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Index: March 2003
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March 2003 
Obadiah Press Christian Writer's Conference
| Date | March 7, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Fayetteville, Arkansas |
| Name of Conference | Second Annual Obadiah Press Christian Writer's |
| Contact for Conference |
Writer's Conference 1826 Crossover Road, PMB 108, Fayetteville AR 72701 Phone: 866/536-3167 E-mail: Tina@obadiahpress.com |
| Keynote speaker is Sally Stuart, editor of the annual Christian Writers Market Guide. Two writing workshops also are planned. $75. | |
Historical Fiction and Your Family
| Date | March 8, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | San Antonio, Texas |
| Name of Conference | Historical Fiction and Your Family |
| Contact for Conference |
Geri Nichols Our Lady of the Lake University 411 S.W. 24th Street San Antonio TX 78207-4689 Phone: 210/431-3975 Fax: 210/431-3945 Website: www.ollusa.edu |
| Learn to weave research techniques, timelines and historical details into compelling fiction. Bring drafts of stories or story ideas to class. Instructor is Cynthia Leal Massey, president of Women Writing the West, who writes novels and fiction and non-fiction magazines articles. Registration $70. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | |
Dreams and Creativity: An Interactive Workshop
| Date | March 15, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | San Antonio, Texas |
| Name of Conference | Dreams and Creativity: An Interactive Workshop |
| Contact for Conference |
Gemini Ink 513 South Presa San Antonio TX 78205 Phone: Toll free 877/734-9673 or 210/734-9673 Fax: 210/737-0688 E-mail: info@geminiink.org Website: www.geminiink.org |
| This workshop pays special attention to the role dreams play in the creative process in the arts and in the creativity of everyday life. The workshop format will include presentation, discussion and experiential working with dreams through writing and drawing. Instructor is Marga Speicher, a Jungian psychoanalyst. She is the founding president of the San Antonio C.G. Jung Center and former president of the C.G. Jung Institute in New York. Registration: $60 member; $70 non-member. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | |
Making Every Scene Count!
| Date | March 15, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Houston, Texas |
| Name of Conference | Making Every Scene Count! |
| Contact for Conference |
Roger Paulding Phone: 281/498-5025 E-mail: rapudnit@ev1.com Website: www.fortbendwritersguild.tripod.com |
| This workshop pays special attention to the role dreams play in the creative process in the arts and in the creativity of everyday life. The workshop format will include presentation, discussion and experiential working with dreams through writing and drawing. Instructor is Marga Speicher, a Jungian psychoanalyst. She is the founding president of the San Antonio C.G. Jung Center and former president of the C.G. Jung Institute in New York. Registration: $60 member; $70 non-member. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | |
CPCC Spring Literary Festival
| Date | March 17 - 19, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Charlotte, North Carolina |
| Name of Conference | Central Piedmont Community College 10th Spring Literary Festival |
| Contact for Conference |
Irene Honeycutt, Director Website: www.cpcc.edu/literary |
| Sue Monk Kidd, author of "The Secret Life of Bees," will keynote the festival on March 17 at 11:30 a.m. and 7:30 p.m. Mark Doty, who has received Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts fellowships, is the keynoter for March 18. This is a diverse festival with many literary genres to choose from. | |
Baylor's Annual Art & Soul Conference
| Date | March 20 - 23, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Waco, Texas (Baylor University campus) |
| Name of Conference | Mystery & Meaning in the Arts |
| Contact for Conference |
Art & Soul Conference Baylor University PO Box 97270 Waco TX 76798-7270 Phone: 254/710-4805 Fax: 254/710-4713 Website: www.baylor.edu/~Rel_Lit |
| Art & Soul is presented by the Religious Faith and Literary Art program at Baylor University each spring. It consists of public cultural events, a national writing conference and a scholarly conference on religion and culture. According to the brochure, "Our goal is to create a distinctive Baptist literary center, grounded in Christian conviction but open to dialogue across disciplines and faith boundaries." This year's Special Guest is Kathleen Norris and presenters include Jeremy Begbie, Scott Cairns, Diane Glancy, Ralph McInerny and Michael O'Brien. Registration is $110 (students $75). | |
Getting It Write!
