Oliver de la Paz, AWP's newest Board of Directors member, shares his thoughts on attending this year's conference.

From The Velvet Podcast blog: Authors Caleb J Ross (Stranger Will) and Brandon Tietz (Out of Touch) talk about their expectations going into the upcoming Washington DC AWP Conference in February. Caleb calls from his five-time attendance history to help first-timer, Brandon, get the most out of the four day   Read More ...

Once again, I am opening up this AWP blog to any and all attending writers who want to blog, tweet, or YouTube the event. Does that last item in the preceding series work as both a noun and verb like the other two items? Can I really call AWP a   Read More ...

Guys, it was a pleasure to blog with you all, and to see the conference through your eyes. I enjoyed being part of the project. That being said, I’m not done yet, I have a couple panels worth of recordings I haven’t put up yet, some follow-up interviews promised, and   Read More ...

Wow, what a great conference. I was really hoping that I could post a lot during the conference but I overestimated the capabilities of my “smartphone.” Oh well, now I know not to trust modern technology. I’ll upload the videos from AWP that I took. One is Patricia Smith from   Read More ...

After arriving in Denver by car from Lawrence, Kansas, at 3:30 pm on Wednesday, it’s been a rush of events. Getting up early this morning (because I can’t sleep when I know I can see mountains outside my hotel room) is the only chance I’ve had to sit down and   Read More ...

I just got finished listening to panel F138, Rose Metal Press Field Guide to Writing Flash Fiction: Tips from Editors, Teachers and Writers in the Field. Abby Beckel, Randall Brown, Kim Chinquee, Sherrie Flick, Robert Shapard, and Lex Williford participated in the panel. Given the high attendance, many of you   Read More ...