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BPC’s Young Writer’s Conference Set for February 27, 2009

The Brewton-Parker College Division of Arts and Letters will present its ninth annual Young Writers Conference on Friday, February 27, 2009, on the Brewton-Parker Campus, at Gilder Recital Hall in the Miller Music Building.

Schedule

8:00 am to 8:45 am - Registration and fees - foyer, Gilder Recital Hall

9:00 am                   - Welcome.

9:10 am                   - Mr. James Kicklighter, author, screenwriter, and film-maker will

               deliver the plenary address, after which, he will be happy to answer audience

               questions.  Mr. Kicklighter will discuss the process of writing, filming, and

               producing his most recent documentary, Di Passaggio.

10:00 am                 - Students will participate in one of seven workshops.  The work

               they complete may be submitted for competition and prizes.  (See Workshops

               below.)

10:05 am                  - A special panel for parents and teachers with Dr. Cindy L.

               Skaruppa, Vice-president of Enrollment Services, and Dr. Ruth Ellen

               Porter, Chair of the Division of Arts and Letters.

Workshops

Provided under the direction of the Arts and Letters faculty:

• Professor Zeke Addison, MFA, associate professor of art, will conduct a hands-on, visual arts workshop titled, “Tessellation Design.” 
• Professor Harry Bayne, PhD, associate professor of English, will direct a workshop titled, “Critiquing and Writing Television Commercials.”  Participants will view several inventive, imaginative TV commercials for well-known products, and then discuss their strengths and weaknesses.  Students will then write detailed scripts (including stage directionis) for three commercials for products of their own choosing.
• Professor William Denni, PhD, Director of the Learning Assistance Program and associate professor of Language and Literature, will guide a fiction workshop titled, “Ways To Begin A Story.”   There are many ways to begin a story; the problem is to choose one that most appropriately raises the curtain on the narrative.  Students will explore various techniques for beginning a story, discuss the different effectrs each achieves, and then write several versions of the beginning of a story using some of the discussed techniques.
• Professor Vicki Hill, PhD, Assistant professor of English and Director of Brewton-Parker’s Writing Center, will lead a memory workshop titled, “Writing The Writer's Life.”  Students will do some memory exercises and then compose a brief memoire. 
• Professor Gareth Jones, Assistant Professor of Film Studies, will lead the workshop, "The Comic Book Film:  Reflecting Contemporary Society."  Students will analyze the comic book genre and how it represents our current society, why it is popular, and which films transcend the genre.
• Professor George Mosley, MA, instructor of English, will lead a workshop on “The Poetic Image,”  in which students will learn how to create a poetic image that will be symbolic and evocative.  
• Professor Regina Woods, Instructor of Learning Assistance, will lead a workshop in creative non-fiction focused on oral history.  Students will learn how to write abvout their family stories, especially those passed on from generation to generation.

12:00pm -  Lunch

1:30 pm - Presentation Of Awards ceremony in Gilder Hall.

2:30 pm - Conference ends.

The fee of $12 per student, which includes a bag lunch, may be paid with a mail-in pre-registration form or may be paid at the sign-in table at Gilder Hall beginning at 8:00 a.m.  The cost for lunch to non-participants is $6. 

This year, participants will be able to buy specially designed Young Writers tee-shirts for $10.00.  We will accept cash and checks.

Further inquiries may be directed to Dr. Thom Brucie, Director of Creative Expressions, at:  (912) 583-3104, or email at:  tbrucie@bpc.edu