WriteAngles Conference: Full Schedule

11:15am EDT

Generate Wildly! Then Find Your 'Container' Later!

Saturday October 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

When we joyfully accept that the boundaries between genres are porous, then we are able to generate wildly. In this dynamic workshop, writers will be invited to respond to María Luisa’s timed writing prompts. Reading the drafts aloud will enable us to identify one or more possible “containers”.

Speakers

María Luisa Arroyo Cruzado

Workshop Leader

Multilingual Boricua poet of color María Luisa Arroyo Cruzado has been joyfully facilitating poetry workshops and giving readings for 20+ years at numerous venues including Amherst College, Mass Poetry Festival, and The Tell It Slant Poetry Festival. Her collections include Thought... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

Block Two

Audience Intermediate Writers
Subject Poetry, Publishing, Craft, Generative, Prose

11:15am EDT

Self-Publishing 101

Saturday October 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

You’ve written a book you want others to read, but your querying attempts have failed to attract a publisher. Yes, self-publishing is a legitimate option. As a hybrid author who has self-published 15 books, I will share what I’ve learned, including the possibilities, realities, and processes of publishing this way.

Speakers

Joan Livingston

Workshop Leader

Joan Livingston is a former longtime journalist, who led newspapers in Taos, New Mexico and Western Massachusetts. So far, she has published 19 novels for adult and young readers. Most are set in the fictional hill towns of Western Mass., including the Isabel Long Mystery Series... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

Block Two, Publishing

Audience All Levels
Subject Poetry, Publishing, Craft, Generative, Prose, Self-publishing

11:15am EDT

Setting: More than Meets the Eye

Saturday October 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

Characters who strum ukuleles and bake fudge cakes need a setting in which those activities take place. But what else does a good story need? This workshop considers how setting grounds readers, establishes mood, heightens tension, reveals the psychology of a character, and creates a powerful narrative.

Speakers

Jennifer Jacobson

Workshop Leader

Jennifer Jacobson’s writing appears in the Master's Review, Chronogram, Linea, Switch, jubilat, (and elsewhere) with honorable mentions from Glimmer Train, Hunger Mountain, Symphony Space, and the Tennessee Williams Festival. The recipient of a Massachusetts Cultural Council... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

Block Two, Prose

Audience Emerging Writers
Subject Poetry, Publishing, Craft, Generative, Prose, Fiction, Non-Fiction, Setting

11:15am EDT

The Fact of the Matter: Weaving Research into Personal Narrative for Social Change

Saturday October 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

Transform your personal narratives into powerful tools for advocacy. This interactive workshop teaches writers how to braid lived experience with evidence-based research and data. By grounding the “I” in historical and social contexts, you’ll learn to elevate your work, broaden your reach, and write effectively toward lasting social change.

Speakers

Amy Mackin

Workshop Leader

Amy Mackin is a writer, researcher, and advocate specializing in the intersections of neurodiversity, education, social equity, and cultural history. She is the author of Henry’s Classroom: A Special Education in American Motherhood (2025), a hybrid memoir exploring the complexities... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

Block Two, Prose

Subject Craft, Generative, Poetry, Prose, Non-Fiction, Essay

11:15am EDT

The News Only You Can Bring: Some Nuts and Bolts of Poetry

Saturday October 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

Participants will bring one of their own poems that might benefit from a new approach. As we explore poetic forms, titles, line and stanza breaks, mood vs. tone, images, personal narrator, epigraphs, and the music of poetry, some new possibilities for their poem may emerge. Writing exercises will be offered.

Speakers

Pamela Wax

Workshop Leader

Pamela Wax is the author of Walking the Labyrinth (Main Street Rag, 2022), Starter Mothers (Finishing Line Press, 2023), and Every Single Beast of My Heart (Sheila-Na-Gig, 2026). Her poems have been published in over 60 literary journals and have received several awards and... Read More →

Saturday October 24, 2026 11:15am - 12:30pm EDT

Block Two, Poetry