PORT TOWNSEND — Novelists, playwrights and poets are invited to participate in the 2016 Port Townsend Writers’ Conference, taking place Sunday through July 23 at Fort Worden State Park.
During the conference, a diverse selection of prose writers and poets read from their work in a series of free public events, with authors reading each evening.
Unless otherwise noted, readings take place at the Joseph F. Wheeler Theater at 25 Eisenhower Way.
■ 7:15 p.m. Sunday — Sayantani Dasgupta and Jonathan Evison.
■ 7 p.m. Monday — Joy Passanante and Sam Ligon.
■ 7 p.m. Tuesday — Greg Glazner and Marvin Bell.
■ 7 p.m. Wednesday — Shawn Vestal and Melissa Febos; Northwind Arts Center, 701 Water St.
■ 7 p.m. Thursday — Debra Gwartney and Helena María Viramontes.
■ 7 p.m. July 22 — Joseph Millar and Pam Houston.
■ 7 p.m. July 23 — Dorianne Laux and Kwame Dawes.
Centrum established the conference in 1974. It offers morning workshops, afternoon workshops, residencies, guided free writes and a reading and lecture series.
Ligon serves as the conference’s artistic director beginning this year.
He is the author of Drift and Swerve, a collection of stories, and two novels, Safe in Heaven Dead and Among the Dead and Dreaming.
Workshops
Registration is required for workshops. Participants can register online at http://tinyurl.com/pdn-writers-conference.
Those who register for a core morning workshop will spend each morning in workshops with faculty members.
The conference features afternoon workshop offerings in special topics.
These workshops are taught both by the morning faculty members and by visiting writers and editors.
They are available on a drop-in basis free to participants registered for a morning workshop and at a special price of $200 to $300 for those who want to take only the afternoon workshops.
Many participants attend the conference simply to write and do not attend the workshops.
According to the Centrum website: “This option gives participants the opportunity to take the time and space required to disconnect from daily life and write and revise.”
Part of registration
As part of this registration, participants have access to all of the craft lectures, evening readings and open-mic events that are part of the conference.
For more information, visit http://tinyurl.com/PDN-Writers-Conference.
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