San Miguel Writers' Conference
creative nonfiction
Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats
Author and San Miguel Writers’ Conference faculty, Kristen Iversen, has a new book set for release on June 5, 2012. If you heard her general session address “The Art of Fact: Weaving Personal Story into Historical Context,” you may be interested in pre-ordering Full Body Burden: Growing Up in the Nuclear Shadow of Rocky Flats. … Continue reading
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
Meeting Margaret Atwood with Spinach in my Teeth
Travel Writer and San Miguel Writers’ Conference Faculty Laurie Gough recently wrote “Meeting Margaret Atwood with Spinach in my Teeth” on her blog. Laurie is the author of Kite Strings of the Southern Cross and Kiss the Sunset Pig I just got back from ten days in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, my old hometown, … Continue reading
Coming to the San Miguel Writers’ Conference By Matea Kulic
On a familiar dark and cloud choked morning I’m marking an X near the hemline of January. I run a finger past eleven empty squares before resting on the declarative, “Mexico!” My excitement is not founded on the usual beach escape (though some sun on this translucent skin wouldn’t hurt) but rather, a creative calling. … Continue reading
2012 Eight Hour Intensive Workshops
This year’s intensive writing workshops are filling up. If you want a chance to work in a smaller group with a professional writer, (Separate Registration) go to our website and reserve a place before it’s too late. This year we have scheduled eleven two-day workshops for Monday and Tuesday February 20 and 21, 2012. All … Continue reading
Individual Consultations at the 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference
Do you have a novel that you’re itching to get some professional feedback on? Need help polishing that screenplay before you hit Hollywood? Maybe your manuscript is finished and you’re looking for advice on how to break into the online literary world. Whatever stage of a project you are in an “Individual Consolation” can be … Continue reading
The Big Speech By Kelly Daniels
The San Miguel Writers’ Conference is proud to present Kelly Daniels, the winner of the 2012 writing contest in the category of creative nonfiction. The following is the first chapter, “The Big Speech,” from his unpublished memoir, Wanted Man in California. Fall, 1982 I sat in the back row of ninth-grade Speech while a … Continue reading
2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference “Writing Contest”
If you’d like information about the 2013 San Miguel Writers’ Conference “Writing Contest” visit our new blog at: http://sanmiguelwritersconferenceblog.org/2013-writing-contest-guidlines/ This year we received three times as many submissions as we had expected and our judges have been busy for the past few weeks reading each piece of writing with care. There were political pieces, stories of … Continue reading
The Produce Palace by Steve Keller
Writer, Steve Keller, was nice enough to allow us to republish the following piece that was originally published in Solamente en San Miguel Volume II. ON FRIDAYS, I celebrate the differences between the North American culture in which I was raised and the Mexican culture in which I now live. I do that by shopping … Continue reading
Pitch Session with Literary Agent Andy Ross
The seven annual San Miguel Writers’ Conference will be offering Pitch Sessions with Literary Agents this year. These one-on-one sessions will only be available to individuals who register for a “Full Conference Package.” Each of the four literary agents joining us in February, 2012 (Elise Capron, Andy Ross, Malaga Baldi, Kathleen Anderson) comes from a … Continue reading
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