Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

Festival Overview

The 2012 MCC-Longview Literary Festival will be held on October 12^th and 13^th at the Mel Aytes Education Center. This year’s Keynote Speaker will be William Trowbridge, Missouri Poet Laureate. The festival will be hosting a Round Robin Short Story Contest in the Student Center for Longview students, staff and faculty, as well as assorted games and contests at the festival itself. This fifth annual event will feature readings, panel discussions and writing workshops as well book sales and autographs. We have lined up a wonderful guest list including authors Lewis Diuguid, Alan Spencer, Steven F. Murphy, Lindsay Martin-Bowen, Carl Rhoden, Marti Verlander and many others.   A number of groups including the Dead Horse Society, the Kansas City Science Fiction and Fantasy Society and Summit Scribes will also be there.  Our guest list is constantly growing. The festival runs from 10:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. daily and is free-of-charge for all attendees. For more information contact Susan Satterfield.

• William Trowbridge
• Lewis Diguid
• Alan Spencer
• Dead Horse Society
• Kansas City SF & F Society
• Summit Scribes

When

October 12 & 13, 2011
10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. daily

Where

MCC-Longview Community College
Mel Aytes Education Center
500 S.W. Longview Road
Lee's Summit, Missouri
Map of MCC-Longview

Contact

Susan Satterfield
Ph. 816.456.3156