The 2018 Conference Class Schedule Is Now Available!

Click below to see what classes we’re offering in 2018

Thursday

( Optional Pre-Conference Workshops )

11 AM: Registration opens

12 PM: Session 1 Workshops Begin

First Pages Clinic
Plot and Character Arc
Be a Digital Superstar
Publishing Polish and Pitch

2:45 PM SNACK BREAK

3:15 PM: Session 2 Workshops Begin

First Pages Clinic
Plot and Character Arc
Be a Digital Superstar
Publishing Polish and Pitch

6:00 PM: Classes end for the day

Friday

8:00 AM: Registration opens

8:15 AM: New Attendee Orientation

9:00 AM: Opening Remarks

10:00 AM: Breakouts 1-2

12:00: LUNCH/First Chapter Awards Ceremony

1:30: Breakouts 3-4

3:20 PM: SNACK BREAK

4:00 PM: Breakouts 5-6

6:00 PM: DINNER

7:00 PM: Keynote with Shannon Hale

8:00 PM: Social Events/Mingles

Saturday

7:45 AM: Registration opens

8:00 AM: New Attendee Orientation

8:30 AM: Opening Remarks

9:00 AM: Breakouts 7-9

12:00 PM: LUNCH

1:30 PM: Breakouts 10-12

4:30 PM: Closing Remarks

5:00 PM: Mass Author Book Signing/Sale

7:30 PM: Whitney Awards Gala

If you could only sense how important you are to the lives of those you meet; how important you can be to the people you may never even dream of. There is something of yourself that you leave at every meeting with another person.

Mr. Fred Rogers