The 2012 Writing Eastern Kentucky Conference: Harnessing Creativity and Creative Energy in the Classroom will be held Saturday, Nov. 3, in Breckinridge Hall on the campus of Morehead State University from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

2012 WEKY Conference Flyer

Featured authors:

R.D. Hall – author, DC Comics’ Heroes and Arcana’s American Wasteland
George Eklund – author, Each Breath I Cannot Hold and The Island Blade
Annie Jones – author, The Christmas Sisters and Home to Stay
Katerina Stoykova-Klemer – author, The Porcupine of the Mind; publisher – Accents Publishing; host of Accents – radio show for literature, art, and culture

Also featuring plenary sessions:

• Poetry slam
• College and Career Readiness: Easing transitions from elementary to middle to secondary to post-secondary

Sessions for teachers:

• Integrating peer-driven learning in the writing classroom
• Texting, tweeting, and teaching: Interactive writing
• Utilizing technology effectively in the classroom
•  Linking literacy and the common core

Sessions for writers:

• Writing graphic narratives (graphic novels and comic books)
• Informative sessions on getting work published
• Intensive writing sessions
• Craft talks

Registration:

• Includes 6 hours professional development credit
• At door – $50*
• Advance registration – $40*
• MSU undergraduate students – half price*
• Register Online or download registration form

*registration fee does NOT include lunch

2012 WEKY Conference Flyer

Sponsored by the Buckner and Sally S. Hinkle Endowment for Humanities; Caudill College of Arts, Humanities, and Social Sciences; Morehead State University Arts and Humanities Council; Camden-Carroll Library; and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting and Morehead State Public Radio.