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By Erin Wood
On November 9–10, 2018, The C.D. Wright Women Writers Conference will host its second annual event at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway, headlined by poet Allison Joseph and essayist and fiction writer Megan Mayhew Bergman.
The conference is open to all, though it will cater to women and women-identifying writers from all genres and all experience levels. Last year, the inaugural conference hosted more than 190 writers and fostered professional growth, friendships, and publishing contracts.
Conference attendees have the option of registering for pre-conference writing workshops. These two workshops will take place on the UCA campus on Friday, November 9.
Monda Strange Fason will facilitate the workshop “Diving into the Wreck: #MeToo and the Power of Telling,” an exploration of our collective and personal #MeToo power. Women writers have become increasingly bold about sharing their stories and holding offenders accountable.
Though painful and difficult, these stories are inspiring profou
nd bravery around the world. Fason will lead attendees through a series of inspirational images and stories to help encourage the voices we so desperately need to hear, which of course, includes yours.
Amy Letter will facilitate “Comics 101,” where you can receive hands-on instruction in the basics of comics, including character creation, word balloons, layout, rendering, motion effects, and more.
At a time when publishers are making more serious efforts to publish graphic novels, memoirs, and comic books written by women, this is a workshop you won’t want to miss.
Seating is limited, so register today at cdwrightconference.org/conference or contact director Sandy Longhorn at cdwrightconference@gmail.com or 501-450-5108.
A Hot Springs native, Erin Wood is a writer, editor, and publisher in Little Rock. She owns and runs Et Alia Press (etaliapress.com). She is editor of and a contributor to Scars: An Anthology and is currently at work on Women Makers of Arkansas, featuring 50+ women creatives. Wood’s work has appeared in Catapult, The Rumpus, Ms. Magazine’s Blog, Psychology Today, Tales from the South, and elsewhere, and was a Best American Essays notable.
