C.D. Wright Con

The C.D. Wright Women Writers Conference is an annual conference held at the University of Central Arkansas beginning in November 2017.

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Follow us on instagram @cdwritecon2023 for more information!

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Thank you so much to all panelists, catering staff, administrators and attendees to making the CD Wright Conference a success! Comment below your favorite panel or takeaway from the conference!

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So why do you want to be in Conway, Arkansas on November 4 & 5 @ #CDWrightCon23?

To hear Rebecca Gayle Howell @howtopreserve as our Keynote, of course!

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Rebecca Gayle Howell is a writer, translator, and editor. She also happens to be our keynote speaker!!

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"If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear!" -Mary Shelly

Happy Halloween!!

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“Our histories cling to us. We are shaped by where we come from." -Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Less than one week!!

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“Such as I am, I am a precious gift.”
― Zora Neale Hurston

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“If you find a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.”
― Toni Morrison

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Vida cross is a blues poet. Her work references her ancestry as a third generation Chicagoan, a Bronzeville resident, the artwork of Archibald J. Motley Jr., and Langston Hughes. Check her out before the conference!!

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“This is one of the glories of man, the inventiveness of the human mind and the human spirit: whenever life doesn’t seem to give an answer, we create one.” ― Lorraine Hansberry

8 days!!

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“Miracles surround us at every turn, if we but sharpen our perceptions to them.” ― Willa Cather

9 days!!

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“The desire to reach the stars is ambitious. The desire to reach hearts is wise and most possible.”
― Maya Angelou

10 days!!

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“I am not afraid of storms, for I am learning how to sail my ship.” ― Louisa May Alcott

11 days until the conference!

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Starting tomorrow, join us for a countdown to the conference! Every day there will be a quote from a woman writer or a profile of a featured panelist. The countdown will be happening here on X, but also on our instagram! @cdwritecon2023

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Carolyn Forché visits UCA as an artist-in-residence https://t.co/2RsvMdlF8d via @ucabears

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Time to register!

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The 2023 CD Wright Conference has its keynote—Rebecca Gayle Howell—and is bringing back its bookfair! One of the scheduled participants is @oxfordamerican! As we schedule more, we will let you know!

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So why do you want to be in Conway, Arkansas on November 4 & 5 @ #CDWrightCon23?

To hear Rebecca Gayle Howell @howtopreserve as our Keynote, of course!

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Seriously: it is only through an extraordinary act of restraint that we’re not sharing the keynote speaker for #CDWrightCon23 sooner than promised!

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Which poems have REALLY good line breaks?