Schedule
Day 1 - June 27
All times are Eastern Time (ET)
11:00 - 11:50 am - Festival Keynote 1 with Lisa Gerardy
12:00 - 12:20 pm - Festival Spotlight: WAC Awards Presentation with Michael Keathley
12:30-12:50 - The Gauge Photographer's Session with various photographers
1:00 - 1:20 pm - Fiction Workshop with Jan Watson & Jessica Love
1:30 - 1:50 pm - Poetry Workshop with Ashley Johnson & Melissa Bahle
2:00 - 2:20 pm - Photography Contest with Jacob Kaltenbach
2:30 - 2:50 pm - Festival Feature: Writing Humorously About Difficult Topics with Stephanie Thompson
3:00 - 3:20 pm - Festival Feature: Is AI Funny? Using AI for Humor Writing with Jonathan Cardew & Ashley Johnson
4:00 - 4:20 pm - Literature Presentation: Everything I Needed to Know I Learned from MAD Magazine: A Writer's Origin Story with Jan Watson
4:30 - 4:50 pm - Literature Presentation: I'm Just Here for the Comments: 2023 in Memes with Irina Negrea
5:00 - 5:20 pm - Literature Presentation: Lessons in Laughter with Shel Silverstein with Melissa Bahle
5:30 - 5:50 pm -Literature Presentation: Women Are Funny: Exploring the Use of Humor in Literature Between 1880 and 2023 with Jennifer Harrison
6:00 - 6:20 pm - Literature Presentation: Beyond “Say Cheese!”: Humor as Hook in the Art Photography Book with Jacob Kaltenbach
Day 2 - June 28
All times are Eastern Time (ET)
11:00 - 11:50 am - Festival Keynote 2 with David Hayes
12:00 - 12:50 pm - The Gauge Author's Reading with various authors
1:00 - 1:20 pm - Nonfiction Workshop with Ritu Sharma & Sara Wink
1:30 - 1:50 pm - Microfiction Workshop with Jonathan Cardew
2:00 - 2:20 pm - Photography Workshop with Kate Scarpena
2:30 - 2:50 pm - Festival Feature: Joy and Inspiration in Musical Lyrics with Carolyn Stevenson & Dena Aucoin
3:00 - 3:20 pm - Festival Feature: Books I Find Funny But Cannot Give As Gifts with Paige Erickson
3:30 - 3:50 - Literature Presentation: Campus Cut-Ups: Satire and Loathing in the Academic Novel with Jan Watson
4:00 - 4:20 pm - Literature Presentation: Exploring the Art of Dark Humor in Fiction with Mckenize Cassidy
4:30 - 4:50 pm -Literature Presentation: The Most Fun You'll Ever Have Being Scared: Horror Comedy Fiction with Eric Holmes
5:00 - 5:20 pm - Festival Feature: Balancing Teaching and Writing with Errol Sull
5:30 - 5:50 pm - Haiku Workshop with Barbara Green