Schedule with Room Assignments
Friday, November 18
12 PM | Pre-Conference Tailgate: Writers’ Nature Walk with Russell Worth Parker | Holiday Inn Resort Hotel Lobby to Wrightsville Beach |
3 – 8 PM | Registration Open | Prefunction Corridor |
5-8 PM | Exhibits Open | Prefunction Corridor |
7 – 8 PM | Opening Reception Sponsored by Alice Osborn: Author/Singer-Songwriter | Prefunction Corridor |
8 – 9 PM | Keynote Address by Jason Mott | Lumina Ballroom |
9 – 9:30 PM | Jason Mott Book Signing Sponsored by Regal House Publishing | Prefunction Corridor |
Saturday, November 19
7:30 – 9 AM | Continental Breakfast Available | Prefunction Corridor |
7:30 AM – 7 PM | Registration, Exhibits, & Book Sales Open | Prefunction Corridor |
8 – 9 AM | All Stories Connect Panel Discussion with Writers for Democratic Action Sponsored by Blair | Lumina Ballroom |
9 – 10:30 AM Session I
Setting the Scene (all genre) with Wiley Cash | Turtlewatch |
Breed a Needle (poetry) with Melissa Crowe | Tidewater B |
Literary Magazine & Contest Submission . . . with Margaret Bauer | Soundwatch |
Creative Nonfiction Master Class with Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams | Tidewater A |
Fiction Master Class with Sayantani Dasgupta | Banks Channel Boardroom |
Poetry Master Class with Anna Lena Phillips Bell | Causeway B |
Manuscript Mart with Zoe Aline Howard, Mary Alice Stewart, and Pam Van Dyk | Causeway A |
10:30 – 11 AM | Break | Prefunction Corridor |
11 AM – 12:30 PM Session II
The Fundamentals of Building a Novel with Jason Mott | Turtlewatch |
Form is a Verb Too (poetry) with Dan Albergotti | Tidewater B |
He Did What? with Ed Southern | Soundwatch |
Creative Nonfiction Master Class with Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams | Tidewater A |
Fiction Master Class with Sayantani Dasgupta | Banks Channel Boardroom |
Poetry Master Class with Anna Lena Phillips Bell | Causeway B |
Manuscript Mart with Zoe Aline Howard, Mary Alice Stewart, and Pam Van Dyk | Causeway A |
12:30 – 1:30 PM | Luncheon featuring Celia Rivenbark | Lumina Ballroom |
1:30 – 2 PM | Network Town Hall Meeting | Lumina Ballroom |
2 – 2:30 PM | Break | Prefunction Corridor |
2:30 – 4:00 PM Session III
A Key Ingredient (all genre) with Dana Sachs | Turtlewatch |
The Moment of Change (poetry) with Amber Flora Thomas | Tidewater B |
Write Like an Editor with Michelle Donahue | Soundwatch |
Creative Nonfiction Master Class with Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams | Tidewater A |
Fiction Master Class with Sayantani Dasgupta | Banks Channel Boardroom |
Poetry Master Class with Anna Lena Phillips Bell | Causeway B |
Manuscript Mart with Zoe Aline Howard, Mary Alice Stewart, and Pam Van Dyk | Causeway A |
4:00 – 4:30 PM | Break | Prefunction Corridor |
4:30 – 5:30 PM | Faculty Readings Sponsored by Hermit Feathers Press | Turtlewatch, Soundwatch, Tidewater B |
6 – 7 PM | Happy Hour Sponsored by Hermit Feathers Press | Prefunction Corridor |
7 – 8 PM | Network Banquet featuring “North Carolina in Words, Pictures, & Music” with Bland & Ann Cary Simpson | Lumina Ballroom |
8:30 – 9:30 PM | Open Mic Readings | Turtlewatch, Soundwatch, Tidewater B |
Sunday, November 20
7:30 – 9 AM | Continental Breakfast Available | Prefunction Corridor |
7:30 AM – 1 PM | Registration, Exhibits, & Book Sales Open | Prefunction Corridor |
8 – 9 AM | Brilliant at Breakfast Panel Discussion: Agents & Editors | Lumina Ballroom |
9 – 10:30 AM Session IV
Writing Fiction—Especially the Novel with Clyde Edgerton | Turtlewatch |
Genesis and Revision: The Evolution of a Poem with Mark Cox | Tidewater B |
Writing Stories that Are Hard to Read [all genre] (in honor of Philip Gerard) with Wiley Cash | Tidewater A |
Preparing for Your Debut Book with Emily Louise Smith | Soundwatch |
Manuscript Mart with Zoe Aline Howard, Mary Alice Stewart, and Pam Van Dyk | Causeway A |
10:30 – 11 AM | Break | Prefunction Corridor |
11 AM – 12:30 PM Session V
Writing Opening Pages . . . with Emily Colin | Turtlewatch |
Escape from Pompeii (poetry) with Gabrielle Freeman | Tidewater B |
Cross-Country Flights . . .(CNF) with Brandon Sneed | Tidewater A |
Working w/ Independent Bookstores with Nicki Leone | Soundwatch |
Manuscript Mart with Zoe Aline Howard, Mary Alice Stewart, and Pam Van Dyk | Causeway A |
12:30 – 1 PM | Closing Conversation | Lumina Ballroom |