Mid-American Review’s 14th annual Winter Wheat Festival begins today on Bowling Green State University’s
main campus.
The three-day event features author readings, writing workshops, and an editorial roundtable, and
concludes Saturday at 5:30 p.m. with an open mic at Grumpy Dave’s Pub in downtown Bowling Green.
At Winter Wheat, graduate and undergraduate students, University faculty and staff, and writers from
Northwest Ohio and beyond share ideas and create new work both in and out of workshops.
Guest authors will read work, sign books, and speak with festival participants.
Featured this year is the opportunity for a private consultation with one of Mid-American Review’s
editors. Editors will give specific manuscript feedback and answer questions, $10 for 20 minutes.
The 56 different workshops this year focus on elements of poetry, fiction, and creative non-fiction, as
well as the creative and editorial processes.
Workshops are led by Mid-American Review staff, University faculty, students, community members, and
guest writers.
Same day registration is available. A donation of $50 is suggested for those who are able.
Guest authors presenting readings at the festival are:
• Award-winning poet Allison Joseph is editor of Crab Orchard Review, producer of the CRWOPPS list, and
director of the Southern Illinois University Carbondale MFA Program in Creative Writing. Her six
published books include "My Father’s Kite!" and "Voice."
• Poet and fiction writer Sharona Muir is a Professor of Creative Writing and English at Bowling Green
State University. Published works include "Invisible Beasts," "The Book of Telling,"
"The Artificial Paradise" and "During Ceasefire." Today at 7:30 p.m. in Prout
Chapel. Saturday 4 p.m. Bowen Thompson Student Union Theater.
• Essayist and award-winning fiction writer Anne Valente is the author of the short story collection
"By Light We Knew Our Names" and the fiction chapbook "An Elegy for Mathematics."
Her essays appear in The Washington Post and The Believer. Friday at 7:30 p.m. in the student union
theater.
• Pushcart Prize-winning poet Marcus Wicker is assistant professor of English at University of Southern
Indiana, poetry editor of Southern Indiana Review, and director of New Harmony Writers Workshop.
Published works include "Maybe the Saddest Thing." Saturday 4 p.m. Bowen Thompson Student
Union Theater.
