Annual Conference Registration

 

       
REGISTRATION  
Tennessee Mountain Writers’ Annual Conference – March 29-31, 2012  
Welcome to the online conference regisration page. To register online, you must pay online through the PayPal service. You do not have to have a PayPal account to pay with your personal credit card.

The TMW allows conference attendance by students (high school and full-time college) and adults. The registration area below is divided by conference participation level (colored sections) and attendee status (student or adult). To register click on the “Add to Cart” button. Some of the buttons require additional information such as banquet names (so that we can make name badges) and manuscript evaluation information. Please be sure to fill in this information if applicable.

Now you’re wondering where your name, address, phone and email address is going. Please fill that information in as your shipping address. Though we will not be mailing or shipping anything to you, we do need this information to prepare your conference packet.

Thank you and see at the conference!

Full Conference – Regular Attendee 1. Full conference includes all workshops, evening programs, banquet, one manuscript evaluation, one entry in each contest category, annual membership. The cost is $185/pp through March 15th. After March 15th, cost is $200/pp.

Full participants are entitled to evaluation of one writing sample. Some evaluators have limited the number of critiques they can do; therefore, priority will be give to the manuscripts in the order in which they are postmarked. Manuscripts should be limited to 10 double-spaced pages with 12 pt. Courier font. Manuscripts must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2012. Manuscripts will not be accepted via email. Do not submit a work that you have entered in the writing contest.

Full Conference
 
Manuscript Eval – Genre/Title

 
  2. Additional contest entries. $10 each entry above 1 per category.
Additional Contest Entries
 

 
  3. Additional banquet guest(s). $35 per person. Please give the name(s) of banquet guest(s).
Number of Guest(s)
 
Name(s)


Full Conference – Scholarship Attendee 1. Full conference includes all workshops, evening programs, banquet, one manuscript evaluation, one entry in each contest category, annual membership. There is no cost.

If you are a scholarship attendee and are not submitting additional contest entries or purchasing additional banquet guest tickets, please email registration@tmwi.org with your name, address, email address, and phone number. If you are participating in the manuscript evaluation (see details in next paragraph), please indicate the genre and title in your email.

Full participants are entitled to evaluation of one writing sample. Some evaluators have limited the number of critiques they can do; therefore, priority will be give to the manuscripts in the order in which they are postmarked. Manuscripts should be limited to 10 double-spaced pages with 12 pt. Courier font. Manuscripts must be postmarked no later than March 1, 2012. Manuscripts will not be accepted via email. Do not submit a work that you have entered in the writing contest.

No cost.
 
  2. Additional contest entries. $10 each entry above 1 per category.
Contest Entries
 

 
  3. Additional banquet guest(s). $35 per person. Please give the name(s) of banquet guest(s).
Number of Guest(s)
 
Name(s)


Day Sessions Only – Regular Attendee
1. includes all workshops on Friday and Saturday and annual membership. Cost is $150/pp until March 15th. After March 15th the cost is $170/pp. Day Session Only – Adult

 
  2. Contest entries $15 per entry.
Contest Entries
 

 
  3. Banquet $35 per person. Additional banquet guest(s) $35 per person. Please give the name(s) of banquet guest(s).
Banquet
 
Name(s)


Day Sessions Only – Student Attendee (high school or full-time college)
1. includes all workshops on Friday and Saturday and annual membership. $50 per person. Day Session Only – Student

 
  2. Contest entries $15 per entry.
Contest Entries
 

 
  3. Banquet $35 per person. Additional banquet guest(s) $35 per person. Please give the name(s) of banquet guest(s).
Banquet
 
Name(s)


A La Carte 1. Single sessions only. $30 each. Please give the name(s) of the single session(s).
Number of Sessions
 
Name(s) of Session(s)

 
  2. Contest entries $15 per entry.
Contest Entries
 

 
  3. Banquet $35 per person. Additional banquet guest(s) $35 per person. Please give the name(s) of banquet guest(s).
Banquet
 
Name(s)


Contest Entries Only – (for those not attending the conference) 1. Contest entries $15 per entry.
Contest Entries
 

 
  2. Banquet $35 per person. Additional banquet guest(s). $35 per person. Please give the name(s) of banquet guest(s).
Banquet
 
Name(s)


Contest Entries   Deadline is February 1, 2012. Be sure to include one 8.5″ x 11″ page listing all entries plus a cover sheet for each entry. Contest entries may be emailed to contests@tmwi.org. See contest rules for details.
       
Meals   Meals (other than the banquet) and Hotel Registration are NOT included. Banquet is included only for full conference attendees; all other participants must pay to attend the banquet. Meals and booking of your room are your responsibility. The host hotel is the DoubleTree, Oak Ridge, TN. A block of rooms has been reserved for attendees. Call 85-481-2468 for reservations. Mention the Tennessee Mountain Writers Conference to get the conference rate of $96/night plus tax. Conference rate expires 3/7/12.

TMWI – P.O. Box 5435 – Oak Ridge, TN 37831-5435 – 865-671-6046