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