Image The Wilson College English and Master’s in Humanities programs invites all budding writers to attend the annual Wilson College Colloquium on Creative Writing. Attendees will be able to enjoy lessons on writing technique, ask questions about the publishing process, and hobnob with published authors. This is a great opportunity to hone your craft, share your own writing, and spend time with other creative types who share your interests!Saturday, February 10, 20249 a.m. – 2 p.m.Held in the auditorium of the Brooks Science Center, Wilson College RegistrationThe colloquium is free, and lunch is provided, but you must register. Registration deadline is Feburary 3. Registration is now closed. Questions? Contact colloquium director Matthew McBride at matthew.mcbride@wilson.edu.The colloquium is underwritten by the Arts for All grant opportunity of the Greater Harrisburg Community Foundation, a regional foundation of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities. Schedule 8:15 - 9 a.m. Registration9 - 9:45 a.m. Session 1Alicia Drumgoole"Gumshoes, and Damsels and Dragons, Oh My!: Genre Elements in Writing"9:45 - 10:30 a.m Session 2Matthew McBride“Lineation”10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Session 3Nicole SantaluciaKeynote Speaker11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch (Jensen Dining Hall)12:30 - 1:15 p.m. Session 4Jeffrey Bardwell “Newsletters: A Love Letter for Your Audience”1:15 - 2 p.m. Author Q and A You got questions? We got answers! Ask any of our colloquium authors your burning questions about writing, publishing, and more! The colloquium is underwritten by the Arts for All grant opportunity of the Greater Harrisburg Community Foundation, a regional foundation of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities. Speaker Bios Image Nicole Santalucia is the author of The Book of Dirt (NYQ Books, 2020), Spoiled Meat (Headmistress Press, 2019), and Because I Did Not Die (Bordighera Press, 2015). She is a recipient of the Charlotte Mew Chapbook Prize, the Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Prize, and the Arkana Literary Review Editor’s Choice Award. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in publications such as Palette Poetry, The Best American Poetry, Los Angeles Review, Colorado Review, North American Review. The Cincinnati Review, The Rumpus, The Normal School, Out Magazine and elsewhere. She is an Associate Professor, the Director of First-Year Writing, member of the LGBTQ+ Advisory Council, and she serves on the steering committee of the Institute for Social Inclusion at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. She has led poetry workshops in the Cumberland County Prison, Shippensburg and Harrisburg Public Libraries, the Boys & Girls Club, nursing homes, and she’s the founder of The Binghamton Poetry Project. Santalucia received her M.F.A. from The New School University and her Ph.D. from Binghamton University. Image Alicia Drumgoole is an Assistant Professor of English at Hagerstown Community College. Alicia served as the faculty lead on a grant entitled "Bridging the Antietam: Stories from Our Community," an interdisciplinary storytelling project sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. She had published poetry, fiction and non-fiction in local and regional publications. Her first novel, Premonition, was released in 2015 by Ellysian Press and is available on Amazon.com, along with several anthologies produced in tandem with her local writing group, The Mountain Scribes. Image Matt McBride's work has recently appeared in Action, Spectacle, The Banyan Review, Conduit, The Cortland Review, Figure 1, Impossible Task, Guernica, The Rupture, Rust+Moth, and Zone 3 among others. He is the author of one full-length poetry collection, City of Incandescent Light, published by Black Lawrence Press in 2018, and four chapbooks. His most recent, Prerecorded Weather, co-written with Noah Falck, won the 2022 James Tate Prize and is available at SuVision Books. Currently, he is a professor of interdisciplinary practice at Wilson College. Image Jeffrey Bardwell writes epic fantasy with elements of darkness, steampunk, and romance set in the Metal vs. Magic Universe. His character-driven books are guaranteed to include gritty realism, political intrigue, lurid entanglements, dry wit, and dragons in differing proportions. The author devours fantasy and science fiction novels. He is most comfortable basking near a warm wood stove. When not writing or reading, Jeffrey enjoys cooking, gardening, and shooing baby dragons from the compost bin. Register here.The colloquium is free but you must register. Registration deadline is Feb. 3. Directions to Wilson CollegeCampus MapQuestions? Contact colloquium director Matthew McBride at matthewmcbride@wilson.edu
8:15 - 9 a.m. Registration9 - 9:45 a.m. Session 1Alicia Drumgoole"Gumshoes, and Damsels and Dragons, Oh My!: Genre Elements in Writing"9:45 - 10:30 a.m Session 2Matthew McBride“Lineation”10:30 - 11:15 a.m. Session 3Nicole SantaluciaKeynote Speaker11:15 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Lunch (Jensen Dining Hall)12:30 - 1:15 p.m. Session 4Jeffrey Bardwell “Newsletters: A Love Letter for Your Audience”1:15 - 2 p.m. Author Q and A You got questions? We got answers! Ask any of our colloquium authors your burning questions about writing, publishing, and more! The colloquium is underwritten by the Arts for All grant opportunity of the Greater Harrisburg Community Foundation, a regional foundation of The Foundation for Enhancing Communities.
Image Nicole Santalucia is the author of The Book of Dirt (NYQ Books, 2020), Spoiled Meat (Headmistress Press, 2019), and Because I Did Not Die (Bordighera Press, 2015). She is a recipient of the Charlotte Mew Chapbook Prize, the Edna St. Vincent Millay Poetry Prize, and the Arkana Literary Review Editor’s Choice Award. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in publications such as Palette Poetry, The Best American Poetry, Los Angeles Review, Colorado Review, North American Review. The Cincinnati Review, The Rumpus, The Normal School, Out Magazine and elsewhere. She is an Associate Professor, the Director of First-Year Writing, member of the LGBTQ+ Advisory Council, and she serves on the steering committee of the Institute for Social Inclusion at Shippensburg University in Pennsylvania. She has led poetry workshops in the Cumberland County Prison, Shippensburg and Harrisburg Public Libraries, the Boys & Girls Club, nursing homes, and she’s the founder of The Binghamton Poetry Project. Santalucia received her M.F.A. from The New School University and her Ph.D. from Binghamton University. Image Alicia Drumgoole is an Assistant Professor of English at Hagerstown Community College. Alicia served as the faculty lead on a grant entitled "Bridging the Antietam: Stories from Our Community," an interdisciplinary storytelling project sponsored by the National Endowment for the Humanities. She had published poetry, fiction and non-fiction in local and regional publications. Her first novel, Premonition, was released in 2015 by Ellysian Press and is available on Amazon.com, along with several anthologies produced in tandem with her local writing group, The Mountain Scribes. Image Matt McBride's work has recently appeared in Action, Spectacle, The Banyan Review, Conduit, The Cortland Review, Figure 1, Impossible Task, Guernica, The Rupture, Rust+Moth, and Zone 3 among others. He is the author of one full-length poetry collection, City of Incandescent Light, published by Black Lawrence Press in 2018, and four chapbooks. His most recent, Prerecorded Weather, co-written with Noah Falck, won the 2022 James Tate Prize and is available at SuVision Books. Currently, he is a professor of interdisciplinary practice at Wilson College. Image Jeffrey Bardwell writes epic fantasy with elements of darkness, steampunk, and romance set in the Metal vs. Magic Universe. His character-driven books are guaranteed to include gritty realism, political intrigue, lurid entanglements, dry wit, and dragons in differing proportions. The author devours fantasy and science fiction novels. He is most comfortable basking near a warm wood stove. When not writing or reading, Jeffrey enjoys cooking, gardening, and shooing baby dragons from the compost bin.