| Date | March 21 - 22, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Lafayette, Louisiana (Hilton & Towers) |
| Name of Conference | Getting It Write! |
| Contact for Conference |
Writers' Guild of Acadiana, Inc. PO Box 51532 Lafayette LA 70505-1532 Debbie Clardy: 337/235-9236 or 337/278-5536 debiclardy@yahoo.com Debbie Brown: 337/896-2484 dbrown1024@aol.com Jean Hurley: 337/572-9558 |
| This conference features 16 workshops for writers and poets, a panel of agents and editors, a pitch session with agents and editors, professional feedback, networking, readings, autograph teas and open mike sessions. Jan Burke, Edgar Award winning writer of novels and short stories is one of the speakers. Member registration $155 (non-members $190). | |
Writing, Publishing & Marketing Your 1st Book (or 7th)
| Date | March 23, 2003 (Austin, TX) March 29, 2003 (San Antonio, TX) March 30, 2003(Dallas, TX) |
| Place of Conference | Austin, Texas San Antonio, Texas Dallas, Texas |
| Name of Conference | Writing, Publishing & Marketing Your 1st Book (or 7th) |
| Contact for Conference |
American Self-Publisher Association PO Box 232233 Sacramento CA 95823 Phone: 916/422-8435 Austin Phone: 512/232-5277 San Antonio Phone: 210/657-8866 Dallas Phone: 817/272-2581 E-mail: ASPublish@aol.com Website: www.BooksAmerica.com/AmericanSelfPublisher |
| Bobbie Christensen, director of the American Self-Publisher Association and author of seven books, including two award-winning best-sellers presents this 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. conference. | |
Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival
| Date | March 26 - 30, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | New Orleans, Louisiana |
| Name of Conference | A Weekend Named Desire |
| Contact for Conference |
Phone: 504/581-1144 Website: www.tennesseewilliams.net |
| This 17th annual event features master classes for writers and serious readers by Lawrence Grobel, Bebe Moore Campbell and more, and special presentations by George Plimpton and Dorothy Allison. Also includes theatrical presentations, cooking events, walking tours, and a special Tea with Tennessee. Ask for brochure. | |
Natalie Goldberg's Writing as Spiritual Practice
| Date | March 29, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Albuquerque, New Mexico (Marriott Hotel) |
| Name of Conference | Writing as Spiritual Practice |
| Contact for Conference |
SouthWest Writers 8200 Mountain Road NE - 106 Albuquerque NM 87110 Phone: 505/265-9485 Fax: 505/265-9483 E-mail: contactus@southwestwriters.org Website: www.southwestwriters.org |
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NATALIE GOLDBERG, author of Writing Down the Bones and Wild Mind, teaches from her famed Zen-style process for getting the creative best out of you and down on paper. Members $100; Non-members $125. 10 a.m. - 5 p.m. For information on NATALIE GOLDBERG workshops ("Freeing the Writer Within" and "Writing the Landscape of Your Mind") plus her book-on-tape "Wild Mind" already recorded by Writer's AudioShop and available for purchase at the website you are on now, click here: www.writersaudio.com/natalie.html |
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April 2003
The Border Book Festival
| Date | April 3 - 6, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Mesilla, New Mexico |
| Name of Conference | The Divine Frontier/La Frontera Divina |
| Contact for Conference |
Denise Chavez, Artistic Director The Border Book Festival 430 La Colonia Las Cruces NM 88005 Phone: 505/524-1499 Fax: 505/524-0389 E-Mail: bbf@zianet.com Website: www.zianet/bbf |
| The festival moves down the road this year from Las Cruces to the historic town of Mesilla. This is the ninth year for this vibrant, eclectic regional festival, which this year will offer no workshops and few panels, but concentrate on the trade show, a mini-border film festival, a storytelling tent and evening readings. Sandra Cisneros, Denise Chavez, Luis Urrea and Benjamin Alire Saenz are among the featured authors. | |
The Art of Publishing Your Poetry: A Seminar
| Date | April 5, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | San Antonio, Texas |
| Name of Conference | The Art of Publishing Your Poetry: A Seminar |
| Contact for Conference |
Gemini Ink 513 South Presa San Antonio TX 78205 Phone: Toll free 877/734-9673 or 210/734-9673 Fax: 210/737-0688 E-mail: info@geminiink.org Website: www.geminiink.org |
| This seminar is for all levels. Subjects covered include how to organize submissions, how to identify potential magazines, how to locate helpful resources, how to submit work, how to stay organized, how to deal with rejection and strategies for getting into print. The instructor is Barbara Ras, who received the Walt Whitman Award for her poetry, which has appeared in many anthologies and literary magazines nationwide. She is the Director of Trinity University Press in San Antonio. Registration $25 for members and $30 for non-members. 9 a.m. to noon. NOTE: In the afternoon, Barbara Ras will conduct 20-minute private appointments, offering detailed comments on a student's work (to be submitted by March 21). Fee for the afternoon is the same as for the morning. | |
