The English departments of Suffolk County Community College, the SCCC Office of Student Activities, and the SCC Association invite you to our 6th annual Creative Writing Festival. Last year, the festival expanded beyond a one-day event. This year we continue that practice with a series of faculty and student readings, hosted by all three campuses, throughout the two weeks preceding Saturday’s traditional all-day conference. As always, we will bring professional writers and teaching faculty from across the country to engage with SCCC students and faculty, and members of the Suffolk County community, for a day of conversation, writing, and celebration.

Monday, April 15:
Grant Campus (Brentwood, NY): Faculty Authors Colloquium, Captree 114, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

Wednesday, April 17:
Grant Campus (Brentwood, NY): Celebration of Student Writing, Van Nostrand Theater Mezzanine, Sagtikos Building, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Reception to follow.

Monday, April 22:
Ammerman Campus (Selden, NY): Eastern & Ammerman Faculty Reading, Islip Arts 115, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m.

Wednesday, April 24:
Ammerman Campus (Selden, NY): Eastern & Ammerman Student Writing Showcase, Mildred Green Room, Babylon Student Center, 11 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Refreshments will be served.

Panel Discussions & Presentations:

"Can it be Taught?" featuring graduate student panelists from Stony Brook Southampton's MFA Program

"Documentary Storytelling & 'The Dollar-a-Day Boys'" with Anthony DiFranco

Workshops:

"Technology in Science Fiction and Fantasy" (Fiction) with Michele Oster

"Significant Objects" (Poetry) with Susan Facknitz

"It's Alive!: Breathing Life into Your Characters" (Fiction) with Dominick Quartuccio

"Surrealist Games" (Poetry & Fiction) with Jodie Childers

Featured Readers: Katha Pollitt, Columnist for The Nation, and James Arthur, Poet

Keynote Speaker: Tim Albaugh, Director of the Hollins University Graduate Program in Screenwriting and Film Studies