The Nebraska Summer Writers’ Conference will be held June 13-19, 2009, on the campus of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.
Registrants from all across the country gather for a week of creative writing workshops, discussions on craft, social gatherings, and literary readings.
UNL instructors include poets
Grace Bauer,
Anthony Hawley, and
Hilda Raz; and memoirist
Joy Castro.
Writers from across the country, including: best-selling novelists
Curtis Sittenfeld,
David Ebershoff, and
Jewell Parker Rhodes; award-winning memoirists
Aaron Raz Link and
Meghan Daum; novelist and journalist
Daphne Beal; poet and editor
Glenna Luschei; crime writer
Sean Doolittle; authors/publishers/designers
Jonathan Messinger and
Zach Dodson; editor Anna deVries; literary agent
Jessica Regel; and publishing professional
Lauren Cerand.
Workshops focus on starting a novel, on building plot, on travel writing, the relationship between visual art and poetry, and other topics. There are also courses on developing a presence on the internet, approaching agents and editors with effective query letters, and small press publishing.
While workshops require registration and fees, many events throughout the week or free and open to the public.
For more information, and to register online, visit
http://nebraskawriters.unl.edu
