Early Notice - 2010 Writing It Real in Port Townsend Conference
Here's our early notice about the PT conference so you can start your spring planning, put the gift of attendance on your Christmas wish list or find some friends to come with you for a great weekend away.
2010 Conference Dates: April 23-25, 2010
Writing it Real’s annual writers’ conference will be back in Port Townsend in 2010. Faculty members Sheila Bender, Meg Files and Jack Heffron will offer you hands-on lectures, small group in-class writing instruction, small group manuscript workshops, and writing and publishing consultations in our weekend intensive Friday evening through Sunday late afternoon at the wonderful Victorian Palace Hotel on Water Street in the heart of Port Townsend.
Our sessions will be held in the Victorian parlors and mezzanine where a gathering buffet and morning tea, coffee, muffins and snacks will be served. You will also be in close walking distance to shops and Port Townsend’s wonderful restaurants and coffee houses. Each room has a small refrigerator and microwave. To view rooms and reservation information click on Palace Hotel Port Townsend. If rooms are fully booked at the Palace, email conference@writingitreal.com for hotel suggestions a very short walk through our Victorian town to the Palace hotel or use these links to “visit” the Swan, Bishop and Washington hotels.
Conference Fee Schedule
Early Bird Sign up by January 15, 2010
$300.00, price includes one-year subscription to Writing It Real online magazine.
$350.00 sign up by February 15, 2010, price includes one-half year subscription to Writing It Real online magazine.
$375.00 after February 15, 2010.
Our small groups are limited to 10 per instructor, so please sign up early. Email for conference details (including our class schedule for Friday evening, all day Saturday, Saturday evening and Sunday 9-3) or to register.
And if you are thinking of extending your stay before or following the conference, visit PTGuide.com for an idea of all you and any traveling mates might do here on the Olympic Peninsula not far from the Olympic Rain Forest and the grand cities of Seattle, Victoria, BC, and Vancouver, BC.
Fall Writing It Real in Madison, WI, Writers' Conference, October 15-17, 2010
We'll be repeating our conference for those of you who want to visit beautiful Madison, WI during the fall color. Our conference fees are the same in fall as in spring. We'll be housed at a lovely retreat center among fall leaves, a lake and rolling hills. If you are ready to reserve space at this conference, let us know by email.
Remember, whether you are experienced or new to writing, have a special project in mind, need a jumpstart or are switching genres, our conference provides the professional guidance you are looking for in writing and publishing memoir, non-fiction, fiction and poetry.
 Since 1999 our faculty's trademark has been enthusiasm, warmth and genuine down-to-earth instruction. Our program, including lectures, panels, brown bag lunch presentations and small-group discussions, manuscript workshops and in-class writing exercises will guide you to deeper and more meaningful writing.
Questions?
Send us an email at conference@writingitreal.com for more info or join our mailing list for updates. |
