Writing Contest

PERSONAL ESSAY/CREATIVE NONFICTION CONTEST

There’s still time to enter the 2012 Personal Essay/Creative Nonfiction contest! Enter to win cash prizes and publication in the 2012 winners’ anthology, Pooled Ink: Celebrating the 2012 NCW Contest Winners. Winners and honorable mentions get a free copy. This year’s judge is writer, poet, songwriter, and more, Mr. Kim Stafford. See contest page for prizes, entry fees, and submission guidelines!

2012 Conference Schedule

*Schedule subject to change

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FRIDAY
1:30-2:30	REGISTRATION
ROOMS	SALON I	SALON II	SALON V	RAMS ROOM
2:30-3:30 Session 1	Query Letters Elizabeth Evans	Reality Literature —Writing and Publishing Your Memoir Steve Mettee	Good Vs Great: The Difference between Selling and Slushing Nicole Resciniti	Five-Diamond Publishing (Travel Writing) Tom Hess
3:30-3:45	BREAK
3:45-4:45 Session 2	No One Can Resist a Great Story: Using Unforgettable Storytelling to Captivate Agents, Editors, Media and Your Fan Base Susan Skog	Submission and Rejection: Surviving the Pre-Publication Ordeal Joanne Kennedy	Four Power Tools For Your Writers Toolbox Sandi Ault 1.5 Hour Workshop	Reading To Write Kevin Vaughan
4:45-5:15	SNACK BREAK
5:15-6:15 Session 3	Get Out of Your Own Way: Dealing with Self-Sabotage Cricket McRae	Social Media Laurie Macomber	Agent Panel Nicole Resciniti Elizabeth Evans Adriana Dominguez Kate Testerman	Nonfiction Round Tables Tom Hess Steve Mettee
6:15-7:00	COCKTAIL HOUR Award-winning photographer, Norm Rehme, is offering professional headshots for only $30
7:00-8:30	Dinner and Keynote Speaker Jim Davidson
8:30-10:00	Networking Event Cash Bar
Saturday
7:30-8:30am	Sit down meal. Breakfast served at 7:45 Chilled Orange Juice Farm Fresh Scrambled Eggs Bacon Breakfast Potato and Broiled Tomato Assorted Pastry and Muffin Basket Coffee Service
ROOMS	SALON I	SALON II	SALON V	Ram's Room
8:30-9:30 Session 4	Revelations, Realizations & Epiphanies: Crafting a Resonant Ending Joanne Kennedy	Writing for the Web Laurie Macomber	ABC's of Writing for Children Debbie Dadey	Agent/Editor Pitch Sessions 9:00-12:00 **Kate Testerman is doing 2 roundtable sessions: 8:30-9:30 & 9:45-10:45 Agent/Editor Pitch Session Schedule
9:30-9:45	BREAK
9:45-10:45 Session 5	Dismembering the YA Novel Bonnie Ramthun	BUZZ BUZZ AND MORE BUZZ: Effective Book Promotion Susan Skog	The Path To Publication Kevin Vaughan & Jim Davidson
10:45-11:00	BREAK
11:00-12:00 Session	The Business of Writing Debbe Dadey	Writing and Publishing a Novel Bonnie Ramthun	The P2 Formula: The Two P's of All Great Writing Sandi Ault
12:00-1:00	LUNCH *presenters, agents and editors will be at assigned tables, giving you a chance to visit with the one at your table
1:00-2:00 Session7	Your Four Book Publishing Choices Steve Mettee	Book Seller Panel	Getting to Know Your Characters Cricket McRae	What Every Magazine/Newspaper Editor Wants Tom Hess
2:00-2:15	BREAK
2:15-3:15 Session 8	Slush Pile Steve Mettee Elizabeth Evans	Query Critique Sandy Ault	Slush Pile Kate Testerman Nicole Resciniti
3:15-4:30	Closing Keynote Door Prizes & Giveaway We are giving away a full registration to the 2012 Rocky Mountain Gold Conference in September