AWP #17

Saturday evening and I'm resting my tired legs from 4 days of AWP Conference in Washington D.C.  Tomorrow, it's back home with new reading material as well as tons of information to process.

Additionally, I was accepted into the AWP Writer 2 Writer Mentoring Program. Above I am standing with Diane Zinna who directs the innovative program that has to be one of the  most exciting member services available.

I am matched with a mentor Ken Waldman for the Spring session.  There are two sessions each year -  and so far about 200 writers have been through the program. I applied for the program 6 different sessions and finally was matched.  

On the final day I was able to meet Shaindel Beers, author of two poetry collections and one of my favorite poets. After reading both her books and interacting with her for several years no on social media it was cool to connect.

​One of the most fascinating panels I attended was the Manifesto Project. I also picked up a copy of the Manifesto Project published by Akron University Press. I'm sure I will have more to say about this work in the near future.