Kentucky Women Writers Conference

The 40th anniversary Kentucky Women Writers Conference will feature workshops, craft talks, panel discussions, and readings with Chantel Acevedo, Ifa Bayeza, Franny Choi, Nicole Chung, DaMaris Hill, Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman, Barbara Hurd, Dorianne Laux, Lydia Millet, Ellen Birketts Morris, Antonya Nelson, Savannah Sipple, Alice Speilburg, Ashlee Clark Thompson, and Margaret Verble.

Friday and Saturday, Sept. 20–21, 8 a.m.–6 p.m., Carnegie Center, 251 W. Second Street.

Conference fees: $225 general admission, $125 without workshop, $30 students.

The conference also presents a handful of free events throughout the weekend, including the following:

• Sonia Sanchez Series. Sept. 19. Featuring a reading by novelist and playwright Ifa Bayeza, introduced by Patrice Muhammad. 7 p.m. at the Lyric Theatre. 
• All You Can Ever Know: An Evening with Nicole Chung. Sept. 20. A reading and book signing by National Book Circle Critics Award finalist Nicole Chung. 7:30 p.m. at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center. 
• Wild Women of Poetry Slam. Sept. 21. Featuring headliner and celebrity judge Franny Choi, a Korean-American playwright and poet. 7:30 p.m. at the Pam Miller Downtown Arts Center. 
• Stars of the Commonwealth Literary Reading. Sept. 22. This event will feature readings by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman, Savannah Sipple, and Ashlee Clark Thompson, followed by a Q&A and book signing. 10 a.m. at the Carnegie Center.