Links to online broadcasts will be available through Eventbrite or the schedule below. Access the Eventbrite online event page here.
1st Weekend (Nov 6-8)
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- Friday, November 6th
9:00-10:30am
Opening Culturama and how to get into a creative habit with Melissa Macias, Lloyd Aquino, Robert Piluso, Daniel Wheeler, and John Brantingham
Join us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/7264573543
11:00am-12:30pm
Scott Noon Creley - Getting Started in Science Fiction
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1:00-2:30pm
Kareem Tayyar - Feet on the Ground, Head in the Clouds: Using Daydreams to Inspire Your Poetry
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5:00-6:30pm
Writing for an Income with Yi Shun Lai
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- Saturday, November 7th
9:00-10:30am
Using Writing to Work Through Trauma, Part One with Ken Johnson and John Brantingham
Join us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/7264573543
11:00am-12:30pm
Two Sessions! Choose either:
Ron Husband -- Quick Sketching in Illustration and AnimationJoin us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/96181813783
or Lynda Hoggan -- Writing about SexJoin us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/7264573543
1:00-2:30pm
Saturday afternoon with Anders Carson -- Prompts for Poetry and Prose
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5:00-6:30pm
Creating a Career in Book Publishing -- Tobi Harper and Monica Fernandez
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- Sunday, November 8th
9:00-10:30am
Bonnie Hearn Hill - Special Session with limited spaces with a book editor. The first 5 students who request this session will have their work analyzed by book editor, Bonnie Hearn Hill
Submit requests to have your work analyzed to:jbrantingham@mtsac.edu
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11:00am-12:30pm
Stephanie Hammer - A Crash Course in Magical Realism
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1:00-2:30pm
Michaelsun Knapp: Let the Music Take Control - Using Lyricism to Develop Poems
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5:00-6:30pm
Keynote Reading with Lynne Thompson and liz gonzález
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- Friday, November 6th
2nd Weekend (Nov 13-15)
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- Friday, November 13th
9:00-10:30am
Waking up to Creativity with Scott Noon Creley - Poetry from Your Past, Using Proust
Join us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/7264573543
11:00am-12:30pm
Syd Bartman - Finding your Story
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1:00-2:30pm
Two Sessions! Choose either:
Michael Torres -- Repetition and Echo: A Generative Writing WorkshopJoin us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/6777468613
or Rich Soos and Francesca Terzano talking about publishingJoin us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/7264573543
5:00-6:30pm
Crystal Lane Swift - Reconstruction in Pieces: Memoir in Vignettes
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- Saturday, November 14th
9:00-10:30am
Brian Cuban: The Art of Promotion Before and After Publication
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11:00am-12:30pm
The Query and Pitch Workshop with Yi Shun Lai
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1:00-2:30pm
Saturday afternoon with Anders Carson - Prompts for Poetry and Prose
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3:00-4:30pm
Mastermind Your Zines with Mt. SAC Library Resources with Eva Rios-Alvarado
Join us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/98435434706
5:00-6:30pm
Artists and Writers of Color Talk about the Professional World - Yi Shun Lai, Shonda Buchanan, Matt Sedillo, Ron Husband, Luis Mendoza Padilla
Join us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/7264573543
- Sunday, November 15th
9:00-10:30am
Using Writing to Work Through Trauma, Part Two with Ken Johnson and John Brantingham, Note, you do not need to have gone to part one to go to part two
Join us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/7264573543
11:00am-12:30pm
Two Sessions! Choose either:
Stephanie Hammer -- A Crash Course in Magical RealismJoin us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/7264573543
or Katie Queen--(Ceramics) Large Thrown Bowl-trimmed and decorated with nature themesJoin us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/96181813783
1:00-2:30pm
Robert Piluso - Moving forward with Your Writing
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3:00-4:30pm
Mastermind Your Zines with Mt. SAC Library Resources with Eva Rios-Alvarado
Join us via zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/j/91286376276
5:00-6:30pm
Michaelsun Knapp -- What Contemporary Native American Poets and Writers You Should be Reading
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- Friday, November 13th
3rd Weekend (Nov 20-22)
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- Friday, November 20th
9:00-10:30am
Waking up to Creativity with Jude Higgins: Using Dreams to Find Your Stories
11:00am-12:30pm
Lloyd Aquino - Writing a Poetry Collection
1:00-2:30pm
eBook Design and Publishing with Mark Givens
5:00-6:30pm
Agents and Publishers Panel - Mark Givens and Elise Capron
- Saturday, November 21st
9:00-10:30am
Tim Hatch - Writing Poems from Memory
11:00am-12:30pm
Kareem Tayyar - Looking Back: Writing Era-Specific Fiction
1:00-2:30pm
Saturday Afternoon with Anders Carson - Prompts for Poetry and Prose
5:00-6:30pm
Kareem Tayyar - Live from the City of Angels: Poems About Los Angeles
- Sunday, November 22nd
9:00-10:30am
Bonnie Hearn Hill - Confessions of a Contest Judge
11:00am-12:30pm
Scott Noon Creley - Ekphrastic Poetry, Writing about Art
1:00-2:30pm
Conceptualizing, Crafting, and Pitching the Long Essay with Yishun Lai
5:00-6:30pm
Robert Piluso - Creating Comics: From Scratch to Sketch and Beyond
- Friday, November 20th
4th Weekend (Nov 27-29)
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- Friday, November 27th
9:00-10:30am
A.J. Orona and Jeffrey Graessley -- How to Make a Living as a Writer
11:00am-12:30pm
Informal conversation with publishers: Ask whatever you like about small press publishing with Thomas Thomas, Shannon Phillips, and Andrew Turner
1:00-2:30pm
Stephanie Hammer - The Late Show, Starting and Restarting Your Writing Career after 50
5:00-6:30pm
Reading with Yi Shun Lai
- Saturday, November 28th
9:00-10:30am
Shonda Buchanan -- The Function of Memory in Memoir: Writing Your Truth
11:00am-12:30pm
Nikki Lewis - (Ceramics) The Virtual Vessel: Throwing and Decorating Large Scale Forms Live
1:00-2:30pm
Saturday afternoon with Anders Carson - Prompts for Poetry and Prose
5:00-6:30pm
KEYNOTE: Shonda Buchanan, Author, Black Indian (www.shondabuchanan)
Presentation: Afro-Native Intersections and American Erasure - Sunday, November 29th
9:00-10:30am
Jennifer King - How to draw your houseplant
11:00am-12:30pm
How to get your stories, poems and essays published when you're just starting out, with John Brantingham
1:00-2:30pm
Melanie Florio - Painting Clouds
5:00-6:30pm
Cuyler Smith - Dynamic Sketching
- Friday, November 27th
