Bookfair Set-up & Break-down
The exhibit hall will be open Wednesday, February 11, from noon to 5:30 PM for you to set up your display. The Bookfair operating hours will be 8:30 AM to 5:30 PM, Thursday through Saturday. Exhibitors should be prepared to exit the exhibit hall by 5:30 PM on Saturday.

Exhibitor Registration
Conference registration will be open on Wednesday from noon to 7:00 PM. During those hours you and any attendees who may be accompanying your organization may pick up name badges and programs at the pre-registration area, housed in the lobby area of Hilton Hotel on the first floor. If you are unable to pick up your badges at that time, registration will open at 8:00 AM on Thursday, though we strongly encourage our exhibitors to visit pre-registration on Wednesday if possible, as the Bookfair will open at 8:30 Thursday morning.

Exhibitor Access Badge
In order to protect your exhibit space and Bookfair materials during Bookfair set-up hours, AWP will assign each exhibit space ONE colored Exhibitor Access Badge for early set-up during non-operating Bookfair hours. This badge will be assigned to the primary contact person for each table or booth, unless otherwise indicated. This badge will have the individuals name printed on it, and will also act as his/her general conference badge.

Exhibitors MUST have their colored access badge to enter the exhibit hall before Bookfair operating hours. No individuals may enter the hall after operating hours.

The Bookfair exhibit hall will be open for set-up on Wednesday, February 11, 12:00 PM- 5:30 PM. During these hours all individuals entering the exhibit hall should be accompanied by an individual assigned an Exhibitor Access Badge.

The exhibit hall will be open for exhibitor set-up from 7:30-8:30 AM, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday. During these hours all individuals entering the exhibit hall should be accompanied by an individual assigned an Exhibitor Access Badge.

2009 Sponsors

Major Sponsors

The University of Illinois Creative Writing Program / Ninth Letter / Carr Reading Series

Columbia College Chicago, Fiction Writing Department

Columbia College Poetry & Nonfiction Programs

Murray State University Low-Residency MFA

NEOMFA--The Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts

The MFA in Creative Writing and Writing for the Performing Arts, The UC Riverside Palm Desert Graduate Center, The Power of One Degree with Two Options: traditional and concentrated residency

West Chester Poetry Center

Literary Partners

The Academy of American Poets

Blue Flower Arts

The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses / Small Press Distribution

The Loft Literary Center

The National Endowment for the Arts

PEN American Center

Poets & Writers

The Poetry Society of America

The Poetry Foundation

Writers in the Schools

Benefactors

The Gwendolyn Brooks Center for Black Literature at Chicago State University

Third World Press

The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University

Wilkes University Low Residency MA/MFA Program in Creative Writing

Patrons

Adelphi University MFA in Creative Writing

Creative Writing at UNC Greensboro

Emerson College, Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing

Fourth Genre: Michigan State University Press

Georgia College & State University / Arts & Letters

Indiana University Purdue University Indianapolis

The International Center for Creative Writing Research

Minnesota State University Mankato

New England College, MFA Program in Poetry

The Ohio State University MFA in Creative Writing / The Journal

University of Illinois, Chicago

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

University of Minnesota Creative Writing Program

University of Nebraska Lincoln / Prairie Schooner / Nebraska Summer Writers’ Conference

University of Nebraska MFA in Writing

University of Notre Dame Creative Writing Program

Western Michigan University Creative Writing Program

Sponsors

Bowling Green State University

Grand Valley State University Department of Writing

Miami University of Ohio

Sewanee Writers’ Conference

Spalding University’s Brief Residency MFA in Writing Program

Stonecoast MFA in Creative Writing

University of Southern California Master of Professional Writing and PhD in Literature & Creative Writing

The Water~Stone Review / Hamline University

Wichita State University

The MFA in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

University of Tampa

Contributors

Hiram College

Knox College

Longwood University

New Letters

Purdue University

TriQuarterly

The University of Florida / SUBTROPICS

Become a sponsor for our 2009 Conference.
There are five levels
of sponsorship with a
variety of benefits.

Questions about Sponsorship? Contact:
Matt Burriesci,
Associate Director,
at (703) 993-4540