The Kentucky Women Writers Conference will feature best-selling novelist and National Book Award finalist Bonnie Jo Campbell as its keynote speaker at the 2013 conference, scheduled for Sept. 20 and 21.

Nikky Finney was recently awarded the National Book Award for poetry. Her most recent publication, a collection of poems, is entitled "Head Off & Split"

Nikky Finney, creative writing professor at UK and winner of the National Book Award for poetry for her book "Head Off & Split."

UK English professor Nikky Finney has been named a finalist for the 2011 National Book Award in Poetry.