CONFERENCE SCHEDULE | ALL CLASSES WILL BE VIRTUAL THIS YEAR
Workshops listed at the same time are concurrent.
All times are Eastern Daylight Time.
THURSDAY PM, April 8, 2021
7:00-8:00 Kickoff: Presenter Previews
FRIDAY AM, April 9, 2021
9:00-10:15 Poetry (Joseph Bathanti): The Poetry of Witness
Editing (Rita Reali)
10:30-11:45 Fiction (Karen McElmurray): Spaces Between: A Discussion of Pauses
Children’s Literature (Tracy Barrett): Nuts & Bolts of Writing for Young Readers
FRIDAY PM
1:00-2:15 Nonfiction (Kim Trevathan): Narrative Nature Writing: Tension and the Quest for Mystery
Self-Publishing: Not What It Used to Be (Steven Womack)
2:30-3:45 Journaling: Saying the Unsayable (Stellasue Lee)
6:00-8:00 Readings: Workshop Leaders
SATURDAY AM, April 10, 2020
9:30-10:00 Annual Business Meeting
10:00-11:15 Children’s Literature (Tracy Barrett): The Ten Commandments of World-Building
Nonfiction (Kim Trevathan): The Experiencing and Remembering Selves in Memoir/Personal Narrative
SATURDAY PM
12:00-1:15 Fiction (Karen McElmurray): Narrative Arcs: Moving Fiction Forward
Writing for the Inspirational Market (Jennie Ivey)
1:30-2:45 Poetry (Joseph Bathanti): Turning Poems into Fiction
Character Development (Rita Reali)
3:00-4:15 General Session (Karen McElmurray): Writing Wonder: Writing Joy in Difficult Times
4:30-6:00 Readings by 2020 Contest Winners
6:30-7:45 Keynote Address (Joseph Bathanti): Stories Can Save Us
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