2023 Spring Celebration of Writing for Students and Teachers

Join OWP for a Day of Celebrating Literacy! 

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

University Center Great Hall, Oklahoma City University

Join OWP for a Day of Celebrating Literacy!

The Oklahoma Writing Project invites you to attend the annual Spring Celebration of Writing for Secondary Students and Teachers. Each teacher may bring 5 students per adult, grades 6-12. Parents and student teachers are welcome, too. Register soon. Spaces will be limited!

This year, OWP is excited to announce that each conference participant will get to hear published poet Jericho Brown. https://www.jerichobrown.com

Students will attend a breakout session after hearing poet. Sessions will provide writing activities for various genres and strategies to improve writing. Oklahoma Writing Project Teacher Consultants will present all workshops. All winners from the OWP “Write to Win” contest are encouraged to attend. All participants staying for this portion of the conference may receive a copy of the 2023 Write to Win Anthology.

9:00-9:30 Registration

9:30-9:45 Welcome/Quickwrite

10:00-11:00 Session with Published Poet Jericho Brown

11:10-11:50 Breakout Sessions

12:00-12:45 2023 Write to Win Contest Celebration for Secondary Students and Teachers

Purchase Orders may used to pay for this event. Please select "Pay by Invoice" in the payment method drop-down box. Please send your Purchase Orders to Megan Beck (megan.beck@ou.edu) at least one week prior to the event.