The Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference

Schedule / Events

Some of the events listed here are open only to registered workshop participants (and marked with an *). All other events are free and open to the public. All afternoon panel discussions and evening faculty readings, Monday through Thursday, are free and open to the public.

>>Weekend Conference, June 14-15, 2008

Saturday, June 14

*9 am: Workshop check-in and welcome for weekend workshop participants, Bailey Library (228 Andrews Hall).
*10 am to noon: Workshop, Andrews Hall
*2 pm to 4 pm: Workshop, Andrews Hall

Sunday, June 15

*10 am to noon: Workshop, Andrews Hall
*2 pm to 4 pm: Workshop, Andrews Hall

>>Week-long Conference, June 15-20

Sunday, June 15

*5 pm check-in and welcome for week-long workshop participants, Bailey Library (228 Andrews Hall).
*6 pm Reception (cash bar with wine/beer), banquet, and conversation with Kurt Andersen, for week-long registrants only; Union Ballroom.

Monday, June 16

*9 am to noon: Workshop, Andrews Hall.
12:30-1:30 pm: Open-mike readings by workshop registrants, Bailey Library (228 Andrews Hall).

2:30 pm (free and open to the public)
The Raw Material: Writing about your life in memoir, poetry, and fiction (Ross Media Arts Center; 313 N. 13th St.) Featuring: Kim Addonizio, Anthony Hawley, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Aaron Raz Link, Hilda Raz

3:30 pm (free and open to the public)
A Reporter’s Notes: Writing for newspapers and magazines. (Ross Media Arts Center; 313 N. 13th St.) Featuring: Meghan Daum, Curtis Sittenfeld, Sean Wilsey, Alan Zarembo (investigative journalist and science writer for the LA Times).

7:30 pm (free and open to the public)
An evening with Prairie Schooner: Readings by Hilda Raz, Brock Clarke, and Jesse Lee Kercheval (Great Plains Art Museum; 1155 Q St., Hewit Place)

Tuesday, June 17

*9 am to noon: Workshop, Andrews Hall.
12:30-1:30 pm: Open-mike readings by workshop registrants, Bailey Library (228 Andrews Hall).

2:30 pm (free and open to the public)
Inside the Publishing Industry part one: A conversation with literary agents Jessica Regel and Renee Zuckerbrot (Ross Media Arts Center; 313 N. 13th St.)

3:30 pm (free and open to the public)
Inside the Publishing Industry part two: A discussion of the commercial and literary marketplaces (Ross Media Arts Center; 313 N. 13th St.) Featuring: Denise Banker (publicist, Copper Canyon Press), Harley Jane Kozak, Ladette Randolph, Jessica Regel, Renee Zuckerbrot

7:30 pm (free and open to the public)
Readings by Aaron Raz Link, Anthony Hawley, and Harley Jane Kozak (Great Plains Art Museum; 1155 Q St., Hewit Place)

Wednesday, June 18

*9 am to noon: Workshop, Andrews Hall.
12:30-1:30 pm: Open-mike readings by workshop registrants, Bailey Library (228 Andrews Hall).

2:30 pm (free and open to the public)
The Spark: Getting inspired to write (Ross Media Arts Center; 313 N. 13th St.) Featuring: Kim Addonizio, Jesse Lee Kercheval, Curtis Sittenfeld

3:30 pm (free and open to the public)
Viral Epidemic: A discussion of pop culture and cultivating a cult following (Ross Media Arts Center; 313 N. 13th St.) Featuring: Kelly Braffet, Meghan Daum, Owen King, Harley Jane Kozak

6 p.m. Special one-hour edition of BookTalk (broadcast on KZUM Radio 89.3 FM or www.kzum.org) with readings by Nebraska Summer Writers' Conference participants.

7:30 pm (free and open to the public)
Readings by Curtis Sittenfeld, Sean Wilsey, and Meghan Daum (Great Plains Art Museum; 1155 Q St., Hewit Place)

Thursday, June 19

*9 am to noon: Workshop, Andrews Hall.
12:30-1:30 pm: Open-mike readings by workshop registrants, Bailey Library (228 Andrews Hall).

2:30 pm (free and open to the public)
But Please Submit Again...: A conversation with editors of anthologies and some of the nation’s top literary magazines, including Prairie Schooner, McSweeney’s, and the Cincinnati Review (Ross Media Arts Center; 313 N. 13th St.) Featuring: Brock Clarke, Owen King, Hilda Raz, Sean Wilsey

3:30 pm (free and open to the public)
Weaving the Web: Publishing and promoting online (Ross Media Arts Center; 313 N. 13th St.) Featuring: Denise Banker, Kelly Braffet, Brock Clarke, Anthony Hawley

7:30 pm (free and open to the public)
Readings by Kim Addonizio and Timothy Schaffert (Great Plains Art Museum; 1155 Q St., Hewit Place)

Friday, June 20

*9 am to noon: Workshop, Andrews Hall.
12:15-1:15 pm: Open-mike readings by workshop registrants, Bailey Library (228 Andrews Hall).

*1:30 pm
Readings by faculty, from works in progress (Ross Media Arts Center; 313 N. 13th St.)

*2:30 pm
Farewell tea (Ross Media Arts Center; 313 N. 13th St.)