2024 Facing Pages Statewide Literary Arts Convening
SEPTEMBER 15-17, 2024 in New York City
Join literary colleagues from across New York State for this year’s annual gathering.
You can look forward to poems, panels, generative sessions & discussions with plenty of downtime to connect and reconnect with literary colleagues and friends. As always, your ideas and perspectives will be at the center of our discussions. Our goal is for you to leave joyful, connected, and supported, with new resources to better advance your own work and the work of your organization.
The 2024 LitNYS Convening registration deadline has passed.
We're at full capacity but, if you wish to be added to the Waiting List, please email us at submissions@justbuffalo.org.
2024 Itinerary
RUPTURE, READINESS, & REPAIR: STRATEGIES FOR STRENGTHENING
Sunday, September 15, 2024
WENDY’S SUBWAY
379 Bushwick Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11206
5-7pm: Convening Opening Reception
(Note: there are also Pre-Convening Sessions in the afternoon for Publishers and for participants in the 2024 LitNYS Mentoring Program. See brochure for details!)
Monday, September 16, 2024
GIRLS WRITE NOW
247 W. 37th Street, Suite 1000
New York, NY 10018
9– 9:30am: Coffee
9:30-10am: Welcome
10am–12:30pm: New, Nontraditional & Adjacent Approaches
12:45-1:45pm: Lunch
2-4:30pm: Free Expression Panel with Discussion
THE WRITERS ROOM
740 Broadway
New York, NY 10003
5-7pm: Reception @ The Writer’s Room
Tuesday, September 17, 2024
GIRLS WRITE NOW
247 W. 37th Street, Suite 1000
New York, NY 10018
9– 9:30am: Coffee
9:30-9:45am: Welcome
9:45–11am: Collaboration, Inspiration & Opportunities: Weaving Generative Information into Action
11:15am-12:45pm: Collaboration, Inspiration & Opportunities (Group Activities)
1-2:30pm: Lunch & Concluding Keynote
Travel Assistance for the 2024 LitNYS Convening
LitNYS is committed to supporting broad participation in the convening. This includes those from all parts of the state and from organizations of all sizes.
If travel costs are a hardship, you may request assistance to help with expenses. All are available on a first-come, first-served basis.
CLMP Travel Grants
If you are a NYS-based literary magazine or press, you can apply directly to CLMP (Community of Literary Magazines & Presses) for a Travel Grant of up to $100.
If you are a NYS-based nonprofit literary magazine or press traveling more than 60 miles to attend the Facing Pages LitNYS Convening, and your expenses will exceed $100, you may also then apply for a LitNYS travel reimbursement of up to $500.
You may also contact Montana Agte-Studier, Director of Membership and NYSCA NYTAP, at magte-studier@clmp.org with any questions.
LitNYS Travel Reimbursements
If you are traveling more than 60 miles to attend the Convening, you can request a LitNYS travel reimbursement of up to $500. There is a limit of one per organization, and it may be used toward hotel, mileage, train, and flight.
You will claim by submitting a travel reimbursement form to submissions@justbuffalo.org with receipt/documentation within 60 days of the Convening to receive a reimbursement check of up to $500.