd in SIREN, WI
Click on speakers names for their bios
Friday, May 1st
6:30 – 9:30 p.m. Writers’ Roundtable (separate sessions for prose and poetry)
Saturday, May 2nd
8:00 – 9:00 Registration, coffee, and meeting each other
9:00 – 9:10 Opening Remarks
Robin Butler, Boyd Sutton, Denis Simonsen
9:10 – 9:30 Brief Presentation: Alan Ansorge Play
9:30 – 9:45 Book Sales/Signing/General Audience Admission
(Public access for Michael Perry’s 1st presentation only)
9:45 – 10:45 Michael Perry (1) – Stories from Home
10:45 – 11:00 Break – Book Sales/Signing
(People who came only for Perry’s presentation buy books and depart)
11:00 – 12:00 Michael Perry (2) – Freelancing, Publishing, and the Writing Process
12:00 – 12:15 Book Sales/Signing
12:00 – 1:00 Lunch
Explanation of Exhibit: Ladysmith Exhibit (writing & visual arts)
Brief Presentation: Tom King (reading/recitation)
Lindemann & Nelson Contest Awards
1:00 – 1:45 Michael Norman – How to gather and organize material for your writing
1:45 – 2:15 Youth Contest Awards (Denis Simonsen and LaMoine MacLaughlin)
1st place winners read their entries
Cassie Hanson Song
2:15 – 3:00 Beverly Larsen – Poetry is Significant
3:00 – 3:15 Break – Book Sales/Signing
3:15 – 4:15 Open Mic
4:15 – 4:20 Closing Remarks