Writing the Short Story: From Inspiration to Completion
| Date | April 5, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | San Antonio, Texas |
| Name of Conference | Writing the Short Story |
| Contact for Conference |
Geri Nichols Our Lady of the Lake University 411 S.W. 24th Street San Antonio TX 78207-4689 Phone: 210/431-3975 Fax: 210/431-3945 Website: www.ollusa.edu |
| Instruction will be interwoven with exercises to guide you through honing the nugget of an idea for a short story into a finished piece. Subjects discussed include developing characters, designing plot, establishing point of view, writing dialogue and bringing the setting to life. Instructor is Robert Flynn, award-winning author of 12 books. In 1998 Flynn received the Distinguished Achievement Award from the Texas Institute of Letters. Here's an opportunity to study with an excellent writer and teacher. Fee $70; 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | |
Making Peace: The Power of Writing and Reconciliation
| Date | April 7 - 11, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Taos, New Mexico |
| Name of Conference | Making Peace: The Power of Writing and Reconciliation |
| Contact for Conference |
Mabel Dodge Luhan House 240 Morada Lane Taos NM 87571 Phone: 800/846-2235 E-mail: mabel@mabeldodgeluhan.com Website: www.mabeldodgeluhan.com or www.nataliegoldberg.com |
| NATALIE GOLDBERG, author of Writing Down the Bones, and Laura Davis, author of The Courage To Heal, are the instructors for this 5-day residential retreat. Explore the issues of healing, compassion and peace with these two acclaimed writers and teachers. For information on NATALIE GOLDBERG workshops ("Freeing the Writer Within" and "Writing the Landscape of Your Mind") plus her book-on-tape "Wild Mind" already recorded by Writer's AudioShop and available for purchase at the website you are on now, click here: www.writersaudio.com/natalie.html | |
Writing Smarter Workshop
| Date | April 12, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Georgetown, Texas |
| Name of Conference | Writing Smarter Workshop |
| Contact for Conference |
San Gabriel Writers' League PO Box 2333 Georgetown TX 78623 Website: www.SGWL.org |
| Small but professional and supportive group offers information and networking within a one-day format. | |
2003 Pikes Peak Writers Conference
| Date | April 25 - 27, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Colorado Springs, Colorado (Wyndham Hotel) |
| Name of Conference | Pikes Peak Writers Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
Pikes Peak Writers Conference PO Box 6726 Colorado Springs CO 80934 Phone: 719/531-5723 E-mail: info@ppwc.net Website: www.ppwc.net |
| Longstanding, well-regarded conference offering education and networking, emphasizing commercial fiction, but covering many other areas of writing. | |
May 2003
Mid-Atlantic Writers Conference
| Date | May 2 - 4, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Fredericksburg, Virginia (Sheraton Hotel) |
| Name of Conference | Mid-Atlantic Writers Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
E-mail: tymeout96@aol.com Website: www.virginiawritersclub.org/conference.html |
| This third annual conference features nationally known agents, editors and authors in a workshop setting. Fee is $140 (early registration) with a writing contest included in the fee. $500 prizes for fiction, non-fiction and poetry. | |
Writing from the Body
| Date | May 3, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | San Antonio, Texas |
| Name of Conference | Writing from the Body |
| Contact for Conference |
Gemini Ink 513 South Presa San Antonio TX 78205 Phone: Toll free 877/734-9673 or 210/734-9673 Fax: 210/737-0688 E-mail: info@geminiink.org Website: www.geminiink.org |
| The class will focus on making nonfiction stories come alive by using physical movements (not strenuous) designed to bring the writer's focus from mind to body. Students will use a factual situation or a dream to compose a narrative which will be the basis for a magazine story, for example, or a personal essay. The instructor is Jan Jarboe Russell, a journalist, biographer of Lady Bird Johnson and syndicated columnist for King Features. Fee is $70 for members, $80 for non-members. 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | |
16th Annual ASA International Screenwriters Conference
| Date | May 8 - 11, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | New York, New York |
