Helen Hokanson Email & Phone Number

A 20 plus year Public Library Professional specializing in support to Local Writers:- Provide information services at all public service points, including reference desks, centralized phones, youth services desks, and checkout.- Plan content, both in-person and virtual, for a yearly, multi-day writers conference with a $25,000 budget for approximately 300 attendees- Manage a $12,000 yearly budget for programs that support our local writing community, including:- Designed monthly writing contests that have awarded over $20,000 to more than 95 writers and published their work since September of 2015- Published writing contest content on-line and in six annual Literary Notebooks distributed during the Writers Conference- Curate a monthly literary and arts series- Designed and facilitate Writers United, an open format writers group utilizing volunteers offering free, first-come, first-served story, line, poetry, and query letter editing- Offer several multi-day author visits including Bronwen Dickey, Joshua Mohr, Ron Curry, Leanne Brown, Tosca Lee, Michael Kleber-Diggs, Aimee Nezhukumatathil, Traci Brimhall, and many others- Offer opportunities for local authors to share their work at write.as/jocowritesSee what I'm reading at www.jocolibrary.org user: JCLHelenH

Listed skills include Writing, Public Speaking, Library Science, Library, and 19 others.