THURSDAY JUNE 22 |
ACTIVITY | ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
1:00 – 4:00 pm | Board Meeting | Board members only |
4:00 – 10:00 pm | Conference registration open | Building A, main floor |
7:00 – 11:00 pm | Welcome reception | Cash bar, Blue Room, Building A |
FRIDAY JUNE 23 | ACTIVITY | ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
8:00 am | Registration opens | Main floor, Building L |
7:45 – 9:00 am | BREAKFAST | Buffet-style – Cafeteria |
9:30 – 11:30 am | Writing circles | James Dewar, Sue Reynolds, and Ruth Walker |
9:30 – 11:30 am | Pitch sessions | Martha Webb, Carolyn Forde, and Megan Beadle |
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Book fair | Sell your books here! (available to conference registrants and faculty only) |
12:00 – 1:00 pm | LUNCH | Buffet-style – Cafeteria |
1:00 – 2:00 pm | Literary agents panel discussion | Martha Webb, Carolyn Forde, and Megan Beadle |
2:15 – 4:45 pm | Workshop with Dennis Bock |
Everything Including the Kitchen Sink: Shaping Character
(Fiction)
|
2:15 – 4:45 pm | Workshop with Catherine Graham | The Short Poem |
2:15 – 4:45 pm | Workshop with Leah Bobet | The Sixth Element: Developing and Integrating Speculative Elements in Genre Fiction |
5:00 – 6:00 pm | Book fair | Sell your books here! (available to conference registrants and faculty only) |
6:00 – 7:00 pm | DINNER | Buffet-style – Cafeteria |
7:00 – 11:00 pm | Open Mic & Social | Blue Room, Building A |
SATURDAY JUNE 24 |
ACTIVITY | ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
8:00 am | Registration opens | Main floor, Building L |
7:45 – 9:00 am | BREAKFAST | Buffet-style – Cafeteria |
9:30 – 11:30 am | Writing Circles | James Dewar, Sue Reynolds, and Ruth Walker |
9:30 – 11:30 am | Culturebuilding Clinic with J.M. Frey | J.M. Frey |
9:30 – 11:30 am | Pitch sessions (10-minute sessions) | Amanda Betts, Jim Gifford, and Hazel Millar |
11:00 am – 12:00 pm | Book fair | Sell your books here! (available to conference registrants and faculty only) |
12:00 – 1:00 pm | LUNCH | Buffet-style – Cafeteria |
1:00 – 2:00 pm | Publishers panel discussion | Amanda Betts, Jim Gifford, and Hazel Millar |
2:15 – 4:45 pm | Workshop with Cordelia Strube | Rejuvenating the Fictional Impulse |
2:15 – 4:45 pm | Workshop with Richard Scrimger | Plot Geometry or Pythagoras Was Wrong – Don’t Solve for Angle A |
2:15 – 4:45 pm | Workshop with Andrew Westoll | Story & Style: The Truth About Creative Nonfiction |
5:00 – 6:00 pm | Book fair | Sell your books here! (available to conference registrants and faculty only) |
6:30 – 10:30 pm | LITERARY AWARDS DINNER | Blue Room, Building A |
SUNDAY JUNE 25 |
ACTIVITY | ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
7:45 – 9:00 am | Farewell breakfast | Buffet-style – Cafeteria |
10:00 – 11:30 am | Annual General Meeting | Members and special guests only |
11:30 am – 12:30 pm | Board of Directors meeting | Board members only |