Session Registration for 2026 Retreat

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Friday, September 25th

5-6:30pm EDT: BONUS! Pre-Retreat Sessions (Click Your Preferred)

SoulCollage® for Writer’s Block with Joyce Cohen

Prompts, Questions, and Backstory: Tools to Untangle a Writing Snag with Beverly Delidow

Digging in the Compost of Memory with Kelsey Andrews

A Panel on Revision, moderated by Susan Wingert

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7-8:30pm EDT: Welcome Session

Saturday, September 26th

11:00am – 12:00pm EDT: Keynote Address by Lisa Cooper Ellison

The Nervous System Is the First Reader: Channeling Powerful Stories That Transform You and Move Your Readers

1:00 - 3:30 pm EDT: Masterclass with Lisa Cooper Ellison

Building A Nervous-System-Aware Writing Practice: Craft Tools for Writing Charged Material Without Reliving It

4–5:30pm Eastern: Click On Your Preferred Option

Blue Pencil Sessions ~ A Live Demonstration with Susan Wadds, Barbara Krasner, and Kate Marshall Flaherty

Meeting Yourself With Kindness: Self-Compassion for Writers at Every Stage with Kimberly Lee

The Art of Witnessing in AWA Method Workshops: How to Deepen Your Feedback with Sue Reynolds

**From Single Workshop to Sustainable Practice: Mapping Your Offering Ecosystem with Kiala Givehand

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5:45 - 6:45 pm EDT: Virtual Book Fair

Join us on Zoom to virtually browse the book tables of AWA authors and hear a bit from each of them about a book they are promoting.

Sunday, September 27th

11:00am-12:30pm EDT: Click on Your Preferred Option

Storyquilting: Stitch the Patches of Your Writing into a Cohesive Fabric with Barbara Krasner

How to Research Where to Send Your Work with Cheryl MacLean

What Shape is your Poem? with Susan Wadds

**Creating Safer Space for Trans and Non-Binary Participants with Alex Cafarelli

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1:00 – 2:30pm EDT: Click on Your Preferred Option

Crafting the Just-Right Ending: A Revision Workshop with Marian Calabro

From Generative Writing to Submission Ready: Let's Go! with Isabella Moreno

Writing the Wave with Louise Bierig

**Beyond the Workshop: Building Partnerships with Healing Communities with TJ Parsell

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3:00 – 4:30pm EDT: Click on Your Preferred Option

Lyric Poetics & Social Justice with Nzima Hutchings

Get Your Words Published with Désirée Penner

(M)Other Tongues & Beloved Languages: Finding Voice in Many Languages with Arlene Rodriguez

**Making Sense of Marketing Your Workshops: Where to Start with Diane Douiyssi

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5:00 – 6:30 pm EDT: Amherst Writers & Artists Town Hall, What's New with AWA?

The AWA Board will fill you in on our initiatives and new offerings. We'll also seek input from you about what your priorities and goals for the organization are.

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Book Fair

If you're submitting to our Virtual Book Fair, which is a page on AWA's website with clickable links to your book, as well as a virtual session on Saturday where authors are invited to briefly share, please give us the info about your chosen book below.

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