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CONFERENCE Feb 25-27, 2010
Steve Almond
Judith Ortiz-Cofer
Jack McDevitt
Mara Shalhoup
Lauretta Hannon
Ad Hudler
Fulvia Lindsey
Jeffrey Stepakoff
Carroll Rogers
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ABOUT THE WRITERS
STEVE ALMOND
The author of story collections MY LIFE IN HEAVY METAL and THE EVIL B.B. CHOW, the novel WHICH BRINGS ME TO YOU (with Julianna Baggott), and the non-fiction books CANDYFREAK and (NOT THAT YOU ASKED). His new book, ROCK AND ROLL WILL SAVE YOUR LIFE, will be out in Spring 2010 from Random House. He is also, crazily, self-publishing a book called THIS WONT TAKE BUT A MINUTE HONEY, which is composed of 30 short short stories, and 30 brief essays on the psychology and practice of writing.
JUDITH ORTIZ-COFER
The author of A Love Story Beginning in Spanish: Poems; Call Me Maria, a young adult novel; The Meaning of Consuelo, a novel; Woman in Front of the Sun: On Becoming a Writer, a collection of essays; An Island Like You: Stories of the Barrio, and a collection of short stories; The Line of the Sun, as well as three more books of poetry and one collection of both essays and poems. Her work has appeared in Best American Essays 1991, The Norton Book of Women's Lives, The Norton Introduction to Literature, The Norton Introduction to Poetry, The Heath Anthology of American Literature, The Pushcart Prize, and the O. Henry Prize Stories. She has received over thirty fellowships and grants, including awards from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Arts. She is currently the Regents' and Franklin Professor of English and Creative Writing at the University of Georgia
JACK McDEVITT
The Nebula Award winning science fiction writer of 16 novels, which include The Hercules Text, The Engines of God, Deepsix, Chindi, Omega, Odyssey, and Cauldron. His novel Seeker, third in the "Alex Benedict" series, won the prestigious 2006 Nebula Award for Best Novel, given by the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America.
LAURETTA HANNON
Lauretta Hannon is the author of The Cracker Queen and a commentator on NPR's All Things Considered. Over the years she has contributed pieces to newspapers across the Southeast. Lauretta has also worked as the vice president of an advertising agency, a university executive, a fortune teller, an independent radio producer, a cocktail waitress, and a writing instructor. In the spring of 2009 she left her day job in order to pursue a fulltime writing career. Today she is in-demand as a speaker and performer and offers writing workshops through her Down Home Writing School.
AD HUDLER
Journalist, author and stay-at-home dad Ad Hudler recently published his fourth work of fiction, MAN OF THE HOUSE--the sequel to the critically acclaimed HOUSEHUSBAND. Hes also an ace blogger these days, letting loose his eye for the odd on a variety of timeless subjects in humorous essays. His novel, SOUTHERN LIVING, was based on his time in Macon, GA, and the assorted characters he met here.
FULVIA LINDSAY
Born and raised in New York , she received her BS in Communication Studies with a Radio and Television Concentration from Northeastern University. She first worked as a P.A. on the reality court shows Divorce Court, Power of Attorney, and Texas Justice. She now works as a writer for CSI, and she is currently working on a television pilot. Her first CSI episode "No Way Out" received 20.9 million viewers domestically.
JEFFREY STEPAKOFF
He has credits on thirty-six television episodes, has written for fourteen different series and has worked on seven primetime staffs, producing hundreds of hours of internationally-recognized television, including THE WONDER YEARS, MAJOR DAD, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, SIMON& SIMON and DAWSONS CREEK where he was a co-executive producer. In addition to writing books BILLION-DOLLAR KISS and FIREWORKS OVER TOCCOA, he has a professorship in Film & Television Writing at Kennesaw State University.
CARROL ROGERS
An award winning sports journalist who began her career at the Macon Telegraph and moved to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, where she currently writes about the Atlanta Braves, Falcons, Hawks, and Thrashers. Rogers has covered the Olympics, Super Bowls, major college football games, NCAA basketball tournaments, and World Series, among other high-profile sporting events. Beyond writing for print, Rogers also frequently writes and mans the popular AJC.com Braves Beat Blog. Rogers has won prestigious national Associated Press Sports Editors awards for Best News Story (2000), Best Enterprise Story (2002), and Best Feature Writing (2003).
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We have tons of amazing writers! Here are some more!
Ralph Tejeda Wilson is an Associate Professor of English at Kennesaw State University and Executive Director of the Georgia Writers Association. He was awarded the Georgia Author of the Year Award for Poetry 2002 for his first book, Dr. Wilson worked with Pulitzer Prize winning poets, Mark Strand and Richard Howard, as well as with Jacqueline Osherow and Larry Levis. His second book of poetry is currently under consideration at several presses.
Jessica Walden began as the public relations specialist at the Ga Music Hall of Fame. She later worked as a writer and editor for the 11th Hour altweekly and managing editor of the statewide Ga Music Magazine. She served as the Director of Communications for Imedia Group, overseeing two magazines, before being named Director of Communications and Outreach for the College Hill Alliance.
