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Three great events coming up these next two months –
Story Week Festival of Writers, March 16 to March 21, Chicago
Presented by the Fiction Writing Department of Columbia College Chicago at venues throughout Chicago. Those scheduled to appear include writers Joyce Carol Oates, Junot Diaz, Cristina Garcia, Aimee Bender, Colin Channer, ZZ Packer, and other distinguished guests. Visit http://www.colum.edu/SpecialEvents/Story_Week/index.php or contact Sheryl Johnston at 773-472-2254, sheryljohnston@aol.com.
Missouri Writers Guild Conference, April 11 to April 13, Columbia, Missouri
Featuring Walker and Company editor Mary Kate Catellani, Cricket editor Lonnie Plecha, keynote speaker and poetess extraordinaire Naomi Shihab Nye, plus tons more. Visit the MWG Conference Web site for more information.
Another excellent workshop with F1rst Pages, April 26, Norwalk, Connecticut:
Author Tracey West, HarperCollins editor Adriana Dominguez, Henry Holt & Co. editor Christy Ottaviano (whose imprint Christy Ottaviano Books will launch this fall), Prospect Agency’s Rachel Orr, and editorial consultants Marcela Landres and Harold Underdown will join F1rst Pages’ founder Eileen Robinson at the gorgeous Lockwood Mathews Mansion for an intensive, day-long workshop. Critique opportunities available. For more information, visit www.f1rstpages.com/conference
And now I’m off to prepare hot chocolate for the munchkins, who are home from school today thanks for 3+inches of snow with an underbelly of ice. So far the wrestling matches have been subdued.
