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Testimonials for the 7th Annual Writers’ Conference
Every year we get lots of conference attendees telling us how much they enjoyed the event. We thought we’d share what some people wrote about the 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference. If you want to see more photos visits our Facebook Fanpage and click ‘Like.’ “Without a doubt, the most high quality writers’ conference I … Continue reading
2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference Begins Today!
The 7th annual San Miguel Writers’ Conference begins today with two acclaimed Canadian writers kicking it off, Merilyn Simonds and Margaret Atwood. Simonds will be giving a general session address, “A Writer’s Place” at 1:30 PM and Atwood will be giving the keynote address, “Writing and Hope” at 6:00 PM. Both will take place in … Continue reading
Shelfstealers at the 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference
The San Miguel Writers’ Conference would like to announce that Shelfstealers is one of our lead sponsors for the 2012 conference. This up-and-coming publishing company has a unique program called “Watch Our Writers” where readers can sign-up to read a writer’s novel as it progresses. By serializing the novel writers with Shelfstealers can leave their … Continue reading
Spotlight Jennifer Clement
The San Miguel Writers’ Conference is pleased to announce that author, Jennifer Clement, will be part of the 2012 faculty. On Friday February 17, she will lead a concurrent, ninety-minute session, “It Is A Delicious Thing To Write: Poetry Workshop.” Participants will do in-class exercises as well as discuss persona, the senses and synesthesia, dialogue, … Continue reading
Naomi Wolf and Occupy Wall Street
Naomi Wolf, author of the international bestseller The Beauty Myth and The End of America which won the 2008 Silver Freedom Fighter Award was arrested a little after 9 PM on October 18, 2011 while standing in front of a venue on Hudson Street in New York City where she had just attended an event … Continue reading
Spotlight Araceli Ardón
The Writers’ Conference is proud to announce that Araceli Ardón will be coming to San Miguel for the 2012 conference. She will be guest speaking February 18 on the topic of “The Memory of Common People: the Core of Literature.” She will also be giving a ninety-minute concurrent workshop in Spanish about writing short stories. … Continue reading
Writers’ Conference Spotlights Teresa Nicholas
Teresa Nicholas, author of Buryin’ Daddy: Putting My Lebanese, Catholic, Southern Baptist Childhood to Rest, (University Press of Mississippi) will be joining the faculty of the 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference. Don’t miss her ninety-minute concurrent session, “The Art of Writing the Personal Essay and the Feature Article.” Born and raised in Yazoo City, Mississippi, … Continue reading
Writers’ Conference Spotlights Bill Belew
Bill Belew started with one blogging site and now has nine different sites, each with over a million views. Some of his sites include: “Blogging Examiner”,”RisingSunOfNihon”, “TheBizOfKnowledge”, and “Greenpacks”. The San Miguel Writers’ Conference is proud to announce that Bill will be giving a ninety-minute concurrent session, ‘How To Use a Blog To Build a … Continue reading
Writers’ Conference Spotlights Rikki Ducornet
The San Miguel Writers’ Conference is proud to announce Rikki Ducornet, author of eight novels, three collections of short fiction, a book of essays, and five books of poetry will be coming to the 2012 Writers’ Conference. Ducornet will be teaching a ninety-minute concurrent session, “Deep Zoo – The Importance of Memory,” which will focus … Continue reading
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