Scissortail Creative Writing Festival

Thursday, Apr 4, 2024 at 9:30am

East Central University
1100 East 14th Street

Festival Schedule:

I. 9:30 – 10: 45 Estep Auditorium

Tina Carlson: Santa Fe, New Mexico
A Guide to Tongue Tie Surgery
Walter Bargen: Ashland, Missouri
Down the Rabbit Hole of War
Mark Walling: East Central University
One Dalmatian

II. 11:00 – 12: 10 Estep Auditorium

Nikki Herrin: Wayne, Oklahoma
Progression
Wendy Dunmeyer: Lawton, Oklahoma
Importance of Words
Alan Berecka: Sinton, Texas
Selected Poems

III. 11:00 - 12:10 Regents Room

Clarence Wolfshohl: Fulton, Missouri
Lo, the Gods
Sally Rhoades: Albany, New York
When the Roses are in Bloom
Josh Grasso: East Central University
The Domovoi

IV. 11:00 – 12:10 Boswell Chapel

Lyman Grant: Harrisonburg, Virginia
November Constellation
Keely Record: Tulsa, Oklahoma
From Here
Brady Peterson: Belton, Texas
Letters from the Edge of the Round Earth

Lunch

V. 2:10 – 3:20 Estep Auditorium

Leah Chaffins: Cameron University
Army Brats & other poems
Audell Shelburne: Northeastern State University
A Fine Line: Art, Literature, & Life
Robert Wynne: Burleson, Texas
Popsicles, Paintings & Poetry

VI. 2:10 – 3:20 Regents Room

Marc DiPaolo: SWOSU
Ballad of a Dago Okie
Sharon Edge Martin: Oilton, Oklahoma
No Boundaries
Britton Morgan: Wagoner, Oklahoma
Song of the Red 46

VII. 3:30 – 4:40 Estep Auditorium

Tom Murphy: Corpus Christi, Texas
Site 13
Ann Howells: Carrollton, Texas
Specters and Other Visitors
Bill McCloud: Rogers State University
The Illusionist’s Assistant

VIII. 3:30 – 4:40 Regents Room

Shaun Perkins: Locust Grove, OK
Witchery
Paul Austin: Norman, Oklahoma
Plopping Down Steep Hill
Christopher Soden: Dallas, Texas
Swaddling, and other poems

IX. 7:00 – 8:30 Estep Auditorium

Featuring: Kai Coggin
(Authors’ Reception – Polo’s Restaurant)