San Miguel Writers' Conference
seventh annual
Keep in Contact with the San Miguel Writers’ Conference
The 2012 San Miguel Writers’ Conference has come to an end and we’d like to thank everyone who attended the conference. This year’s event was the largest we’d put on in the seven years since the conference’s inception and we hope that everyone who participated is now busily writing. Over the next few weeks we … Continue reading
2012 Schedule At a Glance
San Miguel Writers’ Conference 2012 Schedule At-a-Glance www.sanmiguelwritersconference.org
Spotlight Linda Bergman
Screenwriter and movie producer, Linda Bergman, will be coming to the 2012 Writers’ Conference. During her stay in San Miguel she’ll be teaching a ninety-minute session, “So You Think Your Life’s A Movie And Other Guilty Pleasures.” She’ll also be leading a two-day-intensive screenplay writing workshop, “So You Think Your Life’s A Movie – Reel … Continue reading
Writers’ Conference Reading List
With all these great writers coming to town in February 2012 we thought it might be a good idea to come up with a reading list. Luckily, San Miguel resident and writer, Mary Katherine Wainwright, was nice enough to give us a detailed list of some of the writers and their books. If you are … Continue reading
Spotlight Merilyn Simonds
The San Miguel Writers’ Conference would like to announce that Merilyn Simonds, a nationally known writer with fifteen books under her belt, will be giving the opening keynote address, “A Writer’s Place,” on February 16th at the 2012 conference. During her talk Merilyn will explore the effects of place on a writer and how real … Continue reading
Writers’Conference Spotlights Laura Davis
The Writers’ Conference is pleased to announce that Laura Davis, author of The Courage to Heal, will be joining us again this year for the 2012 conference. Davis will be teaching a ninety-minute concurrent session as well as a two-day intensive workshop for memoir writers. Laura Davis is a nationally recognized expert on healing from … 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 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
San Miguel Writers’ Conference “Writing Contest”
Thank you to everyone who entered the 2012 San Miguel Writing Conference ‘Writing Contest’. The Contest submission period is now officially closed. If you would like to view a list of the winning entries click HERE.
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