AIW is seeking qualified members to participate on a panel we will host at the Lit Artlantic Festival, scheduled for May 20-22, 2010, at The Writer’s Center, in Bethesda. The festival is organized around the theme of storytelling. AIW’s panel, “The Writer’s Life,” is set for the evening of Friday, May 21st, and will include four panelists representing each of four genres (screen writing, novels, journalism, and biography/memoir). The panelists will have an opportunity to talk about their lives as professional working writers, including the story of their careers thus far, their creative processes, and the business aspects of making a living at one’s art.
AIW members who wish to be considered for the panel may apply by sending a short biography, including publishing record and prior speaking engagements/speaking experience in the genre they wish to represent, and contact information (a phone number and e-mail address) to AIW Board Member Jessie Siegel via e-mail. (Although each panelist will only represent one genre, if an applicant has substantial professional background in more than one genre, that should be noted as well.) The deadline for receipt of applications is February 5, 2010.
Additional Information: Lit Artlantic, (organized by a number of arts organizations, including The Writer’s Center, AIW, Songwriters’ Association of Washington, Docs in Progress, the Arts & Humanities Council of Montgomery County, Round House Theatre, and Bethesda Magazine), is conceived as a regional festival organized around four main storytelling arts: literature, songwriting, theater, and film, arts whose narrative traditions are focused on words and language in its many forms. The festival will feature readings, concerts, workshops, panels, and screenings of films. There will also be a resource fair to give the public a chance to learn more about the local and regional organizations whose work supports artists and the art of storytelling (small presses, record labels, funding organizations, and arts education organizations).
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