Hartford, CT
This may be of interest to those in the New England region. Tonia and I attended last year’s conference. While the weekend is sponsored by the Hartford Courant (and many attendees’ name tags indicated journal/newspaper affiliations), the speakers and topics were diverse. This year’s lineup includes David Baldacci as a keynote speaker, as well as many novelists, journalists, memoir and nonfiction writers, etc.
I see that Rita Rosenkrancz will be a speaker (she was one of the agents at our August 2006 residency, and will speak on a similar topic at the CAPA day in May.)
From the NWW Website: http://www.courant.com/nww
”Our 13th Annual National Writers Workshop once again offers the nation's best opportunity to refine, expand and redirect your writing skills, creative thinking and techniques. Learn from some of the country's finest reporters, novelists, poets, teachers, editors and others who have dedicated their lives to the art of writing. With our distinguished faculty of award-winning professionals, this conference is widely recognized as one of the very best of its kind. Join us.
FICTION...OPINION WRITING... MEMOIRS... WRITING HUMOR… ..POLITICS... BLOGGING... POETRY... SHORT STORY WRITING... GETTING A BOOK PUBLISHED... FREELANCE TIPS... RESEARCH... NARRATIVE JOURNALISM... MUCH, MUCH MORE”
I enjoyed the speakers, and the student price kept the cost reasonable. I see they’ve changed locations – the problem last year was that the weather was cold and rainy and the ‘main tent’ was literally that – a massive, unheated tent. Perhaps the Hilton has a large enough conference room to handle the keynote audience… What I liked was that the conference allowed contact with other writers and approachable speakers, and its timing gave me a creative boost at the home stretch of the spring semester.
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