Virtual Conference Experience
Sept. 8-9, 2023
Save the date for the biennial in-person Literary Conference + Book Festival
Denver, CO, Sept. 20-24, 2024
The 2023 [margins.] literary conference virtual experience
Join us Sept. 9 for a day-long virtual conference exploring this year's theme: Who Said That?
Meet + Greet & Open Mic Sept. 8
What makes us look at story, writing paths, community the way we do? Who said that way was the way? Let's explore possibility together through [margins.] writing craft, publishing/business, and community tracks.
We'll be back to the full-bodied biennial conference and festival in 2024!
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2023 Schedule
Friday, September 8
6:00 PM MST/8:00 EST
Meet + Greet & Open Mic
Saturday, September 9
9:30 AM MST/ 11:30 EST
Applying Yourself
Experienced writers, educators, and program directors will share their experience and perspectives on how to apply/submit for Awards, Fellowships, Publications, Residencies, and MFA Programs, from artist statements to writing samples and beyond.
Panelists: Ariana Brown, Amber Flame, Arvin Ram
9:30 AM MST/ 11:30 EST
Marketing, Publicity, & Connecting to Your Community
Award-winning authors, booksellers, and publicists will offer their expertise on marketing your book, connecting to your community of readers, and building a platform to stay connected and motivated to keep writing the next book.
Panelists: Alyssa Reynoso-Morris, Emilly Prado, Christine Bollow, May-Zhee Lim
12:15 PM MST/ 2:15 EST
Coloring Outside the Lines
Award-winning authors, creators, journalists, playwrights, poets, and storytellers who write beyond a single genre and/or multimedia approaches to storytelling.
Panelists: Bobby LeFebre, Deborah Mouton, Monica Prince, Adriana Ramirez, Jane Wong
12:15 PM MST/ 2:15 EST
Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Working with Booksellers
What are some best practices and approaches for authors and small presses to work with bookstores to reach readers? How can booksellers serve as community hubs? Experienced booksellers are here to share their wisdom and help you make good choices for the best ways to partner with booksellers for your reading and writing life.
Panelists: Calvin Crosby, Rosa Hernandez, Veronica Liu
1:30 PM MST/ 3:30 EST
Writing with Your Friends
Co-authors of the novels Tannery Bay and Funeral, this panel will feature a discussion between award-winning authors on approaches to collaboration, writing with friends, honoring multiple voices in collective creation, and shattering the myth of isolation as absolute for writers.
Panelists: Steven Dunn & Katie Jean Shinkle, Daisuke Shen & Vi Khi Nao
1:30 PM MST/ 3:30 EST
Telling Our Stories in Color
A primer on Graphic Novels & Comics, this panel will feature graphic novelists, comic creators, and industry experts on their experiences from the creative process through publication and the lessons they've learned.
Panelists: Kristina Maldonado Bad Hand, Kate Gavino, Amparo Ortiz
2:45 PM MST/ 4:45 EST
Closing poem
Alejandro Jimenez will read an original poem. The Word will provide the text in English and in Spanish to conference registrants.