Emilie Bush graduated from Ohio University with a Master of Arts in Communication before becoming a host of GPB's Georgia Gazette. She is the author of Chenda and the Airship Brofman, a Steampunk novel, and has recorded a podcast reading of the entire book, which is available for free at CoalCitySteam.com.
Phillip Ramati is a writer for the Telegraph and a screenwriter.
doris davenport is an Educator/Writer/Performance Poet fresh from Ashevilles WordFest who has published six books of poetry. (Two most recent: madness like morning glories and a hunger for moonlight) Currently she is an Associate Professor of English at Albany State University, where she coordinates the Annual Poetry Festival, now in its fourth year.
Ed Grisamore is a Middle Georgia institution, a writer who has emassed more than 1600 columns for The Macon Telegraph. He's the author of numerous books, including his most recent Once You Step in Elephant Manure, Youre in the Circus Forever," the biography of Durwood "Mr. Doubletalk" Fincher.
Anya Silvers first book of poetry, The Ninety-Third Name of God, is forthcoming with the Louisiana State University Press. She has recently published poetry in Image, Witness, New Ohio Review, Prairie Schooner, and others. She teaches in the English Department at Mercer University and lives in downtown Macon with her husband and son.
Bill Shanks is a columnist for The Macon Telegraph, the host of The Bill Shanks Show on Fox Sports 1670 and the author of Scout's Honor. He's also the writer behind TheBravesShow.com and the man in front of the camera for The End Zone on WMGT-TV 41 NBC.
William Rawlings was born, raised and lives in Sandersville, Georgia, home to his family for more than two centuries. With five novels in print, he is a frequent contributor to newspapers and magazines, writing on a wide variety of topics ranging from humor to history. Rawlings states, One of lifes greatest pageants is the continuity of life in small Southern towns. Visit his website at www.williamrawlings.com.
Camara Fontenot
Macon resident originally From Southern California
Member of Real Drama Acting Guild. Spoken Word Poet and writer. Member of the Culture shock network. recent performances at Real drama theatre
(Stage plays and poetry) also a regular at 567 Cafe.
Rick Maier enjoys writing in between working at Wesleyan College, raising three teenagers and serving on a variety of community boards. His first novel, Bone Dust, (2003) dealt with a pandemic in Macon. Exit South (2005) was about a father who gets abducted and puts his life back together in Macon. His third book, Orange Terrace is due in April. www.rickmaier.com
Some of the panels, workshops, roundtables and readings at Crossroads Writers Conference include:
The things writers do to ensure they'll never get published Writing sex scenes, Writing from your Obsessions Writing Off the Page Songwriting Spoken Word, Balancing your real life with your writing life how to market yourself, Becoming a Freelance Writer Getting published how and when to self-publish making the most of New Media/Social Networking Sites Investigative Journalism Sports writing, How to find an agent Grantwriting Technical Writing: The English Major's Alternative to "Would You Like Fries With That?" Playwriting Gettin' Lucky: Blogging for Beginners Children's Writing Finding Jobs that Pay the finer points of poetryThe Finer Points of Poetry Creating Interesting Characters Details that Matter Writing What you know ...and many, many more!
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ABOUT US
WHAT WE DO
"Crossroads Writers Conference and Literary Festival exist to reinvigorate the role of literature, literacy and the literary arts in the Middle Georgia area. We do so with a conference to strengthen writing skills and the writing community; with a festival to promote public interest in reading and writing; and by donating a significant portion of our proceeds to the establishment of Creative Ruckus Academy, an arts education initiative for at-risk youth."
WHO WE ARE:
Crossroads Writers Conference & Literary Festival is only possible thanks to the volunteered efforts of an assortment of passionate Maconites who come as organizers, staff and contributing writers. We have been funded generously by The Knight Neighborhood Challenge, the City of Macon, the State of Georgia and the Macon State Foundation as well as supported by the Community Foundation of Central Georgia, Macon State College, Mercer University and Mercer Press.
The board is Dr. Heather Braun, Dr. Kelly Whiddon, Dr. Monica Young-Zook, Dr. Shane Trayers, Dr. Chip Rogers, Dr. Lawrence Fennelly, Dr. Kevin Cantwell, Dr. Gary Richardson, Marc Jolley and Chris Horne.
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So you want to be a better writer?Crossroads Writers Conference not only offers you a chance to meet with a wide variety of writers who work in a wide variety of mediums and genres, but we're going to feed you breakfast and lunch too so you can enjoy in the fellowship that's special to the community of writers. You'll even get a free tote bag. So flip through these pages to see what we're doing. We want to see you February 26-27!- the Crossroads Board
So you want to be a better writer?
Crossroads Writers Conference not only offers you a chance to meet with a wide variety of writers who work in a wide variety of mediums and genres, but we're going to feed you breakfast and lunch too so you can enjoy in the fellowship that's special to the community of writers. You'll even get a free tote bag. So flip through these pages to see what we're doing.
We want to see you February 26-27!
- the Crossroads Board
