Hawai'i Pacific University
is pleased to present
Tyler McMahon
featured speaker at the
15th Annual
Ko'olau Writing Workshops
Saturday, March 3, 2012
McMahon is the author of How the Mistakes Were Made, published in 2011 by St. Martin's Press. An earlier novel, Chloroquine Dreams, made him a finalist for Amazon's 2008 Breakthrough Novel Award. In 2009 he was nominated for the Pushcart Prize and was runner-up in the Ian McMillan Writing Contest of 2011. He has also published more than 35 essays, short stories, interviews, and reviews.
Hawai'i Pacific University, Hawai'i Loa Campus, Cooke Academic Center
8:45-9:15 Breakfast and informal get-acquainted
9:15-9:30 Award of 11th annual HPU James M. Vaughan Award for Poetry
9:30-10:30 Guest speaker, Tyler McMahon
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45-11:00 Introduction of Workshop facilitators
11:00-12:30 First Workshop Sessions in Non-Fiction, Poetry, Fiction, and Scriptwriting
12:30-1:30 Lunch (Brown Bag) with free drinks
1:30-3:00 Second Workshop Sessions in four areas
3:00-3:30 Share and get back together time (End of Day)
Cost is $20. ($10 students with student id). Fees acepted at the door.
Workshop fee includes
A chance to hear our well-known guest speakerFree breakfast ● Free drinks at lunchtime ● Your choice of 2 workshops
