Fall Conference 2004
Fall Conference 2004 was held in Research Triangle Park, NC, at the
Sheraton Imperial Hotel and Convention Center. The conference is over, but we have
left this conference information on the site so that you can refer to it as a model
of what our Fall Conference is like.
Fall Conference 2004 Schedule
Friday October 29 through Sunday October 31
Sheraton
Imperial Hotel and Convention Center, Research Triangle Park, NC
| Friday, October 29 |
| 5:00 - 8:00pm |
Registration
Bookseller and conference marketplace open
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| 5:30 - 8:00pm |
Cash Bar
Performance by members of The North Carolina Womens's Prison Writing and Performance Project Members
Live Music by "When Cousins Marry"
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| 8:00pm |
"From a Standing Start--Commencing a Writer's Life," keynote speech by Reynolds Price in an interview format with Jeff Anderson (book sales and signing to follow) |
| 9:30pm |
Film Screening: "The Rough South of Larry Brown" |
| Saturday, October 30 |
| 8:00 - 9:00am | Registration, coffee |
| 9:00am - 10:00pm | Bookseller and conference marketplace open |
| 9:00 - 10:30am | Session I Classes |
| 11:00am - 12:30pm | Session II Classes |
| 12:30 - 2:00pm |
Luncheon
Readings by Donna Washington and Mary Beth Caschetta, this year's winner of the Sherwood Anderson Award
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| 2:00 - 4:30pm | Master Classes (prior approval required) |
| 2:30 - 4:00pm | Session III Classes |
| 4:30 - 5:45pm | Readings by Joanna Scott (fiction), Judy Goldman (fiction),
Sebastian Matthews (nonfiction), Phillip Shabazz (poetry), and John May (historical fiction) |
| 6:00 - 7:00pm | Meet and Greet Cocktail Hour with cash bar |
| 7:00 - 8:30pm | Dinner Banquet with keynote by Samm-Art Williams |
| 9:00pm | Cash Bar and Open Mic |
| Sunday, October 31 |
| 9:00am - noon | Bookseller and conference marketplace open |
| 9:00am - 12:30pm | Manuscript Mart (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 |
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