Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University at Tempe announces the upcoming Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference for Feb 16 – 18, 2017.
In addition to this year’s keynote speaker—ASU Regents Professor Simon Ortiz—faculty include Benjamin Percy, Sanderia Faye, Benjamin Alire Sáenz, Sally Ball, Adrienne Celt, Paolo Bacigalupi, Dominic Smith, Malinda Lo, Kate Bernheimer, Bill Konigsberg, Alissa Nutting, Goldie Goldbloom, Matthew Olzmann, and many more. Individuals who are interested in learning more about the conference can visit the registration page, rsvp to the facebook event, or download a flier, postcard, or press release