2010 Annual Symposium


May 13-15, 2010
Writing the Midwest: A Symposium of Scholars and Writers
Michigan State University Union, East Lansing

Download the Call for Proposals for the 2010 Symposium here.


You may read the 2009 Symposium program here. The following prizes were presented at the 2009 Symposium:

The 2008 Gwendolyn Brooks Poetry Prize co-winners:
Edward Morin, College for Creative Studies, "Yes"
Roy Seeger, Western Michigan University, "Diminishing Returns"

The 2008 Paul Somers Prize for Creative Prose winner:
Dawn Comer, Defiance College, "Raised in the Corn Palace"

The 2008 David Diamond Student Writing Prize co-winners:
Matt Low, University of Iowa, "John Neihardt Writes: Textual Appropriations of Indigenous Storytelling"
Stephanie Carpenter, University of Missouri, "Doctor and Patient"

Accommodations
The East Lansing Marriott at University Place has a special group rate for SSML reservations.

Michigan State University provides information about other hotels in the East Lansing area.

Registration form
To register for the Symposium, download the form here. You may send payment with this form, or pay online (see below), but however you pay, you must mail the form.

Registration fee
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