Wednesday, January 7, 2009

Missouri Writers' Guild Conference

(Here's a photo from last year's conference)


That's me on the right with two of my writing friends--Mary Horner and Dianna Graveman--and Walter Bargen (Missouri's first poet laureate)
Today's forecast for St. Peters: Chance of fluries today, snow this evening. High 39 degrees.

*If one of your New Year's resultions is to get serious about your writing career by attending a conference, here's one I recommend.

* The Missouri Writers' Guild will hold its 94th annual conference April 3-5 at the Drury Lodge in historic Cape Girardeau, MO. (Cape Girardeau is in Southeast Missouri, about 115 miles south of St. Louis.)

* This year's MWG conference will feature speakers:
** Lee Goldberg, TV writer (Monk)
** Annette Fix and Angela Mackintosh, WOW! Magazine editors
** Harvey Stanbrough, Pulitizer Prize nominee
** Kate Angelella, Simon and Schuster editor
** Celeste Walker, editor of Listen Magazine
** Marcia Preston, former editor of Byline Magazine and award-winning novelist
** Michelle Salater, writer and editor
** Jessica Burkhart, writer and novelist
* Plus more speakers to be announced.

* Conference highlights include: one-on-one agent/editor appointments, marketing advice, and workshops on perfecting your craft.

* For complete details, visit the conference website http://www.mwgconference.org/ or e-mail Emily Hendricks, conference chair, at esh@mwgconference.org

* Hope to see you there!

3 comments:

  1. I hope to make at least part of the conference this year, Donna. Thanks for posting this!

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  2. Dianna and Tricia,
    God willing and the creek don't rise, I'll be there for at least part of the conference.
    Donna

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