KENTUCKY WOMEN WRITERS CONFERENCE 2011

September 15 – 18, 2011

The Carnegie Center will be hosting the daytime sessions of the 2011 Kentucky Women Writers Conference, the longest-running literary festival of women in the nation. There will also be several free evening events, open to all, at various Lexington venues.

-Conference Itinerary

The conference daytime sessions, open to those who have registered for the conference, will take place at the Carnegie Center on Friday, September 16 and Saturday, September 18.

View the full itinerary for the daytime sessions of the conference.

Register for the conference through the website.

-Conference Presenters

Read more about the conference presenters and special guests here.

Small-Group Writing Workshops

In order to register for these small-group writing workshops, you must first purchase a two-day or student pass to attend the Kentucky Women Writers Conference. Purchase a pass and enroll in one of these workshops here.

Workshop in Poetry with Lynnell Edwards

“Writing the Poetry of Your Dreams” with Krista Franklin

Workshop in Poetry with Aimee Nezhukumatathil

Workshop in Poetry with Susan Stewart (Saturday only)

Workshop in Short Fiction with special guest Sallie Bingham

Workshop in Fiction with Danzy Senna (closed)

“Voice and Persona in First-Person Narrative” with Kim Dana Kupperman

Free Events

The Poetry of Resilience—A Work in Progress, a film by Katja Esson, and Waterbody, a film by Bianca Spriggs.
September 15, 2011, 8 p.m., The Kentucky Theatre

Sonia Sanchez Series featuring Tananarive Due
September 16, 2011, 4 p.m., The Carnegie Center

Gypsy Poetry Slam, a spoken-word competition. This year our feature poet is Krista Franklin.
September 16, 2011, 8 p.m., Downtown Arts Center

An evening with Francine Prose & Danzy Senna September 17, 2011, 8 p.m., Memorial Hall, Univ. of KY

The Carnegie Center and Boomslang Music Festival present the annual “Stars with Accents” with Jan Isenhour, Honoree Fannone Jeffers, & more. Katerina Stoykova-Klemer, host of WRFL’s Accents – a radio show for literature, art and culture – will MC the event and lead a Q&A following the readers.
September 18, 2011, 7 p.m., Carnegie Center

More information:

For more information on the Kentucky Women Writers Conference, you may visit their website, or call 859-257-2874.

(Pictured above, left to right: Lynnell Edwards, Tananarive Due, Kim Dana Kupperman, Danzy Senna, and Katja Esson.)