2023 Winter Wheat Workshops
Our 2023 workshop selection covers a wide range of focused generative subjects. Please use the list below to select first…
- Festival Schedule
- 2023-11-09 7:30 pm - 2023-11-11 9:30 pm EST
- Bowling Green State University
Winter Wheat Features
The 2023 Winter Wheat Festival, November 9-11, will again be hybrid, with some online features and some in person on BGSU's campus. We are now open for Registration! Workshops will take place in the Education Building and, with the Veterans Day holiday, parking is free in lots A and G. Thank you to the Ohio Arts Council for their continued support of the festival and Mid-American Review. Winter Wheat is a free writing festival celebrating the creation of new work across all genres. Find out more on our About page.
Our 2023 Readers
Sharona Muir
Thursday, 7:30 pm, Prout Chapel
Our Featured Faculty Reading: writer of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction
Faylita Hicks
Saturday, 1:15 pm, 115 Education Building
Our Keynote: poet, memoirist, spoken word artist, and consultant
2023 Event Schedule
Our 2023 events are in the Education Building on BGSU's campus!
- 7:30-8:30 pm
Reading by BGSU faculty member Sharona Muir, Prout Chapel
- 2:30-5:15 pm
Generative Writing Workshops, Sessions A and B, Education Building
- 6:30-11:00 pm
Open Mic and Concert, Howard’s Club H
Featured Readers: Jonie McIntire, Kerry Trautman, Jim Ferris (6:30-7)
Music: Zack Fletcher, The Toro Quartet, By the Willow, Chloe and the Strings (9-11)
- 9:30 am-5:15 pm
Generative Writing Workshops, Sessions C, D, E, and F, Education Building
- 9:30 am-5:15 pm
Small Press and Literary Organization Fair, 3rd Floor Education Building
- 1:15-2:15 pm
Keynote Reading by Faylita Hicks, 115 Education
- 6:00-8:30 pm
Open Mic and Reception, Prout Chapel