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| THE WORD |
| Write Now 2! Conference Information |
| Schedule |
| Friday, March 30, 2001 - 9 AM - 9 PM |
| 9:00 AM |
Registration |
| 10:00 AM - 2:30 PM |
Children & Youth BookFest: Readings and Storytelling |
| 2:30 PM |
Workshops (2), Panel Discussions (2) & Readings (2) |
| 4:00 PM |
Workshops (2), Panel Discussions (2) & Readings (2) |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM |
Dinner Break |
| 6:30 PM |
Jazz Poetry Café: Poetry Slamma Jamma |
| Saturday, March 3l, 2001 - 8 AM - 6 PM |
| 8:00 AM |
Registration |
| 9:00 AM |
Workshops (4) Panel Discussion (4) & Readings (2) |
| 10:30 AM |
Welcome & Keynote |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM |
Lunch Break |
| 1:00 PM |
Workshops (4) Panel Discussion (4) & Readings (2) |
| 2:30 PM |
Workshops (4) Panel Discussion (4) & Readings (2) |
| 4:00 PM |
Workshops (4) Panel Discussion (4) & Readings (2) |
| 5:30 PM |
Farewell! |
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| Registration |
Early Registration (deadline for postmark, fax, e-mail or phone is March 15, 2001):
- $3 for Schoolchildren/Teachers (Fri)
- $10 for Jazz Poetry Café only
- $15 for College students and seniors
- $30 for Adult Registration
- $25 Per Person for Group of 10+
General & On-site Registration:
- $15 for Jazz Poetry Café only
- $25 for Students, Seniors, and Youth
- $40 Adult Registration
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- $35 Per Person for Group of 10+
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Panel Discussions include:
- Brothers Ablaze! -- What African-American Men are Reading and Writing
- Children's Literature -- Celebrating Writing with Children and Youth
- Phat & All That! -- Writing for the Hip-Hop Generation
- Fabulous Fiction: Oooo, Baby, Baby
- Financing Your Literary Endeavors -- Money Talks!
- Health and Wholeness -- I Feel Good!
- Judging a Book by its Cover -- Jacket Art for a Visual People
- Inspirational Writing: Everytime I Feel the Spirit
- Journalism & Mass Media -- The Facts, Ma'am, Just the Facts
- Marylanders -- Home-Grown Talent
- Mystery -- It's Still a Mystery to Me!
- New Authors -- Hot Off the Press
- Non-Fiction -- Keeping It Real
- Poetry: Rhythm & Blues
- Romance: Love Rain Down on Me!
- Self-Help: God bless the child
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Workshops include:
- Book Club Dynamics - How to form and sustain a reading group
- Distribution and Marketing: maximizing your book sales in stores, online, via mail, conferences and more
- Playwriting 101 -- No business like show business
- Forming a Writing Critique Group
- Grant Opportunities for Writers
- The Impact of Themes and Illustrations in Children's Literature
- Shameless Self-Promotion -- Marketing you!
