VISITING WRITERS SERIES
2025-2026 Series
Fall 2025
August 28 – Faculty Readings
• Location: Blackbox Theater (137 W. Hancock Street, Milledgeville, GA 31061)
• Time: 6:30–8:00 PM
September 16 – Visiting Writer: Michael Garriga
• Location: Museum Education Room
• Time: 6:30–7:30 PM
October 6 – Visiting Writer: Karen Salyer McElmurray
• Location: Peabody Auditorium (Kilpatrick Building)
• Time: 6:30–7:30 PM
November 5 – Book Launch: Kerry Neville, Momma May Be Mad: A Memoir
• Location: Museum Education Room
• Time: 6:30–7:30 PM
Spring 2026
January 28 – Visiting Writer: Miller Oberman
• Location: Museum Education Room
• Time: 6:30–7:30 PM – Reading & Q&A
February 17–18 – Business of Writing Forum (Zoom Panels)
Tuesday, February 17
• 4:30–5:30 PM – Writing a Query, Book Proposal & Pitching to Agents
– Cora Markowitz
Tuesday, February 17
• 6:00–7:00 PM – Assembling a Poetry Manuscript
– Travis Mossotti
Wednesday, February 18
• 4:30–5:30 PM – The Writing Life Post-MFA
– Morgan Coyner
– Joanna Grisham
– Georgia Knapp
Wednesday, February 18
• 6:00–7:00 PM – Reading and Presenting Your Work Professionally
– Alice Friman
April 14 – Book Launch: Kerry James Evans, Nine Persimmons
• Location: Museum Education Room
• Time: 6:30–7:30 PM
Wilson Writing Awards 2026
April TBD – Wilson Writing Awards
• Location: TBD
• Time: 5:00–6:00 PM
GRADUATION READINGS 2026
April 9 – Undergraduate Creative Writing Graduation Reading
• Location: Pat Peterson Museum Education Room
• Time: 6:30–8:00 PM
April 30 – MFA Graduation Reading
• Location: Pat Peterson Museum Education Room
• Time: 6:30–8:00 PM