AWP ’18, Tampa: Reception and Schedule
MFA Program for Writers faculty, alumni, and current students are all invited to our AWP reception on Friday, March 9 from 8 pm to midnight in the Gandy Ballroom at the Embassy Suites Tampa Downtown, 513 S. Florida Street. The hotel is just a 3-minute walk from the convention center. The first hour of the reception is for prospective students of color, so please encourage potential applicants to join us–and please come to talk with them about your experiences in the program. Light refreshments and a cash bar will be available.
Schedule of Signings
| AUTHOR | PUBLISHER | DATE | TIME | TABLE/BOOTH |
| Gabrielle Calvocoressi | Persea Books | Thursday | 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM | 1636 |
| Diane Gilliam (poetry, 2001) | Perugia Press | Thursday | 1:00 PM – 2:30 PM | T413 |
| Peg Alford Pursell (fiction, 1996) | WTAW Press | Thursday | 1:30 PM – 2:00 PM | T1508 |
| Linda Nemec Foster (poetry, Goddard, 1979) | Wayne State University Press | Thursday | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | 418 |
| Laura-Gray Street (poetry, 1997) | Trinity University Press | Thursday | 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | 426 |
| Christine Kitano | BOA Editions | Thursday | 3:00 PM – 4:00 PM | 527 |
| Sarah Stone | WTAW Press | Friday | 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM | T1508 |
| Linda Nemec Foster (poetry, Goddard, 1979) | Cervena Barva Press | Friday | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | T1334 |
| C. Dale Young | Four Way Books | Friday | 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM | 1634, 1632 |
| Margaree Little (poetry, 2012) | Four Way Books | Friday | 11:30 AM – 12:00 PM | 1634, 1632 |
| Jennifer Givhan (poetry, 2014) | The Lascaux Review | Friday | 1:00 PM – 3:00 PM | 1737 |
| Michael Parker | Bull City Press | Friday | 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM | T708 |
| Daniel Tobin | Tiferet | Friday | 1:30 PM – 2:30 PM | 1939 |
| Marianne Boruch | University of Michigan Press | Friday | 2:00 PM – 2:30 PM | T1827 |
| Patricia Grace King (fiction, 2013) | Miami University | Friday | 2:00 PM – 3:00 PM | 1309 |
| Alan Williamson
& Jeanne Foster |
BOA Editions | Saturday | 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM | 527 |
