Except where indicated, all events take place on the campus of Bowling Green State University in Bowling Green, Ohio. All times are Eastern. We recommend pre-registration for workshop sessions, though registration will remain open onsite through the festival. All events are free and open to the public.
Thursday
7:30 pm-8:30 pm, Prout Chapel
Guest reading by Alumna Paula J. Lambert and poet Juan Armando Rojas
Friday
2:00 pm, 3rd floor Education Building
Onsite Registration and Check-in Begins
2:30 pm-3:30 pm, Education Building
Coffee hour
3:30-6:15 pm, Education Building
Workshops, sessions A and B
6:30-8:30 pm, Education Building
Friday Night Game Night: We will have board games, tabletop games, conversation tables, and more. Join us to learn more about all the folks with whom you’re writing.
Special event: Winter Yeet! Bring a draft of something you’ve written that you absolutely detest–something that you just haven’t been able to wrestle into shape. We’ll read a bit of our dreadful drafts and throw them into a fire! Takes place outside the Education Building.
Saturday
9:00 am, 3rd floor Education Building
Registration and Check-in Table Opens
9:30 am-4:30 pm, 3rd floor Education Building
Small Press and Literary Organization Fair
9:30 am-5:15 pm, Education Building
Creative Workshops, sessions C, D, E, and F
1:15 pm-2:15 pm, Education Building
Feature reading by area writers Jonie McIntire and Dave Essinger
5:30 pm-7:30 pm, Howard’s in downtown Bowling Green
Open Mic and Reception, plus the finale of the Flash Fiction Battle to the Death