I apologize for joining this conversation so late.   Been an odd day.

I like this, and agree with some of the other responses, including the
notion that a book would come out of it, and perhaps we could reference,
Rainbow Darkness and the Cook Conference as a sort of precedent.

We could, perhaps, try to secure the appearance of one or two "names"
between now and the time we'd need this flyer, and could add them.  Or
simply make some nod to invited guests that will indicate the ambitions of
the conference.

Might be good to have a dedicated email address for the conference?   And
a jazzy title?   Short Forms Merging?   Short Forms Mating, Matey?

On 1/31/12 3:42 PM, "Schloss, David Mr." <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

>Dear cris,
>
>at first blast, I like this a lot--informative and chatty. The tone seems
>inviting, just right. Crunchy?
>
>Granola
>
>________________________________________
>From: Miami University Creative Writing Faculty
>[[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of cris cheek [[log in to unmask]]
>Sent: Tuesday, January 31, 2012 12:17 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: short form (very very early draft for some kind of flier)
>
>We all know that prose can be poetic and poetry can be prosaic; but
>between seemingly unassailable monoliths of Fiction and Poetry, a common
>land of hybrid creative writing forms, less easy to classify, are
>proliferating and blooming. Such writing, often, but not always, takes
>short form.
>
>Traditions that might be identified within such a frame, including the
>prose poem; the fable; the anecdote; the pensée and the philosophical
>fragment, appear increasingly lively. Joined with sudden fiction, flash
>fictions, the creative non-fiction essay and monikers such as the short
>short perhaps a trend becomes apparent. Toss the popularity of digitally
>texted and tweeted narratives, the creative use of status updates, the
>billboard, the scrolling LED and art-neon into that brew and we think a
>field sufficiently energetic emerges that is ripe to be celebrated and
>discussed, perhaps even theorized and hotly contested.
>
>The Creative Writing cohort at Miami University, Ohio plans to host just
>such a celebration / symposium in the Fall of 2013. We expect to be
>inundated with proposals and suggestions as to how the emergence of short
>form, as a field of contemporary and historical creative writing
>practices, can begin to be mapped and taught.
>
>Please help us to do so by making a proposal of your own: proposals will
>be accepted until November 30th 2012.
>
>
>
>blah blah . okay i know my prose is impossibly crunchy
>
>
>just an early attempt at something bordering on a definition
>
>please do feel encouraged to shred it and rescript it et cetera
>
>
>btw . . i wrote to Lydia Davis last weekend but have yet to hear back
>from her. Fingers crossed .
>
>
>looking forwards,
>
>
>cris