Schedule

28th ANNUAL WEST VIRGINIA WRITERS’ WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

JULY 17-20, 2025

Thursday, July 17, 2025

11:15 a.m. – noon General Registration; WVU Bookstore on site, E. Moore Hall

Noon – 12:30 p.m. Welcome Lunch E. Moore Hall, first floor

12:30 p.m. – 1:45 p.m. Craft talk with Mark Brazaitis, writing exercise, and participant reading. E. Moore Hall, first floor.

2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Workshops

Poetry with Joy Priest—Colson Hall, room 110

Fiction/nonfiction with Ashley Blooms—Colson Hall, room 223

Dinner (on your own).

7:30 p.m. A reading with Ashley Blooms and Joy Priest—Colson Hall, room 130. Reception and book signing to follow.

Friday, July 18, 2025

Noon-1 p.m. A craft talk with Joy Priest, Colson Hall, room 130.

1 p.m.-2 p.m. Lunch on your own.

2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Workshops

Poetry with Joy Priest—Colson Hall, room 110

Fiction/nonfiction with Ashley Blooms—Colson Hall, room 223.

Dinner (on your own).

7:30 p.m. A reading with Mark Brazaitis and members of the Appalachian Prison Book Project (Dr. Katy Ryan and WVU graduate student Destinee Harper).

Saturday, July 19, 2025

11:00-11:45 a.m. A writing exercise with WVU MFA students, Colson Hall, room 130.

Noon-1 p.m. A craft talk with Ashley Blooms, Colson Hall, room 130.

1 p.m.-2 p.m. Lunch on your own.

2:00 p.m. – 5:30 p.m. Workshops

Poetry with Joy Priest—Colson Hall, room 110.

Fiction/nonfiction with Ashley Blooms—Colson Hall, room 223

6 p.m. Dinner. Terra Café. We have the outdoor patio.

6:45 p.m.-8 p.m. Open mic reading by West Virginia Writers’ Workshop participants. (We need to conclude at 8 p.m.)

Terra Café information:

425 Industrial Ave
Morgantown, WV 26505
(304) 554-2233

Web site: https://www.terracafewv.com/Sunday, July 20, 2024

10 – 11:15 a.m. Panel on publishing. Learn how and where to publish your writing, Colson Hall Room 130.

11:15 a.m. Sorrowful and sweet goodbyes.