| Name of Conference | ASA International Screenwriters Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
The Writers Store 2040 Westwood Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90025-6329 Phone: 800/272-8927 or 310/441-5151 Website: www.writersstore.com |
| If you live east of the Mississippi, Hollywood is packing up and coming to New York this year for a long-running, respected screenwriting conference. This four-day event will feature workshops on screenwriting and marketing your script with over 50 participating industry leaders from Hollywood AND New York. Opportunities for pitching scripts to producers and managers, personal consultations with faculty, celebrity-panel forums, Screenwriting Hall of Fame Awards Gala and the Tribeca Film Festival are among the highlights of this must-attend event. $600.00 | |
Bay Area Writers' League Conference
| Date | May 9 - 10, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | University of Houston-Clear Lake South of Houston, Texas |
| Name of Conference | Bay Area Writers' League 15th Annual Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
E-mail: BAWLCon2003@aol.com Website: www.bawl.org |
| Professional, educational and fun conference hosted by a longstanding group of supportive writers. The $85 registration includes entry in two manuscript contests, if desired. | |
The Writers Journey Continues, with Christopher Vogler
| Date | May 10 - 11, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Los Angeles, California |
| Name of Conference | The Writer's Journey Continues |
| Contact for Conference |
The Writers Store 2040 Westwood Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90025-6329 Phone: 800/272-8927 or 310/441-5151 Website: www.writersstore.com |
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This two-day seminar with CHRISTOPHER VOGLER will feature Vogler's latest
views on myths, movies and the deep structure of storytelling for the screen.
Presented by the Hollywood Film Festival®, this event will continue the work
begun in Vogler's book The Writers Journey, and include new principles and
guidelines derived from recent projects. Vogler will outline ten principles
about storytelling to help understand why audiences crave
identification with heroic characters on any scale. Learn how to develop
literary works and plays into coherent movies with broad appeal and how to
weave in theme, psychological depth and a sense of meaning.
$495.00, but less if registering early. For information on a CHRISTOPHER VOGLER workshop ("Using Myth To Power Your Story") already recorded by Writer's AudioShop and available for purchase at the website you are on now, click here: www.writersaudio.com/writing.html |
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Latino Writers Conference
| Date | May 15 - 16, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Name of Conference | Latino Writers Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
National Hispanic Cultural Center Literary Arts Committee 1701 4th St. SW Albuquerque NM 87102 Phone: 505/246-2261 ext 155 E-mail: lsachs@hcc.state.nm.us Website: www.nhccnm.org |
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Nationally known authors, agents, editors and publicists will present
workshops and appear as part of panel discussions. 20 nonfiction and 30
fiction writers will be accepted and may have three one-on-one appointments
with the faculty. Cost is $160. NOTE: The National Hispanic Cultural Center gives an annual literary award. The prize for 2003 will include $2,000. Same contact information as for conference. |
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Duke University Writers' Workshop
| Date | May 18 - 22, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Hendersonville, North Carolina (Kanuga Conference Center) |
| Name of Conference | 24th Annual Duke University Writers' Workshop |
| Contact for Conference |
Georgann Eubanks, Director Duke University Writers' Workshop Box 90700 Durham NC 27708 Phone: 919/454-7429 Website: www.learnmore.duke.edu/SummerAcademy |
| This 24th annual conference moves to a new location this year in the Blue Ridge Mountains. It features intensive, small-group workshops with Abigail DeWitt (novel); Michael Parker (short fiction); Darnell Arnoult (personal narrative); and Marjorie Hudson (writing from history). Plus this year the conference offers Rounder recording artist Carrie Newcomer teaching the daily practice of writing and finding your voice -- suitable for poets, journal writers, songwriters and beginners in fiction. Plus guest readings. Suitable for all levels. Registration deadline is April 11. | |
Screenwriting Conference in Santa Fe
| Date | May 28 - June 1, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Santa Fe, New Mexico |
| Name of Conference | World-Class Screenwriting Conference |
| Contact for Conference | Website: www.scsfe.com |
