Maryland Writers' Association
















Maryland Writers' Association 22nd Annual Conference
Don't Fight It, Write It!

 

Saturday, April 24, 2010
8:00 a.m. -- 6:15 p.m.
Baltimore Marriott Hunt Valley Inn
245 Shawan Road
Hunt Valley, MD 21031

Featuring: keynote address by award-winning author Roxana Robinson (novelist, short story writer, and biographer whose stories have appeared in numerous prestigious magazines and newspapers), 20 distinguished speakers and panelists, plus one-on-one sessions with book editors and agents!*

Breakfast, buffet lunch, snacks and complimentary tote bags included. MWA book store onsite.

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Review the impressive lineup of speakers and panelists!

Conference schedule (PDF)

 

Download the 2010 Conference Press Kit with speaker bios, headshots, and schedule!





One-On-One Meetings

One-on-one meetings with our distinguished book agents and book editors are available for $30 per 15 minute session.

You can sign up for sessions as part of your conference registration; you will then be contacted by MWA to help you select your preferred editor or agent. Please note that due to the limited number of slots available, assignments will be made on a 'first come, first serve' basis until all slots are filled. These sessions are a popular feature of the conference, and the slots fill quickly.




3rd Annual Writers' Banquet*

Saturday, April 24, 6:45 p.m.

Entree: Chicken Wellington, cheeses/vegetables; cash bar

Featuring speaker Charles Jensen of The Writer's Center, Bethesda, MD

Awards presented to winners of the MWA Novel and Short Works contests.

Dinner address by award-winning author Charles Jensen, Director, The Writer's Center, Betheda, MD; recent appointee to the Emerging Leader Council of Americans for the Arts.

* = for additional fee; see registration form




MWA Thanks the Sponsors of the 2010 Annual Conference!

Johns Hopkins University Center for Liberal Arts Urbanite Magazine Vegetarian Desserts Bakery
CityLit Project Pinder Law Team
Stoop Storytelling lit4us The Writer's Center Goucher College Daedalus Books
Towson Arts Collective NV Salon Collective Johns Hopkins University MA in Writing The Baltimore Review Maryland Athletic Center
Borders John McComb Joseph E. Guion



Questions about the conference? Contact conference@marylandwriters.org