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