TYCA Northeast Conference 2023
Shapeshifting: Challenges, Changes, and New Beginnings
Bethesda, MD
October 12-14, 2023
TYCA-NE 2023 Conference News
Friday Keynote Speaker
Jamila Minnicks
Jamila Minnicks’ novel Moonrise Over New Jessup (Algonquin Books, 2023) won the 2021 PEN/Bellwether Prize for Socially Engaged Fiction. In 2022, she was awarded a Tennessee Williams scholarship for the Sewanee Writers’ Conference, and she also earned a residency at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts.
Her short fiction and essays have been published in CRAFT, Catapult, Blackbird, The Write Launch, and elsewhere. Her piece, “Politics of Distraction” was nominated for the Pushcart Prize.
Minnicks is a graduate of the University of Michigan, the Howard University School of Law, and the Georgetown University Law Center. She lives in Washington, DC.
TYCA NE is thrilled to have Jamila Minnicks as our keynote speaker at the October 2023 conference!
A Special Saturday Brunch Panel of The Free Minds Book Club
Since its inception, Free Minds Book Club and Writing Workshop uses the literary arts, workforce development and violence prevention to connect incarcerated and formerly incarcerated youth and adults to their voices, their purpose and the wider community. Free Minds has reached over 1,500 youths and adults with long-term, continuous support. Join us for a transformative workshop with Free Minds Poet Ambassadors.
Hotel Information
Hyatt Regency Bethesda
1 Bethesda Metro Center, Wisconsin Ave.
Bethesda, MD 20814
To make a reservation: Call Hotel Reservations at 800.233.1234 and mention TYCA Northeast or go to the hotel’s TYCA event reservations page by Sept. 19th to get the conference room rate!