2012 Poetry Conference

18th Annual WCU Poetry Conference

The eighteenth annual West Chester University Poetry Conference will be held June 6-9, 2012 under the direction of Dr. Kim Bridgford. Following the retirement of former director Michael Peich, Kim became director of the Poetry Center and Conference in August 2010.

Organization

Registration for the Poetry Conference is divided into three different areas. Participants can register for a poetry workshop, scholarly conference, or as a conference panel attendee.

Poetry Workshop: The poetry workshop application includes all daily events, as well as a three-day workshop, which will emphasize the craft of poetry. Participants will select one workshop and attend this same class Thursday, Friday and Saturday from 1:00-3:00 pm. In addition, participants will have a 15 minute individual consultation with their workshop teacher to discuss one poem of their choice. If you wish to discuss more than one poem, please consider making an appointment with a poetry consultant.

Click here to register for a poetry workshop.

Scholarly conference: This application includes daily events without registration in the three-day craft workshop. However, it does include three days of participation in a critical seminar or prosody workshop.

Click here to register as a scholar.

Conference Panel Attendee: Registration as a scholar includes access to all daily panels and nightly readings. This registration does not include a three-day craft workshop or critical seminar. If you would like to participate in either of these, please complete either a poetry workshop or scholarly conference application.

Click here to register as a conference panel attendee.

Scholarship: Participants can apply for a scholarship in any of the areas above. Participants must register in one of these three areas AND complete a scholarship registration.

Click here to complete the scholarship application.

Meal plans and housing can be added to any of these registration options.