| This year's (fifth annual) Screenwriting Symposium and Producer's Seminar will be mentored by veteran Hollywood names and will include workshops, panel discussions, pitch sessions, social events and the 2003 Actors Choice Awards competition. | |
Mayhem in the Midlands
| Date | May 29 - June 1, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Omaha, Nebraska |
| Name of Conference | Mayhem in the Midlands: Fourth Annual Mystery Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
Jennifer Kirchmann, Omaha Public Library Foundation, W. Dale Clark Library 215 15th St., Omaha NE 68102 Phone: 402/444-4828 E-mail: Jennifer Kirchmann or Sally Fellows Website: www.omaha.lib.ne.us/mayhem/mayhem.htm |
| Get-acquainted cocktail party, panel discussions, conversations with authors, book signings and more. $75 fee; $80 after Feb. 1. Book dealers, $80/table. | |
Murder in the Grove
| Date | May 30 - 31, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Boise, Idaho |
| Name of Conference | Murder in the Grove |
| Contact for Conference |
Log Cabin Literary Society Phone: 208/331-8000 Website: www.sistersincrimeboise.org OR Joanne Pence Phone: 208/938-5996 E-mail: joanne@joannepence.com Website: www.joannepence.com |
| This is a conference for readers and writers of mystery fiction, featuring New York Times best-selling author Michael Connelly. Also presenting talks and workshops will be other authors as well as agents and editors. The conference ends with an interactive mystery play and reception. Price is $75 for conference and $35 for the play/reception, or $99 for both (before April 30). Group and individual meetings with agents and editors also available for a fee. | |
Screenwriting for Hollywood: From Concept to Sale, with Michael Hauge
| Date | May 31 - June 1, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Name of Conference | Michael Hauge's Screenwriting for Hollywood: From Concept to Sale |
| Contact for Conference |
The Writers Store 2040 Westwood Blvd. Los Angeles CA 90025-6329 Phone: 800/272-8927 or 310/441-5151 Website: www.writersstore.com Michael Hauge contact information: Phone: 800/477-1947 E-mail: contact@screenplaymastery.com Website: www.screenplaymastery.com |
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For the first time in eight years, MICHAEL HAUGE returns to Boston with this
newly expanded version of his award-winning seminar. Not just for film and
television writers, this intensive, hands-on workshop is designed for all
beginning and professional-level novelists, playwrights, producers,
directors, actors and filmmakers who want to master Michael Hauge's proven
approach to story structure, character development and marketing in order to
perfect their craft and accelerate their careers. For information on a MICHAEL HAUGE workshop ("Screenwriting for Hollywood") already recorded by Writer's AudioShop and available for purchase at the website you are on now, click here: www.writersaudio.com/writing.html |
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June 2003
Austin Creative Nonfiction Institute, An Intensive Writing Workshop
| Date | June 5 - 8, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Austin, Texas (St. Edward's University) |
| Name of Conference | An Intensive Writing Workshop |
| Contact for Conference |
Phone: 512/416-5809 E-mail: beverlyv@admin.stedwards.edu Website: www.stedwards.edu/hum/austincnf |
| Lee Gutkind, founder and editor of Creative Nonfiction, is the conference director and one of the faculty for this workshop, which also features a special event "The Lyrics of Creative Nonfiction" with the Austin Songwriters' Group. Campus housing available. | |
Arkansas Writers' Conference
| Date | June 6 - 7, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Little Rock, Arkansas (Holiday Inn Select) |
| Name of Conference | 59th Annual Arkansas Writers' Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
Barbara Longstreth Mulkey, AWC Director 17 Red Maple Court Little Rock AR 72211 Phone: 501/312-1747 or Clovita Rice 501/225-0166 |
| Featured speaker this year is Marion Bond, a journalist, photographer and freelance writer. Also on the schedule are panel discussions, workshops on prose and poetry, and a storytelling session. Pre-registration is $15 for both days; $10 each day at conference. Luncheon and awards banquet are extra. | |
Crones Counsel East
| Date | June 19 - 22, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | MeadowView Resort, near Kingsport, Tennessee |
| Name of Conference | Weaving the Fabric of the Future |
| Contact for Conference |
Nancy Lehto, Registrar PO Box 311 Indian Hills CO 80454 Website: www.cronescounsel.org |
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Celebrate the spirit and power of older women through storytelling;
journaling; workshops on writing, creativity and more; ceremony and fun.
