Thursday, July 14, 2011
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS / WORKSHOPS
Austin Peay State University's Morgan University Center, Third Floor
(Follow Writers' Conference signs to the parking lot.)
8:00am - 8:30am
REGISTRATION - Participants sign in and receive nametags
8:30am - 9:30am
INTRODUCTION AND PLENARY SPEECH - Amy Greene, author of Bloodroot
9:40am - 11:05am
PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
A - David James Poissant "The Difference between Lightning and the Lightning Bug: Writing Your Short Story at the Sentence Level"
B - Sarah Blackman "Writing Past Plot: The Character Based Story"
C - Amy Wright "She'll Be Coming Around the Mountain: Creative Criticism"
D - Appointments with Literary Agent Gordon Warnock
E - Appointments with Literary Agent Lindsey Clemons
11:15am - 12:40pm
PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
A - John Pursley III "Re-contextualizing History: A Poetic Take on the Nonfiction Fiction"
B - Meredith Sue Willis "Ten Strategies to Start Your Novel"
C - Blas Falconer "Memoir Workshop"
D - Appointments with Literary Agent Gordon Warnock
E - Appointments with Literary Agent Lindsey Clemons
12:50pm - 1:50pm
LUNCH - Served in the conference wing ballroom
2:00pm - 3:25pm
PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
A - Beth Ann Fennelly "Poetic Limbo: The Balance of the Line"
B - William Gay "Fiction Reading with Q&A"
C - Rheta Grimsley Johnson "No Need for Fiction"
D - Appointments with Literary Agent Gordon Warnock
E - Appointments with Literary Agent Lindsey Clemons
3:35pm - 5:00pm
PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
A - Darnell Arnoult "Yearning and Story"
B - Tom Franklin "Fiction Reading with Q&A"
C - Chuck Sambuchino "Everything You Need to Know about Agents"
D - Appointments with Literary Agent Gordon Warnock
E - Appointments with Literary Agent Lindsey Clemons
Thursday, July 14, 2011
CONFERENCE BANQUET
Clarksville Country Club
6:00pm - 6:45pm
RECEPTION - "Meet the Authors" reception, book signing and cocktail hour
6:45pm
DINNER - With keynote speaker William R. Ferris
Friday, July 15, 2011
CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS / WORKSHOPS
Austin Peay State University's Morgan University Center, Third Floor
(Follow Writers' Conference signs to the parking lot.)
8:00am - 8:30am
REGISTRATION - Participants sign in and receive nametags
8:30am - 9:30am
INTRODUCTION AND PLENARY SPEECH - Poet and Teaching Artist Stephanie Pruitt
9:40am - 11:05am
PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
A - Beth Ann Fennelly "Poetry Reading with Q&A"
B - Meredith Sue Willis "Writing Reality-Based Fiction with Children"
C - Rheta Grimsley Johnson "The South Did This To Me"
D - Appointments with Literary Agent Gordon Warnock
E - Appointments with Literary Agent Lindsey Clemons
11:15am - 12:40pm
PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
A - David James Poissant "From the Ground Up: Building a Short Story, Beginning to End"
B - Tom Franklin "Crippled Orphans at Christmas: Avoiding Sentimentality in Fiction Writing"
C - Blas Falconer "Memoir Workshop"
D - Appointments with Literary Agent Gordon Warnock
E - Appointments with Literary Agent Lindsey Clemons
12:50pm - 1:50pm
LUNCH - Served in the conference wing ballroom
2:00pm - 3:25pm
PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
A - John Pursley III "Writing Off the Subject: The Elliptical in Poetry"
B - William Gay "Fiction Reading with Q&A"
C - Chuck Sambuchino "What Editors Want: Professional Writing Practices That Will Get You Published"
D - Appointments with Literary Agent Gordon Warnock
E - Appointments with Literary Agent Lindsey Clemons
3:35pm - 5:00pm
PRESENTATIONS/WORKSHOPS
A - Sarah Blackman "New Myths: Writing the Fantastic"
B - Darnell Arnoult "Crafting Taut Fiction from the Ground Up"
C - Amy Wright "The Best Writing Travels"
D - Appointments with Literary Agent Gordon Warnock
E - Appointments with Literary Agent Lindsey Clemons
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