AWP – Lane Igoudin | Author, Professor, Dad

Signing and reading at AWP 25

2 signings at the bookfair, a joint reading at CSU Los Angeles, panels, receptions, networking – AWP 2025 in Los Angeles was a three-day creative whirlwind.

At AWP22: Moderating a Panel and Reading

#AWP22 was a swirl of activities as the literary world is emerging from the downtime of the pandemic. What a difference from the last live AWP convention, March 2020 in San Antonio, the so-called #AWPocalypse of 2020 – a conference on the edge of a world shutting down, which I wrote about for the CaliforniaContinue reading “At AWP22: Moderating a Panel and Reading”

‘AWPocalypse of 2020’: A Convention on the Brink of the Pandemic (California Writers Club)

Just came out in the Spring 2020 issue of the bi-monthly California Writers Club Bulletin: my article “A Writers’ Convention That Almost Didn’t Happen” (excerpted on this site), a firsthand account of the #AWP20 congress that barely made it under the wire of the pandemic. Every year, thousands of writers travel to the annual AssociationContinue reading “‘AWPocalypse of 2020’: A Convention on the Brink of the Pandemic (California Writers Club)”

AWP 2020: Two Panels and a Reading

Every year, thousands of writers flock to the annual Association of Writers and Writing Programs (AWP) conference, the largest literary convention in North America. This year, however, was special. The coronavirus pandemic cast doubt on this giant event until March 2, just two days before its start, when the organizers and the host city ofContinue reading “AWP 2020: Two Panels and a Reading”

Upcoming Reading in San Antonio, TX, 3/6

Excited to be part of the AWP 2-Year College Creative Writing Caucus, during the AWP 2020 convention next week. A warm group of diverse writers from across the country – some published, some on their way to be published. If you are in San Antonio, please stop by. Friday, March 6th, 2020, 4-6 PM SanContinue reading “Upcoming Reading in San Antonio, TX, 3/6”

AWP20 Panel on Engaging College Students in Creative Writing

If you are at AWP 2020 in San Antonio, please stop by our panel, which features five community college professors from across the country (California, Kansas, North Carolina, and Texas) sharing approaches and activities to involve these students in writing and cultivate their often underrepresented voices. Please see the panel description below. AWP 2020 ConferenceContinue reading “AWP20 Panel on Engaging College Students in Creative Writing”

#AWP20 Panel Proposal Accepted

The AWP 2020 organizers accepted the proposal for a panel I’ll be moderating, called “Nurturing Future Danticats and Nabokovs: Engaging Multilingual/ESL Students in Creative Writing.” With the 35% proposal acceptance rate, it is a testament to the importance of the topic and the joint expertise of our panelists. Here is the panel description and theContinue reading “#AWP20 Panel Proposal Accepted”

Reading “Saviors or Vultures?” at AWP 2019 in Portland

On the closing night of the conference, I read my new short story “Saviors or Vultures?” based on a chapter from my memoir Dispositions, at a reading organized by the AWP College Writing Caucus at Café Marino Adriatico in the Division district. Such a warm, receptive crowd, and a joy to hear other writers readContinue reading “Reading “Saviors or Vultures?” at AWP 2019 in Portland”

AWP19 Book Fair: Enormous and Exhilarating

It took me almost 2 days to get through the AWP 2019 bookfair. It is enormous, but then everything about this conference is enormous: 15,000 attendees ant-crawling through the convention center, 30 concurrent talk tracks, the enormous lines, and the ensuing networking and camaraderie. Among my bookfair finds is a collection of Tel Aviv noir;Continue reading “AWP19 Book Fair: Enormous and Exhilarating”