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Friday
Mar112011

March 11, 2011, Friday - 3-day Creative Nonfiction Conference at Open Book

Location: Open Book, 1011 Washington Avenue South

Cost $250.00

Creative Nonfiction Conference

SPEND THE WEEKEND LEARNING the art of creative nonfiction and routes to publication with some of the nation’s most acclaimed writers and editors!

For more detail, download the conference brochure.

Friday, March 11

7 p.m.: Mentor Series Reading with Toi Derricotte

Saturday, March 12

9–10. a.m.: Conference Check-in
10–11 a.m.: A Conversation with Toi Derricotte and Patricia Weaver Francisco
11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m.: Breakout Sessions

•NF01 Short Nonfiction Essays with Francine Marie Tolf
•NF02 Memory & Imagination with Jill Jepson
•NF03 Meet the Editor with Pam McClanahan
1–2 p.m.: Lunch: Networking Lunch
2:15–3:45 p.m.: Breakout Sessions

•NF04: In Profile: The Art of Writing Life with Frank Bures
•NF05: Writing about Transformation with Elizabeth Jarrett Andrew
•NF06: Meet the Editors with Patrick Thomas (Milkweed Editions) and Katie Dublinski (Graywolf Press)
4–5:30 p.m.: Breakout Sessions

•NF07: Finding the Story, Telling the Truth with Laurie Hertzel
•NF08: Writing about the Upper Midwest with Cary J. Griffith, Will Weaver, and Chris Niskanen; moderated by Ann Regan
•NF09: Writing Is a Craft. Publishing Is a Business. How Do You Master Both? with Linda Anderson

Sunday, March 13

10–11 a.m.: The Reality of Nonfiction Writing: A Writer’s Panel with Laura Flynn, Julie Landsman, Gail Rosenblum, and Sarah Stonich
11:15 a.m.–12:45 p.m.: Breakout Sessions

•NF10: Ghostly Obsessions: Writing from History with Cheri Register
•NF11: The Nonfiction Anthology with Heid E. Erdrich, Kathryn Kysar, Ann Regan, and Sun Yung Shin
•NF12: The Anatomy of Publishing: Agents and Editors with Ashley Shelby
•NF13: Magazine Features: Story, Idea, and Structure with Greg Breining
1–1:15 p.m.: Next Steps for Writers