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Fall Conference 2006

Fall Conference 2006 was held in Durham, NC, at the Sheraton Imperial Hotel. 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.

Critique Service: Fall Conference 2006

Saturday, November 11, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Sunday, November 12, 9:00 am - 12:30 pm


The Critique Service provides writers with in-depth literary critique of fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and screenplays, from a seasoned faculty member writer. A one-on-one, 25-minute review session will be scheduled for you, to take place on Saturday, November 11, from 9:00 am to 12:30 pm or Sunday, November 12, between 9:00 am and 12:30 pm.

Note: Manuscript Critiques are schedules on a first-come, first-served basis. You must register for a critique by mail, with manuscript and payment enclosed, by a postmark date of October 16, 2006 (extended from the previous date of October 2).

Guidelines

  • Submit 20 double-spaced pages of your fiction, nonfiction, or screenplay manuscript (for book-length projects, you must include a one-page synopsis of the work as a whole), or 10 pages of poetry. Make sure your name is on each page of your submission. NUMBER YOUR PAGES.

  • All prose submissions must be double-spaced with 12-point font, on 8 1/2x11" paper; poetry submissions should include no more than 1 poem per page.

  • Download and print the Critique Service Cover Sheet, which you may download from the "Online Registration" form listed on the right of this page. Mail it with two hard copies of your submission to:

    North Carolina Writers' Network
    Fall Conference Critique Service
    PO Box 954
    Carrboro, NC 27510

  • Checklist: 2 copies of manuscript; check to cover Critique Service ($120). You must be registered for the Fall conference before we schedule your critique.

  • NOTE: If Critique Service fills, your check will be returned to you.

From the names below, select your first, second, and third choice. We will try to accommodate your first choice; if we cannot, we will select an appropriate Critiquer for you. You will be notified two weeks before the conference as to your assigned critiquer, and the time and location of your session.

Fall Conference Critiquers
Joseph Bathanti Creative nonfiction
Paul Cuadros Creative nonfiction/memoir
Philip Gerard Creative nonfiction
Janet Lembke Creative nonfiction
Stephanie Greene Children's literature
Maureen Ryan Griffin Creative nonfiction, poetry
Joy Neaves Children's: Fiction, poetry, picture books
Fred Chappell Poetry
MariJo Moore Poetry
Tanure Ojaide Poetry
Michael White Poetry
David Sontag Screenplay
Darnell Arnoult Fiction
Quinn Dalton Fiction
Nancy Peacock Fiction
Ruth Moose Fiction
Robert Morgan Fiction
Sean Murphy Fiction