Conference Day Details

1. Finding Your Voice and Genre | Michael Loughran, Ed Park, Chet’la Sebree | LA 4310
2. Selling a Book on Proposal  | Elizabeth Evitts Dickinson | LA 4314
3. Research for Writers of All Genres | Leslie Harrison, Lauren Reding, Cutter Wood | LA 4315
4. RIs Grad School—MA, MFA, MS, PhD—Right for You?  | Sarah Gunning (MS), Karen Houppert (MA), Jianan Qian (MFA, PhD), Betsy Boyd (MFA), Leslie Rubinkowski (MFA low-res) | LA4317
   

1. Writing Behind People’s Backs | Elissa Bassist, Sarah Perry, Hyeseung Song | LA 4310
2. Choosing Illegibility | Asa Drake | LA 4314
3. Working with an Editor | Athena Dixon, Elizabeth DeMeo, Melissa Faliveno | LA 4315
4. Writing Fiction: the Short and Long of It | Uche Okonkwo, Jung Yun | LA 4317

1. Writing About Mental Health | Erica Dawson, Marin Sardy, Ted Scheinman | LA 4310
2. The Stories Our Mothers (Never) Told Us: On Using Archives to Inspire Novel Writing…and Writing About Our Mothers | Alice Martin | LA 4314
3. Inside Jokes | Elissa Bassist | LA 4315
4. Transgressive Lit | Cara Hoffman, Elise Levine | LA 4317
   

1. Writing Speculative Fiction  | ‘Pemi Aguda, Melissa Faliveno, Benjamin Warner | LA 4310
2. Narrative Distance and Point of View in Memoir | Sarah Perry | LA 4314
3. Writing Poetry: Topic TBA | TBA | LA 4315
4. Quick Critiques from Magazine and Book Editors | TBA | LA 4317

Nope. Once you have registered for the conference, you are welcome to attend any session. 

Quick Critiques provide an opportunity for you to talk about your work one-to-one with a professional writer. There are sessions for fiction, poetry and non-fiction. The meetings are first-come, first-served; there is no sign-up process, no additional fee and you don't send the work in in advance. Depending on time constraints, you'll get between five and ten minutes of attention, so don't bring too much with you -- a poem or two, a couple of pages of prose, etc.

There is no extra charge for the critiques.

No. Lunch is provided by Towson's Tiger Hospitality Catering. There is always some sort of pasta offering, as well as vegetables and salad.

We are unable to provide financial aid. We do not make any arrangements for housing. 

The conference has arranged for an official bookseller to handle the titles of the scheduled authors. Please contact us if you are interested in registering as an exhibitor.