Schedule of Events 2021
Virtual Mildred Month: 12th Annual Mildred Haun Conference
“Eco-Appalachia: Preserve, Sustain, Protect”
2021 Virtual Conference | February 2021 | @MildredHaun
Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4
Week 1
Saturday, February 6, 2021
- 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
- Nonfiction Workshop with Rosemary Royston, Assistant Professor of English at Young Harris College
Moderator: Carla Todaro
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Meeting ID: 950 6316 1762 | Passcode: Haun
Week 2
Thursday, February 11, 2021
- 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Facebook Live
- “The Paranormal Press: ‘True’ Ghost Stories in East Tennessee Newspapers” with Dr. Michael Sobiech, Associate Professor of English at Carson-Newman University
Moderator: Gracie Rossie
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Meeting ID: 962 6764 6484 | Passcode: Haun
Friday, February 12, 2021
- 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM
- “Looking at Ourselves in Our Writing” with Danielle Byington, Founder of Sight into Insight and Adjunct Instructor of English at East Tennessee State University
Moderator: Kelsey Solomon
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Meeting ID: 960 7957 4268 | Passcode: Haun
Saturday, February 13, 2021
- 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
- Fiction Workshop with Chrissie Anderson Peters, Author
Moderator: Leslie Conner
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Meeting ID: 995 6487 6201 | Passcode: Haun
Week 3
Thursday, February 18, 2021
- 6:30 PM – 7:00 PM Facebook Live
- “Toward Ecocentricism in the Mountain South: Forage and Specter Moutain” with Micah McCrotty
Moderator: Kelsey Solomon
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Meeting ID: 912 2937 0303 | Passcode: Haun
Saturday, February 20, 2021
- 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
- Songwriting Workshop with Osborne/Krause: Guy Larry Osborne and Diane Krause
Moderator: Paul Ludwig
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Meeting ID: 919 9442 1830 | Passcode: Haun
Week 4
Monday, February 22, 2021
- 6:30 PM – 8:00 PM Facebook Live
- “Kiss My Grit” Storytelling and Music with Marci Salyer Nimick, Storyteller and Associate Professor of Speech at Walters State
Introducer: Rob Pratt
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Meeting ID: 989 7108 1923 | Passcode: Haun
Thursday, February 25, 2021
- 5:00 PM – 5:15 PM Facebook Live
- Announcement of the Mildred Haun Award of Excellence Recipient
Introducer: Kelsey Solomon
- 6:30 PM – 7:30 PM Facebook Live
- Keynote Speech with Karen Salyer McElmurray
Introducer: Kelsey Solomon
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Meeting ID: 924 5714 9440 | Passcode: Haun
Saturday, February 27, 2021
- 12:30 PM – 2:00 PM
- Poetry Workshop with Matthew Wimberley, Assistant Professor of English at Lees-McRae College
Moderator: Samantha Isasi
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Meeting ID: 997 2777 4435 | Passcode: Haun
- 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM Facebook Live
- Bluegrass Performance with Ten Penny Drive
Introducer: Rob Pratt
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Meeting ID: 997 6579 1693 | Passcode: Haun