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.

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2020

Visiting

Writers

Meet the winners and finalists

for this year's

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First Book

Visiting Writer Award

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and

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Lawrence J. Epstein

Visiting Writer Award

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PAST READERS AND KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

Featuring over 30 authors in just over a decade

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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