2009 Winter Residency Schedule

Thursday, 1/1                                                                                                                         

• 12:00 – 3:00 – Registration/ Hotel Check-In – Downtown Lexington Hotel
• 3:30 – 4:30 – Orientation Meeting with Program Coordinator – Young Smith
• 5:30 – 7:30 – Opening Banquet (Compliments of MFA Program)
• 8:00 – EKU Faculty Reading #1 – R Dean Johnson and Young Smith
• Reception (Salon Room)

Friday, 1/2                                                                                                                              

• 9:00 – 12:00 – Workshop #1 – Julie Hensley/ Derek Nikitas
• 12:15 – Lunch – (Optional, Location TBA)
• 2:00 – 3:15 – Planning/Discussion Meeting for the 2009 AWP Conference in Chicago, Feb. 11th-15th– Young Smith
• 3:30 – 4:45 – Craft Lecture/ Writing Practicum – R Dean Johnson
• 6:00 – Dinner & Night on the Town in Lexington (Locations TBA)

Saturday, 1/3                                                                                                                          

• 9:00 – 12:00 – Workshop #2 – Julie Hensley/ Derek Nikitas
• 12:15 – Lunch – (Optional, Location TBA)
• 1:30 – 2:45 – Discussion of Publishing Strategies/ Writing Contests – Young Smith
• 3:00 – 4:15 – Craft Lecture/ Writing Practicum – R Dean Johnson
• 5:30 – Dinner (Optional, Brooklyn Pizza)
• 7:30 – EKU Faculty Reading #2 – Julie Hensley and Derek Nikitas
• Reception (Salon Room)

Sunday, 1/4                                                                                                                            

• 12:00 – Lunch (Optional, Location TBA)
• 2:00 – 5:00 – Workshop #3 – Julie Hensley/ Derek Nikitas
• 6:00 – Dinner with Rick Hilles and Nancy Reisman – (Optional, Bombay Brazier)
• 7:30 – Reading – Rick Hilles
• Reception (Salon Room)

Monday, 1/5                                                                                                                           

• 9:00 – 10:15 – Craft Lecture/ Writing Practicum – R Dean Johnson
• 10:30 -11:45 – Craft Lecture/ Writing Practicum – Nancy Reisman
• 12:00 – Lunch – (Optional, Location TBA)
• 1:30 – 2:45 – Craft Lecture/ Writing Practicum – Rick Hilles
• 3:00 – 5:00 – Organizational Meeting – Literary Journal – Russell Helms
• 6:00 – Dinner with Rick Hilles and Nancy Reisman – (Optional, Natasha’s Cafe)
• 7:30 –Reading – Nancy Reisman
• Reception (Salon Room)

Tuesday, 1/6                                                                                                                           

• 9:00 – 12:00 – Workshop # 4 – Julie Hensley/ Derek Nikitas
• 12:15 – Lunch – (Optional, Location TBA)
• 1:00 – 3:00 – Organizational Meeting – Literary Journal – Russell Helms
• 3:15 – 5:45 – Individual Conferences – Julie Hensley, Derek Nikitas, Young Smith 
• 6:00 – Dinner – (Optional, Brooklyn Pizza)
• 7:30 – MFA Student Reading
• Reception (Salon Room)

Wednesday, 1/7                                                                                                                     

• 9:00 – 12:00 – Workshop # 5 – Julie Hensley/ Derek Nikitas
• 12:15 – Lunch – (Optional, Location TBA)
• 1:00 – 2:15 – Discussion of Writing Residencies, Colonies, and Contests – Young Smith
• 2:30 – 4:00 – Panel Discussion – Visiting Editors - Marc Fitten, Linda Frost, Russell Helms, Megan Sexton
• 4:15 – 5:30 – Craft Lecture/ Writing Practicum – R Dean Johnson
• 6:00 – Dinner with Marc Fitten and Megan Sexton – (Optional, Alfalfa)
• 7:30 – Reading – Marc Fitten, Megan Sexton
• Reception (Salon Room)

Thursday, 1/8                                                                                                                         

• 9:00 – 12:00 – Workshop # 6 – Julie Hensley/ Derek Nikitas
• 12:15 – Lunch – (Optional, Location TBA)
• 1:30 – 2:45 – Craft Lecture/ Writing Practicum – Jim Tomlinson
• 3:00 – 5:45 – Individual Conferences – Julie Hensley, Derek Nikitas, Young Smith 
• 6:00 – Dinner with Joanie Mackowski – (Optional, Atomic Cafe)
• 7:30 – Reading – Joanie Mackowski
• Reception (Salon Room)

Friday, 1/9                                                                                                                              

• 9:00 – 10:15 – Craft Lecture/ Writing Practicum – Joanie Mackowski
• 10:30 – 11:45 – Craft Lecture/ Writing Practicum – Derek Nikitas
• 12:00 – Lunch – (Optional, Location TBA)
• 1:30 – 2:45  – Craft Lecture/ Writing Practicum – Julie Hensley
• 3:00 – 5:45 – Individual Conferences– Julie Hensley, Derek Nikitas, Young Smith 
• 6:00 – Dinner with Jim Tomlinson – (Optional, Alfalfa)
• 7:30 – Reading – Jim Tomlinson
• Reception (Salon Room)

Saturday, 1/10                                                                                                                        

• 10:45 – 12:00 – Planning/ Discussion Meeting for the Summer Residency in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico – Young Smith & Last Year’s Mexico Students
• 12:15 – Lunch with Julianna Baggott – (Optional, Location TBA)
• 1:30 – 2:45 – Craft Lecture/ Writing Practicum – Julianna Baggott
• 3:00 – 5:00 – Individual Conferences– R Dean Johnson, Julie Hensley, Derek Nikitas, Young Smith
• 5:30 – 7:30 – Closing Banquet (Compliments of MFA Program)
• 8:00 – Reading – Julianna Baggott
• Reception (Salon Room)

Sunday, 1/11                                                                                                                          

• Departures

2009 Summer Residency

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Mexico Summer Dates:
The Writing Workshops
in San Miguel de Allende
June 20 – July 17, 2009

For more information about the Summer Residency in San Miguel de Allende, please see:
http://lowres.uno.edu/sanmiguel/calendar08.cfm