THURSDAY, OCTOBER 25

12:00 – 12:30 p.m. Registration

12:30 – 3:00 p.m. Workshop Session I

Beginning & Intermediate Fiction: Instructor – Martha Southgate

Beginning & Intermediate Poetry: Instructor – Dorianne Laux

Creative Nonfiction: Instructor – Dawn Raffel

3:30 – 4:45 p.m. Featured Reading with Dawn Raffel, book signing to follow, Free and open to the public, Green Hall, 2nd Floor Great Room, 35 Campus Avenue*

5:00 – 6:00 p.m. In Conversation: First Fiction with Mira T. Lee, Dariel Suarez, and Maria Mutch

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 26

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Workshop Session II

Beginning & Intermediate Fiction: Instructor – Martha Southgate

Beginning & Intermediate Poetry: Instructor – Dorianne Laux

Creative Nonfiction: Instructor – Dawn Raffel

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Box Lunch

1:00 – 2:30 p.m. Featured Reading with Dorianne Laux, book signing to follow, Free and open to the public, Green Hall, 2nd Floor Great Room, 35 Campus Avenue*

2:30 – 3:30 p.m.  In Conversation: Poetry: Public and Private with Poets House Executive Director Lee Briccetti and Rhode Island Poet Laureate Tina Cane, with a special appearance by Jean-René Lemoine.

3:30 – 4:30 p.m. Craft Session: Memoir Writing: Vikki Warner, author of Tenemental

4:30 – 5:30 p.m. Conference Participant Reception

5:30 – 7:00 p.m. Conference Participant Dinner, with a reading by Lee Briccetti

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 27

8:30 – 9:00 a.m. Continental Breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. Workshop Session III

Beginning & Intermediate Fiction: Instructor – Martha Southgate

Beginning & Intermediate Poetry: Instructor – Dorianne Laux

Creative Nonfiction: Instructor – Dawn Raffel

12:00 – 1:00 p.m. Box Lunch

1:00 – 2:30 p.m. The Robert Leuci Memorial Reading with Martha Southgate, book signing to follow, Free and open to the public, Swan Hall Auditorium, 60 Upper College Road*

2:30 – 3:30 p.m. In Conversation: Trends in Publishing with literary agent Tara Gelsomino , literary agent Amarayah Orenstein, and publisher Dan Pope

4:00 – 5:00 p.m. Participant Reading, featuring readers from the 2018 Ocean State Review and Write RI Winners

*If you are coming to attend a reading, you can park at the Robert J. Higgins Welcome Center Parking Lot at 75 Briar Lane, Kingston, RI. The parking lot is very close to Green and Swan Halls, where the readings take place. Stop in at the Welcome Center to register your car or will get a ticket.

For information about parking on campus, visit the Parking and Transportation Services website.

If you have a disability and need an accommodation, please call 401.874.4663 at least three weeks in advance. For TTY assistance, please call the Rhode Island Relay Service at 800.745.5555.