FEATURED AUTHORS
Winners of the SCCC First Book Visiting Writer Award and
the SCCC Lawrence J. Epstein Visiting Writer Award
The SCCC Creative Writing Festival Committee is proud to announce two new initiatives: the First Book Visiting Writer Award and the Lawrence J. Epstein Visiting Writer Award, intended to bring new and emerging authors from beyond Long Island to the attention of the SCCC and Suffolk County communities.
The winners of the awards will participate in the upcoming SCCC Creative Writing Festival as Featured Readers, where they will give a 25 minute reading, participate in a Q & A with conference attendees, and take part in an author book-signing. They will also receive a $1000 honorarium to offset travel expenses, and have an excerpt of their work made into a limited edition broadside produced by students of Suffolk County Community College. Additionally, their books will be used as classroom texts in one or more creative writing courses at SCCC in future semesters.
2020
Visiting
Writers
Meet the winners and finalists
for this year's
First Book
Visiting Writer Award
and
Lawrence J. Epstein
Visiting Writer Award
JARED HAREL
Poet
Featured Author 2018
LOIS ROMA-DEELEY
Poet
Keynote Speaker 2018
ARACELIS GIRMAY
Poet
Featured Author 2017
RACHEL ELIZA GRIFFITHS
Poet
Featured Author 2017
PAUL LISICKY
Writer, Creative Nonfiction
Featured Author 2017
JENNIFER MICHAEL HECHT
Poet
Featured Author 2016
GENARO KỲ LÝ SMITH
Poet
Featured Author 2016
KENNETH SHERWOOD
Educator
Keynote Speaker 2016
AMY LEACH
Essayist
Featured Author 2015
WILL SCHUTT
Poet
Featured Author 2015
SPIRO CARRAS
Filmmaker
Keynote Speaker 2015
KELLY DANIELS
Writer, Creative Nonfiction
Featured Author 2014
ALLISON SEAY
Poet
Featured Author 2014
COLUM MCCANN
Novelist
Keynote Speaker 2014
KATHA POLLITT
Poet
Featured Author 2013
JAMES ARTHUR
Poet
Featured Author 2013
TIM ALBAUGH
Screenwriter
Keynote Speaker 2013
RACHEL EDDEY
Memoirist
Featured Author 2012
JUDITH BAUMEL
Poet
Featured Author 2012
CORNELIUS EADY
Poet
Keynote Speaker 2012
L.B. THOMPSON
Poet
Featured Author 2011
DANIEL NESTER
Essayist
Featured Author 2011
KRIS BIGALK
Educator
Keynote Speaker 2011
DAVA SOBEL
Writer, Nonfiction
Featured Author 2010
STEPHANOS PAPADOPOULOS
Poet
Featured Author 2010
ENZO SURIN
Educator
Keynote Speaker 2010
SAM LIPSYTE
Novelist
Featured Author 2009
DAVID HAJDU
Writer, Nonfiction
Featured Author 2009
JULIE SHEEHAN
Poet
Keynote Speaker 2009
VICTOR D. LAVALLE
Novelist
Featured Author 2008
BROCK CLARKE
Novelist
Featured Author 2008
JUDITH BAUMEL
Educator
Keynote Speaker 2008
PAST READERS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Featuring over 30 authors in just over a decade
Click on the author photos for more information
ASHLEY M. JONES
Poet
Winner
First Book
Visiting Writer Award 2018
SUE HALPERN
Novelist
Winner
Lawrence J. Epstein
Visiting Writer Award 2018
WENDY CHEN
Poet
Finalist
First Book
Visiting Writer Award 2018
JESSICA CUELLO
Poet
Finalist
Lawrence J. Epstein
Visiting Writer Award 2018