Heading to Chicago for AWP 2012 | AWP Chicago IL 2012

On the way to Chicago

Posted by Jen McConnell Feb - 29 - 2012 1 Comment

In a few minutes, I’ll hop in the car and head up to Chicago. It’s cold and wet out there, but at the end of the day I’ll be surrounded by writers, and books, and words….so I don’t care what the weather is.

Some of my favorite people from last year won’t be at AWP this year – Kim Church, Kevin Rabas, Anthony Connelly – but I’m excited to catch up with other friends, especially my fellow Goddard graduates, and make new ones.

And most exciting of all is to be able to show my new book, “Welcome, Anybody,” to the world – or at least the 10,000 people coming to #AWP2012.

I’ll be signing my book at the Press 53 booth tomorrow at 11 a.m. Stop by to say hi but more importantly to meet Kevin Morgan Watson, Press 53 publisher and guru, who is a tremendous supporter of short story writers and poets and an all-around swell guy.

See you in Chicago!

About Jen McConnell

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2012 is Jen McConnell's second trip to AWP first-timer. Her debut short story collection "Welcome, Anybody," published by Press 53, will be launched at bookfair. She will be signing copies at Press 53's table on Thursday, March 1. Her stories have also appeared in Flint Hills Review, r.kv.r.y., Clackamas Literary Review, The Unknown Writer, Clockhouse Review, Word Riot, Spectrum (U.C. Santa Barbara), SNReview, Bacopa Literary Review, "Suicidally Beautiful," a sports anthology published by Main Street Rag, Terrain.org (fall 2012). She earned her MFA in Creative Writing from Goddard College in Vermont. She writes the "Breathing Words" blog and is an erratic Twitter-er.

Categories: AWP 2012 (Chicago IL), Bookfair, Publishing

One Response so far.

Caleb J Ross says:

February 29, 2012 at 11:16 pm

I hope your trip goes well. I’ve not actually registered with the conference, so my days will be spent primarily drifting around. It should be a good trip.