Howling Bird Press was proudly represented at the 2018 Conference for the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) in Tampa, Florida. The annual event, which regularly includes more than 12,000 attendees, 2,000 presenters, and 550 readings, is the premier national conference for the field of publishing.

Learn more about AWP:  https://www.awpwriter.org/awp_conference/overview.

This year, Howling Bird Press was among over 800 exhibitors at the bookfair, which lasted the length of the conference: March 7 to 10. The bookfair included major commercial publishers alongside independent literary journals and presses, writing programs, and literary arts organizations. In addition to the bookfair, the conference featured experts in writing, editing, and publishing.

The Howling Bird Press exhibit was attended by past and current students as well as Program Director Stephan Clark, Associate Director Lindsay Starck, and Howling Bird Publisher Jim Cihlar.  Signing books were 2016 and 2017 Howling Bird Prize winners Jacob M. Appel and Jean Harper.