The submission period for 2012
event proposals has ended.

AWP’s Conference & Bookfair includes more than 400 events and more than 1500 presenters, and the proposal process is competitive, so it’s important that all individuals submitting a proposal are familiar with AWP’s guidelines and expectations in order to insure that conference events are successfully executed.

AWP will begin accepting 2012 Conference event proposals on March 4, 2011. The deadline to submit your proposal is May 1, 2011.

The deadline for submitting Pedagogy proposals is also May 1, 2011.

Event Proposal Handbook

In this handbook you will find important information on the following items:

Terms & Conditions
Preparing Your Proposal for Submission: What You Need to Know
Biographical Notes
Audio-Visual Requests
Types of Events
Proposal Acceptance Rate for 2009 to 2011
Event Organizer Information & Responsibilities
Event Moderator Information & Responsibilities
Information on Listing Your Participants
Notification
Selection & Scoring Process
Common Mistakes and Problems
Access Guidelines
Registration Policies
Proposal Samples

AWP's 2012 Event Proposal Handbook (PDF-419KB)
Sample Proposal #1 (PDF-222KB)
Sample Proposal #2 (PDF-213KB)

Presenter Guidelines

Please review, and ensure that all presenters assigned to your event are familiar with, AWP's Presenter Guidelines. 

2012 Presenter Guidelines (PDF-133KB)

2012 Sponsors

Major Sponsors

Poetry Foundation

Roosevelt University MFA in Creative Writing

Writing Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Ashland University MFA Program
River Teeth | Ashland Poetry Press

Bath Spa University Creative Writing Centre

Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing Department & Story Week

Columbia College Chicago Poetry & Nonfiction Programs

Hollins University: Jackson Center for Creative Writing

NEOMFA | Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Northwestern University: MA/MFA Creative Writing / Creative Writing Major / Northwestern University Press / triquarterly.org

University of Tampa Low-Res MFA in Creative Writing

Literary Partners

Academy of American Poets

Blue Flower Arts

Cave Canem

The Center for Fiction

The Council of Literary Magazines & Presses / Small Press Distribution

The Loft Literary Center

Macondo Writers' Workshop

National Book Critics Circle

National Endowment for the Arts

Poetry Society of America

Poets House

VIDA: Women in Literary Arts

Wesleyan University Press

Writers in the Schools

Benefactors

Emerson College MFA in Creative Writing

Rosemont College

Wilkes University Low Residency MA/MFA Program in Creative Writing

Patrons

The University of Illinois Creative Writing Program / Ninth Letter

Adelphi University MFA in Creative Writing

Antioch University Los Angeles MFA Program

Chatham University MFA in Creative Writing Programs

George Mason University MFA in Creative Writing

Goddard College Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing

Graduate Program for Writers University of Illinois at Chicago

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

University of Miami MFA in Creative Writing

Miami University & Miami University Press

University of Michigan MFA in Creative Writing

Minnesota State University, Mankato / Blue Earth Review

University of Nebraska MFA in Writing

University of New Orleans

University of North Carolina Wilmington MFA Program

MFA in Creative Writing, University of Notre Dame

Red Hen Press

Southern New Hampshire University

Vanderbilt University / Nashville Review

Water~Stone Review & MFA Programs at Hamline University

Sponsors

Arkansas Writers MFA Program, University of Central Arkansas

Bowling Green State University Creative Writing Program

The City University of New York

DePaul University MA in Writing and Publishing

Georgia College & State University / Arts & Letters

Longwood University / Dos Passos Review

Marquette University

University of Missouri-St. Louis MFA Program

New York University

Ohio University MA and PhD in Creative Writing / New Ohio Review

Old Dominion University

Prairie Schooner / University of Nebraska Lincoln

The MFA Program at Purdue University

Sewanee Writers' Conference

Spalding University's Brief-Residency MFA in Writing Program

Vermont College of Fine Arts

Virginia Commonwealth University

The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University

Writer's Studio Program, The University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies

Contributors

Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada Las Vegas

Eastern Kentucky University Brief Residency MFA

The Creative Writing Program at Emory University

Hofstra University

Knox College

Motionpoems

Murray State University MFA Program

Queens University of Charlotte MFA Program

Saint Joseph's University

University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program

The MFA in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Split This Rock Poetry Festival

Washburn University

Become a sponsor for our 2012 Conference.
There are five levels
of sponsorship with a
variety of benefits.

Sponsorship Information (PDF-2.3MB)