Sinclair Community College’s 35thAnnual Writers’ Workshop
Friday, April 24, 2009 11-5 p.m. David H. Ponitz Sinclair Center, Building 12
KEYNOTE Jim Daniels: The Artist in Troubled Times  Jim Daniels is best known as a major figure in working-class poetry in the United States. Since 1981, Daniels has been on the faculty of the creative writing program at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, where he is the Thomas Stockham Baker Professor of English. He won the inaugural Brittingham Prize in Poetry in 1985 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was educated at Alma College and Bowling Green State University. His books include Places/Everyone, Punching Out, M-80, and Blessing the House. WORKSHOP PROGRAM 11-12:00 p.m.  Registration, Building 12, outside Charity Earley Auditorium. 12-1:00 p.m.  Keynote address by Jim Daniels: Charity Earley Auditorium. 1:15-2:30 p.m.  Workshop Session A. 2:30-2:45 p.m.  Refreshment break, north end of first floor. 2:45-4:00 p.m.  Workshop Session B. 5:00-6:00 p.m.  Reception: Charity Earley Auditorium.  This is a chance to enjoy refreshments, mingle with the workshop presenters, and network with fellow writers. WORKSHOP SESSIONS   Jim Daniels: The Poet’s Response Our keynote speaker will also be presenting sessions at the Writers’ Workshop. Join Jim to explore ways in which writers can reach into their inner selves to find their personal artistic response to rapidly changing and often turbulent times. David Lee Garrison: Writing Poetry David Lee Garrison teaches Spanish, Portuguese, and Comparative Literature at Wright State University, and he has led writing workshops at various other colleges and universities.  His poems, essays, and translations have appeared in literary magazines all over the country, and his co-edited anthology, O Taste and See: Food Poems (Bottom Dog Press), won the 2004 American Poetry Anthology Award from Pudding House Press.  Two poems from his latest book, Sweeping the Cemetery (Browser Books), were read by Garrison Keillor on his nationally-syndicated radio program The Writer’s Almanac. Join David as he provides exercises and insights to help you writer better poetry and get your work published. Judy Johnson: Editing Your Work for Publication Judy A. Johnson has been a freelance writer of educational materials for nine years, following careers in teaching, librarianship, and editing. Her first book, A Week to Pray About It, was published in 2006. Her nonfiction articles and poems have appeared in Karamu, Mars Hill Review, Caring4Cancer, and Crone: Women Coming of Age, as well as online at nimblespirit.com and explorefaith.org. Join Judy as she provides tips on getting your writing in shape to submit to editors and – once your work is accepted – how to work with publishers to make sure your writing is presented to the public in the best way possible. Rebecca Morean: Awaking the Writer Within Rebecca Morean is a novelist, short story writer, essayist, and grant writer. She’s the author of In the Dead of Winter (St. Martin’s Press) along with numerous stories and articles. An assistant professor of English at Sinclair Community College, she’s the director for the college’s annual creative writing contest. She also serves as a board member for the Antioch Writers’ Workshop, and teaches workshops on a variety of writing-related topics. She lives in Yellow Springs, Ohio. Join Rebecca as she provides advice and exercises on finding and liberating your individual writer’s voice. BOOKSELLERS TABLE Presenters’ books will be available for purchase and signing throughout the workshop. PARKING PASSES Parking passes for the underground parking garage beneath Building 12 ONLY are available for $2.00 in the office of Corporate and Community Services, room 12-101 FEE Registration for the workshop is $25. Sinclair students, faculty, staff may attend free of charge. Senior citizens may also attend free of charge. REGISTRATION FORM