WEALTH OF IDEAS

Presents 2012 SPC Spring Writers Conference Saturday April 14 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM 1719 25th Street Sacramento, CA $30 Non-members, $20 Members Michelle Bitting has work published or forthcoming in The American Poetry Review, Prairie Schooner , Narrative , Nimrod, Rattle, River Styx, Crab Orchard Review, Passages North, Linebreak, diode, Anti—, the L.A. Weekly and other s. Poems have appeared on Poetry Daily and as the Weekly Featured Poet on Verse Daily . In 2007, Thomas Lux chose her full-length manuscript, Good Friday Kiss, as the winner of the DeNovo First Book Award and C & R Press published it in 2008. Her book Notes to the Beloved , won the 2011 Sacramento Poetry Center Award and was published in 2012. Recently, Michelle won the Beyond Baroque Foundation Award and she has won the Rock & Sling Virginia Brendemuehl Award and Glimmer Train Poetry Open. She has also been a finalist for the Poets & Writers California Exchange contest and Rona...

2010 SPC Annual Writing Conference with Joseph Lease, Toni Mirosevich, Donna de la Perriere, Flatman Crooked, Indigo Moor, Peter Grandbois and Foshang with Lawrence Dinkins and Ross Hammond Friday April 16, 2010 7:30 PM Saturday April 17, 2010 10:00 AM to 6:30 PM @R25 at 1719 25th Street Sacramento, California All readings and workshops are FREE For registration, contact Tim Kahl at tnklbnny@frontiernet.net

This year's SPC Annual Writing Conference features Joseph Lease, Toni Mirosevich, Donna de la Perriere, Flatman Crooked, Indigo Moor, Peter Grandbois and Foshang with Lawrence Dinkins and Ross Hammond Friday April 16, 2010 7:30 PM Saturday April 17, 2010 10:00 AM to 6:30 PM @R25 at 1719 25th Street Sacramento, California All readings and workshops are FREE For registration, contact Tim Kahl at tnklbnny@frontiernet.net Friday April 16, 2010 at 7:30 PM Reading: Indigo Moor and Peter Grandbois Saturday April 17, 2010 at 10:00 AM to 11:30 AM 1st Workshop Session Indigo Moor • “Writing to History and Culture” In this workshop participants will discuss examples of poetry and prose to discover: How does a writer handle emotionally charged events in a professional manner? How does a writer maintain objectivity without obscuring the heart of the past? How do we uncover the passion in dry facts, accounts, testimonials, and interviews? [lecture, discussion, writing exercise, and take home...