|
2nd Annual CVWC Poster
The 2nd Annual Chattahoochee Valley Writers' Conference
held 27 - 28 September 2008 is now a very fond memory. Over
seventy participants registered to enjoy the workshops provided by a
very talented and excellent group of award-winning authors and poets.
§ Stephany
Evans,
the agent with FinePrint Literary Management in New York and
John P.
Travis,
Editor and Publisher with Portals Press in NOLA (and who also
teaches American Literature and Creative Writing at Our Lady of Holy
Cross College) provided critiques to 20 participants who sent in
short stories or portions of novels. Comments received from
participants were appreciative of the knowledge and suggestions they
received from these two faculty members. Their workshops -
Marketing Fiction
(Evans) and Marketing to
Regional Presses (Travis) - provided attendees with the
information they needed when pursuing the publication of their work.
§
The
ever-popular
Brian Jay
Corrigan,
presented two workshops on the building blocks that get novels
noticed and sold. Brian is senior professor of English in the
Georgia University system, a world-known expert on Renaissance
drama, and the general editor of the groundbreaking electronic
database, The Compendium of Renaissance Drama.
§
Michael Bishop,
provided a very detailed short-fiction workshop that was limited to
twelve participants. Mike has been a freelance author since
1974 and is currently writer-in-residence at LaGrange College in
LaGrange, Georgia.
§
David Muschell
gave a highly-praised workshop titled "Coming to an End: the Hardest
Part of Writing." It examined the importance of the ending in
creative writing, especially in fiction and drama, as well as in
poetry. David is Associate Professor of English who
coordinates the undergraduate creative writing program and serves as
the drama editor for Arts & Letters at Georgia College and State
University in Milledgeville, Georgia.
§
Mac McCool
presented a class on the art of the graphic novel. Mac has championed the study of the art of
the graphic novel, especially for children's graphic novels, at
conferences and universities across the country. He has also freelanced as an illustrator for
Disney, the Smithsonian, and many dot coms. He has published more
than a dozen articles on comics and graphic novels, and is busy
working on two upcoming children's graphic novel projects.
§ Jo
Kittinger
provided two
workshops on Writing for Kids. For the past 17 years, Jo has
been writing for the children's market. Her 15 books include middle
grade nonfiction, both fiction and nonfiction easy readers, and a
picture book.
§
Chris Roerden,
ever popular among the conference circuit, workshops the
fundamentals of publishing mystery books, as well as providing tips
on the art of writing mystery.
§
Sue F. Lick's
workshop, Freelancing to Newspapers and Magazines, provided
excellent insight and tips for those who wish to pursue a career in
non-fiction writing.
And then, there were our
award-winning poets from Georgia.
§
Memye Curtis Tucker
and Robert "Nick"
Norwood.
Memye and Nick started the weekend with poetry readings on Thursday
evening at the Columbus Library. Breath-taking, inspiring,
funny, poignant are only a few of the words that can be used to
describe the poetry of both. One participant stated that she
ordinarily does not consider poetry, but after hearing them and
attended a workshop, she might reconsider and add poetry to her
efforts.
Winners in Youth Writing
Competition
§
Heather
Franklin,
First Place
Fiction/Non-Fiction Competition
§
Pranam
Chatterjee,
Second Place
Fiction/Non-Fiction Competition
Winners in
Fiction/Non-Fiction Competition
§
Teresa K.
Thorne,
First Place
§
Paul Prather,
Second Place
§
Reilly Maginn,
Third Place
§
Cynthia
Newberry Martin,
Honorable
Mention
Winners in Poetry
Competition
§
Joan Fishbein,
First Place
§
Sandy
Hokanson,
Second Place
§
Emma Jones
Cottrell,
Third Place
|
