20th
Annual:
Scissortail Creative Writing
Festival
April
3 - 5, 2025
East
Central University
Ada,
Oklahoma
Thursday, April 3
I. 9:30 – 10: 45 Estep Auditorium
Woodstok Farley: Mingus Texas
The Killing of the Poet Laureate of Corpus
Christi: A Nod to Edgar Allan Poe
Julie
Chappell: Lake Keystone, Oklahoma
Watermarks
David
Meischen: Albuquerque, NM
Caliche Road Poems
II. 11:00 – 12: 10 Estep Auditorium
John
Morris: Cameron University
That Short Green Time, and other poems
Ashley
Korpela: Oklahoma City, OK
Matriarch: Essays
Don
Stinson: Moore, Oklahoma
Carousel of Illusions
III. 11:00 - 12:10 Regents Room
Sarah
Webb: Burnet, Texas
Rock and the Kid
Todd
Fuller: University of Oklahoma
64
Steps of Doon: Archival Poetry and other Primary Sources
Joshua
Grasso: East Central University
Vanishing Acts
IV. 11:00 – 12:10 Boswell Chapel
Ky
George: Gallup, New Mexico
Bring Me Home
Nathan
Brown: University of Oklahoma
The Fallen Autumn: The Birth
of a Vagabond - Book 2
Brady
Peterson: Belton, Texas
from Southern Voices
*** Lunch ***
V. 2:10 – 3:20 Estep Auditorium
Chris
Murphy: Northeastern State University
Territories
Sally
Rhoades: Albany, New York
Taking Time
Molly
Sizer: Lawton, Oklahoma
Rules of the Road
VI. 2:10 – 3:20 Regents Room
John
Yozzo: Tulsa, Oklahoma
When
We Dark Awaken: Poems to Amuse Rather than Terrify
Stephanie
Theban: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Elvis has Left the Building
Wade
Thompson: USAO
Hibakusha, and other poems
VII. 3:30 – 4:40 Estep Auditorium
Rilla
Askew: University of Oklahoma
The
Color of Verdigris
Ashley
Oakes: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Goldilocks at Fifty
Steve
Pedersen: East Central University
Dog Days
VIII. 3:30 – 4:40 Regents Room
Benjamin
Myers: Oklahoma Baptist University
As Sparks Fly Upward
Luri
Owen: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Tasty Tidbits of Poetry
Zachary
Scalzo: University of Central Oklahoma
Supernova Era
IX. 7:00 – 8:30 Estep Auditorium
Featuring: Julie Hensley
(Authors’ Reception – Polo’s Restaurant)
Click here and here for bios of all authors.
Friday, April 4
X. 9:00 – 9:50 Estep Auditorium
Hank
Jones: Tarleton State University
Not Light, Nor Wind, Nor Trees
Linda
Neal Reising: Poseyville, Indiana
Navigating through Life and Memory
XI. 9:00 - 9:50 Regents Room
Joey
Brown: Joplin, Missouri
Turn Out the Lights: Poems from Busted Oklahoma
Corbett
Buchly: Richardson, Texas
Interiors
XII. 10:00 – 10:50 Estep Auditorium
Tina
Carlson: Santa Fe, New Mexico
Mothers and Manta Rays
Ben
Payne: Harding HS, Oklahoma City
My Neighbor's Dog
XIII. 10:00 – 10:50 Regents Room
Jim
Roberts: Paris, Texas
And Your Byrd Can Sing
Paul Austin: Norman, Oklahoma
Mother and Son
XIV. 10:00 – 10:50 Boswell Chapel
Cindy
Huyser: Austin, Texas
Cartography
Paul
Bowers: Northern Oklahoma College
We’ll All Be Better People
XV. 11:00 – 12:10 Estep Auditorium
Denise
Tolan: San Antonio, Texas
This is What Love Looks Like
Stanton
Yeakley: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Eremocene: Hope in the Age of Loneliness
Phil Morgan: Blanchard,
Oklahoma
The Southernmost Acre, and other poems
XVI. 11:00 – 12:10 Regents Room
Ron
Wallace: Durant, Oklahoma
Life is
Still a Beautiful Disaster
Susan
Ayres: Ft. Worth, Texas
Red Cardinal, White Snow
Bill
McCloud: Rogers State University
The Error of the Stars
XVII. 11:00 -12:10 Boswell Chapel
Wendy
Dunmeyer: Lawton, OK
Fool Me Once
Crag
Hill: University of Oklahoma
The Calendar
Gianna
Loboda: Ada, Oklahoma
True Eden, and other poems
*** Lunch ***
XVIII. 2:10 – 3:20 Estep Auditorium
Alan
Berecka: Sinton, Texas
Poems about Belief
Kristen
Grace: Oklahoma City, OK
The Skull Tree
Robert Dean
Johnson: Richmond, KY
Alexandrov
& Petrooshki
XIX. 2:10 -3:20 Regents Room
Paul
Juhasz: Seminole State College
Prufrock’s Mermaids & other
poems
Shaun
Perkins: Locust Grove, OK
Dear Cryptid
Andrew Geyer:
Univ. South Carolina-Aiken
Barter
XX. 3:35 – 4:45 Estep Auditorium
Jeanetta
Calhoun Mish: Albuquerque, NM
Love Story, and other poems
Mark
Walling: East Central University
Mama's Boy
Bob
Sykora: Kansas City, Kansas
Utopians in Love
XXI. 3:35 -4:45 Regents Room
Sly
Alley: Tecumseh, Oklahoma
Flag Song and other poems
Heather
Levy: Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
This Violent Heart
Luke
Fredette: USAO
The Stories
XXII. 7:00 – 8:30 pm Estep Auditorium
Featuring: ire’ne lara silva
Recognition
of Undergraduate Writers
Open
Mic (TBA)
www.ecuscissortail.blogspot.com
Click here and here for bios of all authors.
Saturday, April 5
XXIII. 9:00 – 10:25 Estep Auditorium
Ann
Howells: Carrollton, Texas
Come
Fly With Me
Cullen
Whisenhunt: Eastern Ok State College
Anticlimax
Constance
Squires: UCO
Low April Sun
Cody
Baggerly: East Central University
Hardly Been Born
XXIV. 9:00 – 10:25 Regents Room
Quinn
Carver Johnson: Tulsa, Oklahoma
Nursing Home Dog, and other poems
Keely
Record: Tulsa, Oklahoma
How I Ride, and other poems
Robert
Roensch: Oklahoma City University
The Quarry
Sharon
Edge Martin: Oilton, Oklahoma
Granny’s Gone
XXV. 10:35 -11:45 Estep Auditorium
Jessica
Turcat: Oklahoma State University
Hunger House
Melissa
Heath-Lee: Red Oak, OK
The
Exquisite Ache of Loss
Tom
Murphy: Corpus Christi, Texas
The Great American Windmill Bob Kaufman Destroyed
XXVI. 10:35 -11:45 Regents Room
Michael
Howarth: Missouri Southern State Univ
Who's Who Among Fallen Women
Chloe
LaFevers: East Central University
Still Looking
Zhenya
Yevtushenko: Tulsa, OK
Field Guide to Femininity
XXVII. 12:15 – 1:00 pm Estep Auditorium
Grand Finale, Featuring: Ken Hada
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