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James River Writers
CONFERENCE 2008

Getting It Write

presented byDominion

Getting It Write

Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11, 2008
at the Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street, Richmond

Featuring ...

arrow David Baldacci, New York Times best-selling author of 17 novels.

arrow Adriana Trigiani, New York Times best-selling author of the Big Stone Gap series.

arrow Diane Mott Davidson, New York Times best-selling culinary mysteries.

arrow Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.

arrow Kate Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Friday Night Knitting Club.

arrow Kirk Ellis, Emmy-winning screenwriter, HBO's John Adams.

arrow Shannon Ravenel, founder of Algonquin Books and editor of thirteen volumes of The Best American Short Stories.

arrow Chuck Adams, an editor at Algonquin Books who has edited a range of both fiction and nonfiction, including Water for Elephants.

arrow Colin Fox, senior editor at Simon & Schuster, where he has worked with Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Rose, Billy Crystal, Lou Dobbs and Henry Louis Gates.

Conference Offerings

arrow Sessions and speakers for Friday

arrow Sessions and speakers for Saturday

arrow Speaker and Moderator Bios

arrow One-on-One with a Literary Agent: 5 minutes each

arrow One-on-One with a PR Team: 15 minutes each

arrow First Pages Critique sessions

Other Information

arrow Confirmed Registrations NEW!

arrow Hotel Information

arrow Conference Directions and Parking

Have a question about the James River Writers Conference? E-mail fallconference@jamesriverwriters.com or give us a call at (804) 230-4575.