Featuring 3 Master Classes, More than 30 Classes and Workshops, Critiquing Service, Manuscript Mart, Brand New Speed Pitching Service, Faculty Readings, and Exhibits.
Conference Fees
Early registration:
On-site registration as a walk-in:
$250 for members (includes meals)
$325 for non-members (includes membership and meals)
$350 for non-members (includes meals)
$25 for a Master Class
$120 for Manuscript Mart
$120 for Critique Service
$50 for Speed Pitching
$35 for Friday Evening Reception
$375 for members and non-members (does not include meals)
Important Dates
October 16 at midnight
Deadline to reserve hotel rooms at low conference rate
November 7
Deadline for Conference Registration (5pm by phone or mail; midnight if registering online) -- Including Speed Pitching
October 24
Postmark Deadline for signing up for Master Class (See guidelines)
October 24
Postmark Deadline for Manuscript Mart submissions (See guidelines)
October 24
Postmark Deadline for Critique Service submissions (See guidelines)
November 16-17
Walk-in Registration available on site ($375, meals not included)
November 16-18
Conference in Session
Schedule
Friday, November 16
5:00 - 8:00pm
Registration, Bookseller and Conference Marketplace open
5:30 - 7:30pm
Reception ($35 fee, due by November 7)
7:30 - 8:30pm
Dinner on Your Own
9:00 - 10:00pm
Keynote: Jill McCorkle (Booksigning to follow)
Saturday, November 17
8:00 - 9:00am
Registration Coffee with an Author: Carole Boston Weatherford (Booksigning to follow)
9:00am - 10:00pm
Bookseller and Conference Marketplace open
9:00am - 12:30pm
Manuscript Mart and Critique Service (by prior appointment only)
9:00 - 10:30am
Session I Classes
11:00am - 12:30pm
Session II Classes
12:45 - 2:00pm
Luncheon Speaker: Nathan Ross Freeman
2:30 - 4:30pm
Master Classes (prior approval required)
2:30 - 4:00pm
Session III Classes
4:30 - 5:30pm
Speed Pitching (by prior appointment only)
4:30 - 6:30pm
Faculty Readings
7:00 - 9:00pm
Banquet Speaker: Robert Morgan (Booksigning to follow)
Manuscript Mart and Critique Service (by prior appointment only)
9:00 - 10:30am
Session IV Classes
11:00am - 12:30pm
Session V Classes
12:45 - 1:00pm
Closing Remarks and Raffle
Refunds and Cancellations
Cancellations must be made in writing and arrive at the Network by 5 pm on November 1, 2007, for you to receive a refund of the registration fee, less $150. No-shows or cancellations after November 1 are nonrefundable.
Manuscript Mart, Critique Service, Speed Pitching, and Master Class fees are not refundable if you cancel. However, if we are not able to find a place for you in the Manuscript Mart, Critique Service, or Speed Pitching, we will return your check(s) for related extra charge(s). (Master Class application fees are nonrefundable, as they are administrative charges.)
Send all refund requests to NC Writers' Network Refund, PO Box 954, Carrboro, NC 27510.
Two articles came my way this morning, both of which suggest that the future of publishing - for writers, at least - may be looking brighter than we thought.
On her excellent blog Holt Uncensored, Pat Holt wants editors, not sales & marketing staff, making editorial decisions again. It’s a worthy goal, but as a former [...]
The Network offices will be closed December 24 - January 5. We wish all our members and friends Happy Holidays (whatever holidays you may celebrate) and a Happy New Year.
Here’s some good reading to keep you occupied:
NPR looks at the latest challenges facing the book industry.
Novelist Kevin Baker writes for the Village Voice about An [...]
There have been many, many questions about ghostwriting and collaboration.
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Hat's Off!
Hat's Off to...JOHN GROOMS of Charlotte, NCWN member and critiquer, who recently won a first place award from the North Carolina Press Association. Grooms, who writes a weekly column for Charlotte alternative weekly Creative Loafing, won first place among weeklies with circulation greater than 10,000 in the category of "lighter columns." His win was based on these sarcasm-laden selections: "Mommy, can I stone the queer now?" "Overkill? What overkill?" and "Do it yourself campaign ads." To see the columns, click here, or here, or here!
