CONFERENCE PROGRAM

Please see our daily conference schedule below.

Faculty Members and Seminars

Seminars are led by award-winning writers who are also generous teachers. Each member of the conference faculty leads a daily seminar, usually including a short lecture, discussion, and (optional) writing exercises. You are welcome to attend as many of these sessions as you like. We suggest that you attend one seminar regularly and visit several of the others. See the schedule below, as well as the Faculty and Guest Speakers page.

Manuscript Consultations and Informal Conferences

If you register for a consultation, a faculty member or teaching fellow will meet with you privately to discuss your work. Sign up on the registration form.

During the week teaching fellows are also available to talk with you informally.

Time for Writing

Some people attend every event; others reserve part of each day for writing. Arrange your day in the way that suits you best. You will find quiet work spaces in the dorms and libraries and rolling lawns across the campus.

Guest Speakers

Speakers will talk about the writer's craft and, during the publishing panel, about the process of getting your work into print. See the schedule below. Also see Faculty and Guest Speakers page.

Conference Schedule:

Arrival:

Arrival for boarding students: Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Check-in 5:00 pm - 10 pm, Fauver Apartments, at the corner of Church St. and Pine St.

(You will be on your own for dinner that night)

Arrival for day students: 8 am - 9 am, Thursday, June 14th

Check-in for One-Day students: 8 am -9 am, Saturday, June 16th

If you expect arrive earlier or later, please let us know so that we can welcome you.

Daily Schedule:

Room locations will be announced when you check in.

Most events will be held in the following campus buildings: Usdan University Center, 45 Wyllys Ave, Allbritton Center, Public Affairs Center (PAC).

You will find these indicated on the campus map.

Wednesday, June 13

5:00–10:00 PM

Boarding student check-in, Fauver Apartments
at the corner of Church St. and Pine St.

(No meals will be served on Wednesday night.)

If you expect arrive earlier or later, please let us know so that we can welcome you.

Thursday, June 14

8:00–10:30 AM	Day student check-in
8:00-9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00-10:15 AM	Opening Remarks by novelist Amy Bloom
10:30 AM	Poetry Seminar with Honor Moore Novel Seminar with Peter Blauner
12:00-1:15 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	Short Story Seminar with Roxana Robinson Nonfiction Seminar with Lis Harris
3:30-5:00 PM	The Value of the Short Story: A Panel Discussion with Max Rudin, Wells Tower, Kit Reed, Ben Loory, and Andre Bernard
5:00-6:00 PM	Craft workshops/Readings
6:00-7:30 PM	Dinner
8:00 PM	Conversation & Reading: fiction writer Wells Tower
9:00 PM	Informal readings by students and fellows

Friday, June 15

8:00-9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00-10:15 AM	Poetry Seminar with Honor Moore
10:30 AM	Nonfiction Seminar with Lis Harris Novel Seminar with Peter Blauner
12:00-1:15 PM	Lunch
1:30 PM	Short Story Seminar with Roxana Robinson
3:30-5:00 PM	Selling Your Book in the New Era of Publishing: A Panel Discussion with Editors, Agents, Writers–- Peg Tyre, Ben Loory, Pamela Dorman, Bill Contardi, Stuart Krichevsky, and Kit Reed
5:00-6:00 PM	Craft workshops/Readings
6:00-7:30 PM	Dinner
8:00 PM	Readings by Lis Harris and Peter Blauner
9:00 PM	Informal readings by students and fellows

Saturday, June 16
One-Day Festival: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction, Publishing

8:00-9:00 AM	Check-In for One-Day students
8:00–9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00-10:15 AM	Poetry Seminar with Honor Moore
10:30 AM	Nonfiction Seminar with Lis Harris Novel Seminar with Peter Blauner
12:00-1:15 PM	Lunch
1:30–2:30 PM	Short Story Seminar with Roxana Robinson
3:00 PM	Johnny Temple, publisher: Advice for New Writers
4:30 PM	William Finnegan of The New Yorker: Writing About Social Issues
6:00-7:30 PM	Dinner
8:00 PM	Readings by Roxana Robinson and Honor Moore
9:00 PM	Informal readings by students and fellows

Sunday, June 17

8:00-9:00 AM	Breakfast
9:00-10:15 AM	Poetry Seminar with Honor Moore
10:30 AM	Nonfiction Seminar with Lis Harris Novel Seminar with Peter Blauner
12:00-1:15 PM	Lunch
1:30–2:30 PM	Short Story Seminar with Roxana Robinson
2:45 PM	Check Out in Fauver Dorms