Date
Thursday, September 19, 2013 - Saturday, September 21, 2013
Categories
Fiction, General, Journalism, Nonfiction, Poetry, Screenwriting
Location
THE WESTIN TOWN CENTER VIRGINIA BEACH
4535 Commerce St.
Virginia Beach, VA
Admission Fees
Early bird tuition (until July 26), $175 for HRW members, $215.00 for non-members
After July 26, $215 HRW members, $255 non-members
Includes two lunches
$125 Student rates (with proof of current FULLTIME enrollment)
$125 one-day (Sat or Sun only)
$60 Thursday evening only
Optional 2-hr social with appetizers, beer/wine/soft drinks/water (includes coupons for up to 2 free drinks), and silent auction - Prepaid $20 members, $25 non-members, at the door $35.
Optional 10-page manuscript evaluation by agent Dawn Dowdle; manuscripts must be in our hands by July 26th. $30 members, $35 non-members.
Description
One evening plus two full days of workshops, two best-selling keynoters, two first ten-lines critique sessions, 32 workshops/breakout sessions, ten-minute agent pitches, ten-page manuscript evaluations, and cash prize, no fee contests for short fiction, short non-fiction, and poetry.
Workshops cover fiction, nonfiction, screenplays, memoir, poetry, and the business of getting published. A book shop, book signings, and many networking opportunities will be available.
Kevin Maurer, award-winning reporter and New York Times bestselling co-author of No Easy Day: The Firsthand Account of the Mission That Killed Osama Bin Laden, and Lisa McMann, New York Times bestselling author of the WAKE Trilogy , the VISIONS series, the UNWANTEDS series, will deliver keynote addresses.
Contest deadline July 26.
Contact Information
[email protected]
757 639-6146