UCA to host writers conference

A conference focused on women writers will be held Nov. 8-9 at the University of Central Arkansas in Conway.

The C.D. Wright Women Writers Conference is open to everyone, “though it will cater to women-identifying writers from all genres and all experience levels, from journalism to mass market books to literary endeavors and beyond,” according to a news release.

The conference’s goal is to provide a place to create camaraderie, connection-making and inspiration for women writers.

The conference will include a reading at 6 p.m. Nov. 8 in the McCastlain Hall Ballroom from poet and essayist Camille Dungy, 2019 Guggenheim Fellowship recipient. Dungy’s books include Trophic Cascade and Guidebook to Relative Strangers: Journeys into Race, Motherhood, and History.

The next day, novelist Jami Attenberg will give a reading at 12:15 p.m., also in the McCastlain Hall Ballroom. Her most recent novel is All This Could Be Yours.

A book fair will be held from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 9 in the McCastlain Hall lobby. There will also be sessions on writing, publishing and editing; practical advice from experienced women writers on how to balance writing, work and home life; and readings from creative works.

Additional information, including registration fees, is available at cdwright conference.org/conference.

The C.D. Wright Women Writers Conference is named in honor of poet C.D. Wright, who was born in Mountain Home.