- Preparing Your Manuscript
- Publishing Your Poetry
- Publishing for Children - Getting their work in print
- Self-Publishing: A Way Out of No Way -- Selling your work without selling out
- The Spoken Word - Perfecting poetry as a performance art
- Writing Children's Literature
- Writing Fiction
- Writing Mysteries
- Writing Non-Fiction
- Writing Romance
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| Authors |
| The following is a list of authors that have already been confirmed |
- Janus Adams, Sister Days
- Kwame Alexander, Kupenda; President - BlackWords Publications
- Vincent Alexandria, Postal Blues
- Nicole Bailey-Williams, A Little Piece of Sky
- Chris Benson, Special Interests
- Peter Brooks, Coppin State College
- Linda Joy Burke, Wordhouse Magazine
- Adjoa Burrowes, Grandma's Purple Flowers
- Joye Carter, My Strength Comes from Within
- Robert Cataliotti, Coppin State College
- Derrick Chase, poet
- Shirley Chevalier, music industry professional
- Charlie Cobb, Radical Equations: Math Literacy and Civil Rights
- Bernice Coles, health and wellness specialist
- Judy Cooper, Enoch Pratt Free Library
- Earl Cox, John Wiley & Sons, Writers & Poets.com
- William Cox, Black Issues Book Review
- Theresa Dawson, Coppin State College
- Margaret Dureke, How to Succeed Against All Odds
- Beverley East, Finding Mr. Write
- Grace Edwards, Do or Die
- Janice Ferebee, Got It Goin' On - II
- Robert Fleming, The African-American Writers Handbook
- Sharon Ewell Foster, AinŐt No River
- Sara Freeman, How to Self-Publish and Market Your Own Book
- Vee Williams Garcia, Forbidden Circles
- Marlena Gasper, Ebony Illusions; President - Black Alchemist Press
- Doni Glover, Urban Star Newspaper
- Gina Green, Children's literature specialist
- Marlon Green, Making Love in the Rain
- Linda Dominique Grosvenor, Like Boogie on a Tuesday
- Patricia Haley, Nobody's Perfect
- Lisa Hammack, Ebony Eyes Book Club
- Connie Harold, Maryland State Arts Council
- Michael Harper, Songlines in Michaeltree: New and Collected Poems
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- Reginald Harris, Enoch Pratt Free Library
- Donna Hill, If I Could
- Althea Hughes, Walking The Line
- Sherry Jackson, Cornel West Book Club, Almost Gold Book Club
- Kenji Jasper, Dark
- Terrance Johnson, Shades of Black
- Lauren Jones, Esq.
- Patricia Jones: Passing
- Ron Kavanaugh, Mosaic Books Literary Magazine, Mosaicbooks.com
- Sandra Kitt, Close Encounters
- Gerren Liles, On the Road to Damascus
- Kay Lindsey, Educator
- Marcus Major, Four Guys in Trouble
- J.D. Mason, And On the Eighth Day She Rested
- Tonya Matthews: These Hips and Other Songs to Minista to a People's Soul
- Steven McGill, A Hurdler's Dream
- Carrie Miller, Bibelot Book Store
- David Miller, Urbanyouth.org
- Mary Morrison, Soul Mates Dissipate
- DuShawn Moses,
- Margarel Musgrove, The Spider Weaver
- Carmen Lashley Myers, Siedon Publications
- Sierra & Donovan Myers, Under the Doo Rag
- Gaye Newton, Past Presence
- Jerdine Nolen, Big Jabe
- Lydia Okutoro: Quiet Storm: Voices of Young Black Poets
- Rhonda Owen-Smith, No Compromise: Encouragement for the Workplace
- Deborah Owens, HowYourMoneyWorks.com
- Hilda Peacock, Happy Umbrellas
- Dorothy Phaire, Almost Out of Love
- Crystal Phillips, The Me I Knew I Could Be
- Tracy Price-Thompson, Black Coffee
- Barbara Robinson: Yes, I Can
- Odessa Rose, Water in a Broken Glass
- Jacquese Silvas, Forwards and Backwards
- Ralph Stevens, Coppin State College
- TaRessa Stovall, A Love Supreme
- Carol Taylor, Brown Sugar
- Trisha Thomas, Nappily Ever After
- Arlette Thomas-Fletcher, Christian Love Behavior
- Nichelle Tramble, The Dying Ground
- Rory Turner, Maryland State Arts Council
- Blair Walker, Hidden in Plain View
- Jamie Walker, 101 Ways Black Women Can Learn To Love Themselves
- Cheryl Waters, BCP Digital Printing
- Carl Weber, Lookin' for Luv
- Van Whitfield, Four Guys in Suits
- Pamela Williams-Guinn, Tangled Web
- Rom Willis, Nice Guys and Players
- Kimberley Lindsay Wilson, Eleven Things Your Mama Should Have Told You About Men
- Lori Bryant Woolridge, Read Between the Lies
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