Program

Wednesday, July 9th

5:30–6:45pm
Welcome and Check-in

6:30–7:15 pm
Panel 1: The Publishing Process
Panelists: Malaika Adero, Dawn Davis, Julia Masnik, Michael Mejias, LaToya Smith, Cheryl Klein
Moderator: Linda Duggins

7:15-8:00pm
Panel 2: The Realities of the Writing Life
Panelists: Jeffery Renard Allen, Mitchell Jackson, Sergio Troncoso, Neela Vaswani and Morowa Yejidé
Moderator: Laura Pegram

8:00-9:00pm
Pitch Slam
Participating Editors / Agents: Dawn Davis, Julia Masnik, Michael Mejias, LaToya Smith, Cheryl Klein

9:00-9:30pm
Wine and cheese reception

Manuscript Consultations with Sulay Hernandez will be off-site.

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Kweli Journal is supported in part by an American Rescue Plan Act grant from the National Endowment for the Arts to support general operating expenses in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.