EAST TEXAS BAPTIST COLLEGE WRITERS' CONFERENCE

NOTE: I'm keynoting and teaching at this conference. Hope you can be there.  Sally

ETBU CHRISTIAN  WRITERS' CONFERENCE 

WHEN: Friday & Saturday – October 24 & 25, 2014

Friday – 2:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.

Saturday – 8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

WHERE: Ornelas Student Center + Marshall Hall + Scarborough Hall

East Texas Baptist University

One Tiger Drive

Marshall, Texas 75670

SPONSORED BY:

 The School of Humanities

East Texas Baptist University

Dr. Jerry L. Summers, Dean

Dr. Lawrence Ressler, Interim President

Dr. Thomas Sanders, Assistant Provost/Interim Academic Vice President

Marshall Regional Arts Council

Joyce Weekly, Executive Director

CONFERENCE ORGANIZERS:

Dr. Jerry Hopkins, Chairperson

Mr. Mike Midkiff (ETBU Public Relations)

Dr. Linda Prewett (ETBU Faculty)

Mr. Don Burton (African-American Communities)

Mrs. Vickie Phelps (Regional Communities)

Dr. Jerry Faught (Wiley College)

CONFERENCE WORKSHOPS include experiences for beginning writers, as well as those with all levels of experience. There will be workshops dealing with writing novels, short stories, columns, newspaper articles, non-fiction, biography, poetry, children’s books, children’s stories, travel articles, magazine articles, editorials, young adult materials. In addition to these workshops, there will be publishers, literary and devotional editors, literary agents and many experienced authors. A major advantage of this conference is the opportunity to “network” and relate to writers at all levels of experience.

COST: $90 before October 17, 2013; after October 17, $100. The pre-conference workshops on Friday afternoon will be $40 (before October 17, after October 17, $50) for two full hours of hands-on writing experiences. Students before October 17, $60, some scholarships maybe available.