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White County
Creative Writers hosts their 15th Annual Writers' Conference in the American Heritage Conference Center
at Harding University, Searcy, AR on September 4, 2010. Don't forget to check out the 16 contests being held in conjunction with the conference! Conference registration fee of $25.00 includes luncheon, but does NOT
include contest fees, and should be postmarked by August 27, 2010 to secure your reservations. Walk-ins
are ALWAYS welcome, but lunch may not be available. If you absolutely can't come, enter the contests anyway
- awards will be mailed the week after the conference to those not able to attend. We hope to see you there!
SCHEDULE at bottom of page -
Click Here for Registration Forms!
FEATURED SPEAKERS
Critics
have called Kristin Tubb’s Autumn
Winifred Oliver Does Things Different (Delacorte Press/Random House) "...a
wonderful debut novel, full of history, excitement and sensitivity.” Autumn is an historical fiction account of the beginnings
of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park told through the eyes of 11-year-old Cades Cove resident Autumn Oliver.
It was selected by the Tennessee State Library to represent the State of Tennessee at the 2009 National Book Festival
and is now available in paperback. Tubb’s forthcoming novel, Selling Hope (Feiwel &
Friends/Macmillan, Fall 2010) is set in 1910 Chicago on the vaudeville circuit and tells of the (potentially deadly?) approach
of Halley’s Comet. Tubb’s other publication credits include Cricket Magazine, Spider Magazine, Guideposts
for Kids, Wee Ones eMagazine, and Highlights for Children. She has written
a number of children’s activity books for licensed characters such as Holly Hobbie, The Powerpuff Girls, Scooby-Doo,
Strawberry Shortcake, and the Care Bears. Please visit her website: www.kristintubb.com.
Pat Laster is the author of three articles in The
Encyclopedia of Arkansas History and Culture and one in Arkansas Biography. She has written a weekly column
for the Amity (AR) Standard since 1998. She is a contributing editor for Calliope: A Writer’s Workshop
by Mail. A workshop leader for the annual Lucidity
Poetry Retreat, she attends the writers’ retreats at the Hemingway-Pfeiffer Museum Educational Center twice a year.
She is an alumna of The Writer’s Colony at Dairy Hollow, preparing her first novel, A Journey of Choice, for
publication by iUniverse. Pat
has been writing poetry since 1984 and has won the prestigious Sybil Nash Abrams Prize. She has been published in Aim,
Lucidity, Calliope, Silver Wings, Haiku Hippodrome, Modern Haiku, Frogpond, Grist, Laurels (WVa), and the Poets’
Roundtable of Arkansas anthologies.
www.pittypatter.blogspot.com
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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE
8:00
- 8:30 REGISTRATION
8:30 - 8:45 OPENING REMARKS
8:45 - 9:45 PAT LASTER –
Using poetic devices in your poetry AND your prose. Help to make your writing more musical, more dramatic, more interesting by inserting poetic devices here and there.
BREAK
10:00 - 11:30 KRISTIN TUBB
Historical Fiction Research: Finding It, Organizing It, Using It. In this presentation, we will discuss new and unusual places to uncover the gems that will make your
historical fiction pieces shine. We will also cover organizing your research and the best ways to incorporate historical
details into your narrative.
11:30 - 1:30 Luncheon and Awards
1:00 - 2:15 KRISTIN TUBB
Breaking Into Non-Traditional Markets. As the author of more than 20 coloring and
activity books for children, Tubb will introduce writers to the wonderful, well-paying industry of merchandising and licensing
books. Tips on how to break in and what to expect are included. Other non-traditional markets will
be discussed as well.
BREAK
2:30 - 4:00
WRITE IN YOUR OWN BACKYARD – a panel discussion with Q & A on various opportunities for writers:
JOY PENNINGTON – Arkansas Arts Council; Fellowships,
Grants, and Showcases
ANNE NIETO – Arkansas Literacy Council; Writing for
the ADULT beginning Reader LINDA FULKERSON – Blog Coach; Blogs, Facebook, Twitter and other
ways to make
a name for yourself
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