Registration is $130 before May 1, 2003 and $150 thereafter. Lodging/food are
extra. NOTE: There is also a Crones Counsel West meeting in Boise, Idaho, October 9 - 12, 2003. |
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Hardboiled Heroes and Cozy Cats: Writing and Selling in Any Mystery Subgenre
| Date | June 21, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Houston, Texas |
| Name of Conference | Hardboiled Heroes and Cozy Cats: Writing and Selling in Any Mystery Subgenre |
| Contact for Conference |
Amy Sharp Mystery Writers of America/SW Region E-mail: amysharp1@houston.rr.com Website: www.mwasw.org. |
| Mystery Writers of America/SW Region sponsors this one-day conference at the Holiday Inn-Katy Freeway (I-10) in Houston, Texas. Speakers are Edgar winning author Rick Riordan of San Antonio; Jane Friedman, Managing Editor, Writer's Digest; New York City Literary Agent Nancy Love; Agatha-nominated author Barbara Burnett Smith of Austin; Amarillo writing instructor and author Deborah Elliott-Upton; plus panels and a synopsis contest. 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. | |
Indiana University Writers' Conference
| Date | June 22 - 27, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Bloomington, Indiana |
| Name of Conference | 63rd Indiana University Writers' Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
Phone: 812/855-1877 E-mail: writecon@indiana.edu Website: www.indiana.edu/~writecon |
| This year's conference includes workshops and classes on poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. | |
New York State Summer Writers Institute
| Date | June 30 - July 25, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Saratoga Springs, New York (Skidmore College) |
| Name of Conference | New York State Summer Writers Institute |
| Contact for Conference |
Jodie Phaneuf, Special Programs Skidmore College Saratoga Springs NY 12866 Phone: 518/580-5590 E-mail: jphaneuf@skidmore.edu |
| This 17th annual conference features a regular faculty in poetry, fiction and nonfiction. This year's visiting faculty includes Joyce Carol Oates, Russell Banks, Ann Beattie, Susan Sontag, Robert Pinsky, Michael Ondaatje, Rick Moody and others. Brochure available on request. | |
July 2003
Centrum's Port Townsend Writers' Conference
| Date | July 10 - 20, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Port Townsend, Washington (Fort Worden State Park) |
| Name of Conference | Port Townsend Writers' Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
Carla Vander Ven, Conference Coordinator Phone: 360/385-3102 or 800/733-3608 E-mail: info@centrum.org Website: www.centrum.org |
| Work is focused on literary craft, with publishing and marketing hardly raising their heads. About 150 persons attend this conference held in the fort that was the backdrop for the movie "An Officer and A Gentleman." The pace is relaxed, but there are daily workshops, lectures and individual meetings, with faculty readings in the evenings. Sandy beaches and the Strait of Juan de Fuca are within spitting distance. Fee is $495 (critiqued) or $395 (open enrollment). Accommodations are dorm style in renovated, Victorian-era barracks, with cafeteria-style dining. Or hotels are available one mile away in Port Townsend. | |
Taos Summer Writers' Conference
| Date | July 12 - 18, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Taos, New Mexico |
| Name of Conference | Taos Summer Writers' Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
Sharon Oard Warner, Director Taos Summer Writers' Conference The University of New Mexico Humanities, Rm 255 Albuquerque NM 87131 Phone: 505/277-6248 Fax: 505/27-2950 E-mail: taosconf@unm.edu Website: www.unm.edu/~taosconf |
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Weekend and week-long workshops for beginning and advanced writers. Events
include a visit to the nearby D.H. Lawrence Ranch, readings and evening
panels on craft. Workshops this year cover fiction, poetry, craft, travel
writing, memoir, publishing, magazine writing and more. Faculty include Lisa
Chavez, Pam Houston, Gregory Martin, Laurie Kutchins, Debra Monroe, SANDRA
SCOFIELD and more. For information on a SANDRA SCOFIELD workshop ("Writing from Premise") already recorded by Writer's AudioShop and available for purchase at the website you are on now, click here: www.writersaudio.com/fiction.html |
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Romance Writers of America Annual Conference
| Date | July 16 - 19, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | New York, New York |
| Name of Conference | Romance Writers of America Annual Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
Romance Writers of America 13700 Veterans Memorial, Suite 315, Houston TX 77014-1023 Voice: 281/440-6885 Fax: 281/440-7510 Website: www.rwanational.com |
