JUNIPER CREEK PUBLISHING INC. ANNOUNCES ITS 2005 JUNIPER CREEK WRITERS CONFERENCE, July 15-17 in beautiful Carson City NV (Reno/Tahoe area). Also, the Juniper Creek/Unnamed Writers National Poetry and Short Story Competition.
Featured speakers include Poetry Magazine editor, Christian Wiman; award-winning author/poets Gayle Brandeis and Bill Cowee; award-winning young adult novelist Ellen Hopkins; children’s book authors Suzanne Williams and Susan Hart Lindquist; songwriter/poet Richard Elloyan; editors Renee Sedliar (HarperCollins), Mark MacVeigh (Dutton Children’s Books) and Christopher Bernard (Caveat Lector); Hollywood script agent Howard Meibach; literary agent Elise Proulx; writing professors Marilee Swirczek and Michael Seltzer; publicist Elizabeth Kemper. Plus, a panel of literary magazine editors including Sam Pierstorff (Quercus Review), Rich Logsden (Red Rock Review), Joyce Jenkins (Poetry Flash), Ho Lin (Caveat Lector), Monika Rose (Manzanita) and June Sylvestor Saraceno (Sierra Nevada College Review).
This fun, informative, affordable three-day event will take place at Western Nevada Community College in Carson City. Workshops are offered for all levels of writers of poetry, song, fiction, nonfiction, screenplay and children’s literature. In addition to Saturday and Sunday workshops, enjoy a Friday evening keynote (Chris Wiman), poetry reading, ice cream social and wine tasting; and Saturday literary editors’ roundtable; book sale and author signing; Western style barbecue and performance by Richard Elloyan. There are also optional manuscript critiques, website design reviews and script pitches.
This year, in conjunction with the conference, Juniper Creek and Unnamed Writers announce their National Poetry and Short Story Competition. Prizes in each category: First, $500 plus publication; Second, $250 plus publication; Third, free Juniper Creek Writers Conference for 2005 or 2006, plus possible publication. Christian Wiman (Poetry Magazine) will serve as poetry judge. Short stories will be judged by Gayle Brandeis, Rich Logsden and June Sylvestor. Writers do not have to register for the conference to enter the contest! Submission guidelines on our website.
Special room rates are available and Tahoe is only a half-hour away, so bring a friend and make it your summer vacation! Register by June 15 for a $25 discount off the $175 registration fee. Register by May 1 for a chance to win great prizes, including signed copies of books by our speakers and a 2006 Juniper Creek Writers Conference! Details: www.junipercreekpubs.com/events or call 775 849-1637 or e-mail ellenhopkins@charter.net for more information.
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