Fall Conference 2005

Fall Conference 2005 Schedule

Friday November 4 through Sunday November 6

Crowne Plaza Hotel, Asheville, NC

Call for Conference rates: 828.254.3211

Online registrations are closed as of October 28, 2005, but if you haven’t registered for Fall Conference, you are still welcome as a walk-in registrant.

Onsite conference registration is available at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Friday evening, 5:00 pm to 8:00 pm, or Saturday morning, 8:00 am to 9:00 am.

Make it easy on yourself! Pick your classes from the Registration Form on this website, print the form, and bring it with you.

Friday, November 4
5:00 - 8:00pm	Registration Bookseller and conference marketplace open
6:00 - 8:00pm	Dr. Jhon Akers performing from the repetoire of Carl Sandburg
8:00pm	Keynote speech by Susan Orlean, author of the New York Times Bestseller The Orchid Thief
Saturday, November 5
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 Mark Bixler, author of The Lost Boys of Sudan, and the Poetry Group from the Swannonoa Adjudicated Youth Center
2:30 - 4:30pm	Master Classes (prior approval required)
2:30 - 4:00pm	Session III Classes
4:30 - 5:45pm	Readings by Conference Faculty
7:00 - 8:30pm	Dinner with NC Poet Laureate Kathryn Stripling Byer and special guest
9:00pm	Cash Bar and Open Mic featuring the CAHEC Runner-up and the Randall Jarrell Prize Winner
Sunday, November 6
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