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Heading to #AWP20 in less than two weeks and part of two panels. The first is on neurodiversity and teaching on Friday at 10:45am. I’m happy to see ours is not the only panel on neurodiversity. #AWP2020 #neurodiversity #teaching @JanelleAdsit Image
My second #AWP2020 panel is on grammar and poetry on Saturday, March 7, at 1:45pm. We’re really going to nerd out with language at this one. #grammar #poetry #AWP20 Image
Our MFA students & amazing admin will be at the @TabJournal booth #1543 and I look forward to talking with writers in person there. #AWP2020 #AWP20 #litjournal
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Here's a guaranteed way for #Writing Contest Jurors to ruin an #emergingwriter's day: tweet to your followers (some of whom have to be thinking of entering the contest you're judging) that you're not a fan of certain kinds of stories, so maybe it's best if they "skip this one..."
...bc being an #emergingwriter isn't hard enough. It isn't hard enough that there already is a magical/frustrating subjectiveness and unpredictability to contests, and that entering one is an act of #faith, yet maybe your surprising story will be the one to enchant the jurors...
...nor is it a challenge to come up with the contest fee, which is usually significant, because you think your story's great and might have a shot, even though it's got #scifi or #specfic elements, because you've been inspired in the past by unexpected and genre-bending work...
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