Wesleyan Writers Conference

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Wesleyan Writers Conference
June 14-17, 2012
Our 56th year
One-day program- June 16

Our new 2012 publishing panels include
"How to Sell your Book" and "The Significance of the Short Story"

The Conference welcomes new writers, established writers, and everyone interested in the writer's craft. Join us and work with a faculty of nationally known writers, editors, and agents, and meet fellow writers who share your interests.  Please call me if you would like to discuss the program. I would love to hear about your work, and I look forward to seeing you in June.
                                      -Anne Greene, Director
                                       agreene@wesleyan.edu or 860-685-3604

  • 2011 Writers Conference
  • 2011 Writers Conference publishing panel with Andre Bernard and Kit Reed
  • 2011 Writers Conference: novelist Roxana Robinson
  • 2011 Writers Conference: Lis Harris teaching a nonfiction seminar
  • 2011 Writers Conference
  • 2011 Writers Conference: publisher Johnny Temple
  • 2011 Writers Conference
  • 2011 Writers Conference
  • 2011 Writers Conference
  • 2011 Writers Conference
  • 2011 Writers Conference
  • 2011 Writers Conference
  • 2011 Writers Conference: novelist Arthur Phillips
  • 2011 Writers Conference: Johnny Temple and Arthur Phillips
  • 2011 Writers Conference: Rebecca Saletan, editorial director, Riverhead Books
  • 2011 Writers Conference: How to Sell Your Book, a panel discussion
  • 2011 Writers Conference

The Program includes:
Seminars * Lectures * Readings * Workshops * Manuscript Consultations * Talks with Editors and Agents

2012 Special Sessions:
The Novel * Short Story * Poetry * Nonfiction * Memoir * Biography * Journalism * Writing for Film and TV * New Media * Writing about Food and Travel * Writing about Science and Medicine * Preparing Your Work for Publication.

2012 Faculty include:
Amy Bloom, Peter Blauner, Wells Tower, Roxana Robinson, Kit Reed, Lis Harris, Honor Moore, Paul LaFarge, Sarah Stern, Ben Loory, Joseph J. Fins, MD, and journalists William Finnegan and Peg Tyre.

2012 Publishers, Agents and Editors:
Andre Bernard, Pamela Dorman of Viking, Johnny Temple of Akashik, Max Rudin of Library of America, and agents Stuart Krichevsky, and Bill Contardi.