Tuesday, September 22, 2009
The Wyoming Arts Council, in cooperation of the Casper College Literary Conference, will conduct an Oct. 10 poetry reading by the WAC’s new creative writing fellowship winners.

Fellowship recipients are Sam Renken from Laramie, Lori Van Pelt of Saratoga and Casper poet David Zoby. They will read their award-winning work with fellowship judge Greg Pape of Missoula, Mont. The free event is on Saturday, Oct. 10, 1:30 p.m., at the Izaak Walton Clubhouse, 4205 Fort Caspar Rd., Casper.

Preceding the reading at noon Saturday will be a free chili lunch provided by members of the Casper College Literary Conference planning committee.

The 23rd annual literary conference takes place Oct. 8-10. It includes writing workshops by Jackson novelist Tim Sandlin, globe-trotting journalist and author William Powers of New York, South Dakota essayist and poet Linda Hasselstrom and Greg Pape, Montana Poet Laureate. Fee is $60 per workshop.

Free events include 7:30 p.m. author talks on Thursday and Friday in the college’s Durham Hall, the WAC fellowship reading and chili feed on Saturday, and a poetry slam at 9 p.m. Saturday at Metro Coffee Company, 241 S. David in downtown Casper.

For more conference information, contact Terry Rasmussen in the Casper College English Dept., 307-268-2480. To register for workshops, call Ann Dalton, 307-268-2085. You can also go to the Casper College web site at www.caspercollege.edu.

To find out more about the Arts Council’s programs for individual artists, contact Mike Shay at 307-777-5234.

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