http://writing.shawguides.com/ ShawGuides - Learning Vacations, Educational Travel and Creative Career Programs en-us Copyright 2012 ShawGuides http://backend.userland.com/rss/ Mon, 21 May 2012 14:32:26 EST http://www.shawguides.com/images/learning_vacations_creative_careers/learning_vacations_creative_careers.gif http://www.shawguides.com Workshops, keynote, fireside chat houses, reception, publishing panel. Optional manuscript critiques, agents editors consults, dinner with authors, agents editors. Year Established: 1998 Number of Programs/Year: 1 Program Length: 3 days Group Size or S:T Ratio: 275 Program Focus: Autobiography Memoir, Children s, Fiction, Marketing, Mystery, Non-fiction, Playwriting, Poetry, Publishing, Romance, Screenwriting, Young Adult Faculty: 2011 30 authors literary agents editors including Keynote Speaker Garth Stein (author of The Art of Racing in the Rain). Costs: Early bird day rates (Whidbey Island Writers Assoc member discount rates) 95 Fri workshops 175 Sat keynote, fireside chat houses, reception 60 Sun publishing panel, workshops. Membership 50. Critique 75. Consults 15. Dinner 50. U.S. Locations: South Whidbey Island, Washington Global Locations: Months: April Click for more information: http://writing.shawguides.com/WhidbeyIslandWritersConference/ http://writing.shawguides.com/WhidbeyIslandWritersConference/ http://writing.shawguides.com/WhidbeyIslandWritersConference/20101208 ShawGuides.com Wed, 08 Dec 2010 01:16:05 EST