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Join us for the NC Writers' Network 2024 Fall Conference. The conference will open on Friday, November 1, with a keynote address by Ron Rash, author of The Caretaker, Serena, and The World Made Straight.The Fall Conference takes place November 1-3, 2024 at the DoubleTree Asheville-Biltmore. The weekend event, designed to deepen meaningful connections among attendees, is a three-day celebration of North Carolina’s literary craft with talks, workshops, panels, and resources.
Each year, the conference addresses two sides of literary craft: the evolving publishing environment for North Carolina writers, as well as craft technique that makes good writing endure through the ages. Rash will be joined on the conference faculty by more than three dozen award-winning and acclaimed writers, editors, and publicists leading classes on the craft and business of writing. Events include: “Got Rhythm?” with Jennifer McGaha to “Author Events” with Gold Leaf Literary, “What Writers Should Know About Small Presses” with Hub City’s Meg Reid to “Let’s Get Weird” with Ross White, “Food for Inspiration” with Ronni Lundy to “Finding Your Audience and Building Your Writing Community” with The Rumpus publisher Alyson Sinclair.
The conference’s second day will begin with the panel discussion “Have You People Never Seen The Terminator?: Writers & AI,” in which writers Michele T. Berger, Paul Jones, and Patrick Cumby will discuss AI from a variety of perspectives, examining its benefits, hype, dangers, and backlash.
The Saturday luncheon will feature a discussion the work and legacy of “Paul Green: North Carolina’s Most Celebrated Playwright,” featuring editors and contributors to a new anthology on Green, while that evening’s Annual Banquet will be capped by performances from two of SouthArts’ Black Appalachian Storytelling Fellows.
The 2024 Fall Conference also will include the annual Manuscript Mart with agents and editors from leading agencies and publishers, as well as Master Classes in Creative Nonfiction (with Alysia Li Ying Sawchyn), Fiction (with Robert Gipe), and Poetry (with Nickole Brown).
The full schedule, faculty lineup, registration fees, accommodation details, and scholarship information can be found on the website.
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DoubleTree Biltmore Hotel (Asheville - Biltmore), 115 Hendersonville Rd,Asheville,NC,United States
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