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

11:00 a.m.—noon A craft talk with Special Guest. Colson Hall, room 130.

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 Special Guest—Colson Hall, room 130. Reception and book signing to follow. 

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

6:30 p.m. Dinner. Ali Baba Restaurant, at the Morgantown Municipal Airport. We have a banquet hall. It’s large, and we’ll make it as airy as possible.

7:00 p.m. Open mike reading by West Virginia Writers’ Workshop participants. Ali Baba Restaurant at the Morgantown Municipal Airport. Please share your work with us!

Ali Baba Info:

Phone: 304-777-4120

Address: 100 Hart Field Rd.

Morgantown, West Virginia 26505

Parking is free and available in front of the airport.

Website: https://alibabaexpress.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.  

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