Trying to plan your day at the AIW’s 31st Annual Conference on June 12? Here’s the final schedule for your convenience. The complete program, including full speaker bios, will be available for download by mid-week. Get the rest of the conference details here.
| 7:30-8:30 | Agent Breakfast (advance reservations only)
Third Floor, Continental Ballroom |
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| 9:00-9:10 | Opening Remarks
Third Floor, Grand Ballroom |
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| 9:10-9:45 | Plenary Address: How to Get Published, by Chuck Sambuchino of Writer’s Digest Books
Third Floor, Grand Ballroom |
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| 9:45-10:00 | Break | ||||
| 10:00-11:15 | Fiction Agents Roundtable | Stop the Madness! Mistakes that Would Make Your English Teacher Cringe | Writing on War | Technology Tour: Fundamental and Beyond | |
| 11:15-11:30 | Break | ||||
| 11:30-12:45 | Nonfiction Agents Roundtable | The Johns Hopkins University Master of Arts in Writing Program Craft Session — The First Time: Getting a Byline in Magazines, Newspapers, and Literary Journals | Uncovering Secrets: How to Find Inside Information for Your Writing Projects | Book Promotion—Using New Techniques, Mastering the Proven Methods, and What About Self-Publishing | |
| 12:45-2:15 | Luncheon (Third Floor, Grand Ballroom)
AIW Writing Awards – Beryl Leif Benderly, Chair President’s and Stern Awards – Claude Berube, AIW President Keynote Speech by Jill McCorkle of NC State University’s Creative Writing MFA Program |
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| 2:30-3:45 | From Inspiration to Contract: A Bestselling Author and Top New York Literary Agent Present Practical, Real-World Advice on the Art, Craft and Commerce of Writing for the Adult Trade Market | The Johns Hopkins University Master of Arts in Writing Program Craft Session–The Essence of Place in Fiction and Nonfiction | Where to Start and when to Stop: The Art of Judging Your Own Work | The Small Press and Self Publishing in a World of Change | |
| 3:45-4:00 | Break | ||||
| 4:00-5:15 | Writers on Writing | What Comes After the Newspaper? | What Will the Proliferation of Electronic Readers Mean for Writers | ||
| 5:15-7:30 | Networking Reception
Complimentary Appetizers and Cash Bar Third Floor, Grand Ballroom |
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