| Huge national conference by one of the premier writers' groups in the U.S. 2004 annual conference scheduled for July 28 - 31 in Dallas; 2005 annual conference, July 27 - 30 in Reno; 2006 annual conference, July 26 - 29 in Atlanta. All dates subject to change; please check RWA website closer to date of conference. | |
Spoleto Writers' Workshop
| Date | July 19 - August 1, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Spoleto, Italy |
| Name of Conference | Spoleto Writers' Workshop |
| Contact for Conference |
Spoleto Arts Symposia 760 West End Avenue - Suite 3A New York NY 10025 Phone + Fax: 212/663-4440 E-mail: clintoneve@aol.com Website: www.spoletoarts.com |
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This is the tenth year for this well-known conference with the focus,
according to the sponsors, "upon developing fresh ideas and new writing goals
under superb guidance. Exquisite dining every day, peaceful lodgings, and
abundant performance activities with art all around are the charms of
Spoleto." Concurrent workshops in vocal arts, cooking and vocal jazz. The
kids' camp also is available. (PLUS THIS YEAR, a screenwriting session has
been added August 2 - 13.) Faculty this year are Rosellen Brown, novelist; Marie Howe, poet; and JAMES MAGNUSON, novelist and playwright. For information on a JAMES MAGNUSON workshop already recorded ("Writing Your First Novel") by Writer's AudioShop and available for purchase at the website you are on now, click here: www.writersaudio.com/fiction.html |
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Napa Valley Writers' Conference
| Date | July 28 - August 1, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Saint Helena, California (2 hours by car north of San Francisco |
| Name of Conference | Napa Valley Writers' Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
Anne Matlack Evans, Managing Director Napa Valley Writers' Conference Napa Valley College 1088 College Ave. St. Helena CA 94574 Phone: 707/967-2900 E-mail: writecon@campus.nvc.cc.ca.us Website: www.napacommunityed.org/writersconf/ |
| Attendees must apply, enclosing a brief writing sample and $550 tuition. Scholarships are available for approximately 12-16 persons. Said by an article in Poets & Writers magazine to have a "down to earth" reputation, this conference is limited to about 100 participants and emphasizes writing more than the business side of writing. Preassigned workshop groups are for no more than 12 writers or poets and one leader. Individual consultations also take place. Wine tastings and faculty readings are held each evening at a different vineyard. Inexpensive housing includes community housing ($30 for the 5 days) and dorms, or there are many inns and hotels in the area. | |
August 2003
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference
| Date | August 13 - 24 |
| Place of Conference | Ripton, Vermont |
| Name of Conference | Bread Loaf Writers' Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
Noreen Cargill, Administrative Manager Bread Loaf Writers' Conference Middlebury College Middlebury VT 05753 Phone: 802/443-5286 E-mail: blwc@middlebury.edu Website: www.middlebury.edu/blwc |
| This well-known conference includes lectures, craft classes, meetings with editors and agents, readings by faculty and guests and workshops in poetry, fiction and creative nonfiction. Tuition is approximately $1,900, including room and board. Applicants may submit up to 10 pages of poetry and up to 25 pages of fiction or creative nonfiction. Auditors with no manuscript pay less. | |
Cape Cod Writers' Conference
| Date | August 17 - 22, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Craigville Beach, Massachusetts |
| Name of Conference | Cape Cod Writers' Conference |
| Contact for Conference |
Jacqueline Lorine, Executive Director, Cape Cod Writers' Conference P.O. Box 186, Barnstable MA 02630 Voice: 508/375-0516 E-mail: ccwc@capecod.net Website: www.capecodwriterscenter.com |
| The 41th annual conference again will be held in Craigville Beach, a village overlooking Nantucket Sound. Workshops will be available for poets, and for writers of fiction and creative non-fiction. Check the conference website closer to the event for details. | |
October 2003
Bouchercon 34 - World Mystery Convention
| Date | October 16 - 19, 2003 |
| Place of Conference | Las Vegas, Nevada (Riviera Hotel) |
| Name of Conference | Bouchercon 34 |
| Contact for Conference |
Bouchercon 34 507 South 8th St., Philadelphia PA 19147 Voice: 215/923-0211 E-mail: shp@erols.com Website: www.bconvegas2003.org |
| Known as THE national mystery writers' conference, this Bouchercon features American Guest of Honor, James Lee Burke; International Guest of Honor, Ian Rankin; Fan Guests of Honor, Ann and Jeff Smith; Honoree for Contribution to the Field, Janet Hutchings; and Memorial Honoree, (the late) Hal Rice. The 2004 Bouchercon willl be held in Toronto and the 2005 Bouchercon, in Chicago. | |
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