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SAN MIGUEL WRITERS’ CONFERENCE
Now in its 3rd season, the San Miguel Writers’ Conference is a three-day event in the picturesque setting of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, featuring world famous authors, top industry professionals, agents, editors and publishers, plus an annual writing contest, over 20 BREAKOUT SESSIONS, workshops, panel discussions, private consultations, open mike readings and much more. For a complete Conference Schedule Click Here. For special hotel rates at the Hotel Real de Minas, email Ana Castilla at acastillo@realdeminas.com
The magnificent setting of San Miguel de Allende, Mexico is a fabulous stage for the San Miguel Writers' Conference. I was thoroughly invigorated after my time at the conference, fell in love with San Miguel and its diverse population, and met some very promising writers.
-- Gail Hochman, Literary Agent, Brandt & Hochman
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2008 KEYNOTE SPEAKERS:
Author, Rebecca Walker |
Rebecca Walker is a bestselling author and speaker who has contributed to the global conversation about identity, power, and the evolution of the human family for over fifteen years. Her books include To Be Real: Telling the Truth and Changing the Face of Feminism, Black, White, and Jewish: Autobiography of a Shifting Self, and Baby Love: Choosing Motherhood After a Lifetime of Ambivalence. Her essays, articles, and reviews appear regularly in magazines, blogs, and anthologies including Marie Claire, BookForum, Elle, Harper's, and the Huffington Post. She lectures widely and teaches the art of memoir in MFA programs and workshops around the world. www.rebeccawalker.com
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Sena Jeter Naslund is Writer in Residence at the University of Louisville, program director of the Spalding University brief-residency MFA in Writing, and current Kentucky Poet Laureate. Recipient of the Harper Lee Award and the Southeastern Library Association Fiction Award, she is editor of The Louisville Review and the Fleur-de-Lis Press. She is the author of the novels Ahab's Wife, Abundance, Four Spirits, Sherlock in Love and a collection of stories, The Disobedience of Water.www.senajeternaslund.com
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"Norm Foster creates characters who are sobelievable that theatergoers see bits of themselves reflected on stage." --L.A. Daily News |
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Laura Fraser is the author of An Italian Affair, a New York Times bestselling memoir, translated into five languages and contributing editor to More magazine, and writer for Gourmet, O the Oprah Magazine, The New York Times, Marie Claire and many other national magazines. Her first book, an expose of the diet industry called Losing It, landed her on the Today Show, Good Morning America, and the cover story in Newsweek. She has taught writing at the University of California at Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism, Aspen Summer Words, and other venues. www.laurafraser.com |
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MANUSCRIPT CONTESTEnter for your chance to meet with New York literary agent, Theresa Park, owner of The Park Literary Group LLC. |
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MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUESOffered by Jamie Raab, Executive Vice President and Publisher of Grand Central Publishing (formerly Warner Books), overseeing the publication of approximately 300 titles per year on Grand Central Publishing’s hardcover, mass market and trade paperback lists. |
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COACHING SESSIONSOffered by Janet Goldstein, founder and principal of Janet Goldstein Enterprises, a New York boutique publishing and strategy consulting firm that works with authors, publishers, entrepreneurs, and nonprofits at all stages, “to bring their ideas and publishing visions to the next level.” |
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