THE COLUMBUS WRITERS CONFERENCE 2007

MORE THAN FIFTY BREAKOUT SESSIONS
FEATURING AN EXCITING
RANGE OF TOPICS
PRESENTED BY WRITERS, EDITORS,
AND LITERARY AGENTS

ONE-TO-ONE SESSIONS
WITH LITERARY AGENTS AND EDITORS

ADVANCE CRITIQUES WITH CONSULTS

LITERARY AGENT PANEL

EDITOR PANEL

HOW TO WIN FRIENDS AND INFLUENCE BOOKSELLERS (PANEL)

HOW IMPORTANT IS RESEARCH?
WHEN AND HOW TO USE FORENSIC
FACTS (PANEL)

WRITING FOR TELEVISION PANEL

INFORMAL AGENT/EDITOR CHAT SESSIONS

FRIDAY DINNER PROGRAM

OPEN MIKE SESSIONS FOR FICTION,
NONFICTION, POETRY AND CHILDREN'S

WRITERS' LOUNGE

BOOKSTORE FOR WRITERS

INFORMAL NETWORKING OPPORTUNITIES

FRIDAY:  CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST,
LUNCH, and DINNER

SATURDAY:  CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST,
LUNCH, and AFTERNOON REFRESHMENTS

 
                                        SCHEDULE

 FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2007

  8:00 a.m.                 REGISTRATION CHECK-IN BEGINS

  8:00 -  8:45              CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST

            8:45               WELCOME  ANGELA PALAZZOLO, conference director

  9:00 - 10:00             Six Breakout Sessions  (see Presenters and Topics page) 

 10:15 - 11:15            Six Breakout Sessions  (see Presenters and Topics page)

 10:00 - 11:30            WRITER'S LOUNGE (FACILITATED WRITING EXERCISES)  MICHAEL WILSON
                                       (Stop by for five minutes, or stay awhile. Writers' Lounge segments are
                              scheduled for 10 -11:30 a.m., 1:00 - 2:00 p.m., and 4:00 - 5:00 p.m. on
                              on Friday and Saturday.)

 11:30 -  1:30 p.m.    LUNCH followed by PANEL OF EDITORS

HELEN ATSMA               Henry Holt and Company  (previously with Little, Brown
                                                   and Company)
STACEY BARNEY          G. P. Putnam's Sons
KATIE GILLIGAN         Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
JACK HEFFRON             Clerisy Press
SALLY KIM                        Shaye Areheart Books/
                                                    The Crown Publishing Company
PETER LYNCH                 Sourcebooks, Inc.
Moderator    GRETCHEN HIRSCH     Midwest Book Doctors

   1:00 - 2:00             WRITER'S LOUNGE (FACILITATED WRITING EXERCISES)  MICHAEL WILSON
                                      (Stop by for five minutes, or stay awhile.)  

  1:45 -  2:45           Six Breakout Sessions (see Presenters and Topics page)  

   3:00 - 4:00            Six Breakout Sessions (see Presenters and Topics page)

   4:00 - 4:15           REFRESHMENTS    

   4:00 - 5:00             WRITER'S LOUNGE (FACILITATED WRITING EXERCISES)  MICHAEL WILSON
                                       (Stop by for five minutes, or stay awhile.)    

    4:15 - 5:00           Three Breakout Sessions  (see Presenters and Topics page)

             5:05           PART TWO, FRIDAY Begins and Includes
                                       Agent/Editor Informal Chat Sessions, Dinner and Program, and Evening Program
                              (Open to Full-Conference registrants and also to Friday-Only and Saturday-Only
                                        registrants who have pre-registered for Part Two, Friday.)

    5:10 - 5:55        AGENT/EDITOR INFORMAL CHAT SESSIONS
                                       Each of the following pairs will be in individual classrooms.

REGINA BROOKS and STACEY BARNEY
SHEREE BYKOFSKY and HELEN ATSMA
PAUL FEDORKO and KATIE GILLIGAN
PAUL S. LEVINE and PETER LYNCH
RITA ROSENKRANZ and JACK HEFFRON
PAIGE WHEELER and SALLY KIM

   5:55 - 6:10           DINNER CHECK-IN

                6:15              DINNER followed by Program
                                                             
                                                      THE POSSIBLE DREAM: VETERAN ADVICE FROM THE TRENCHES     
                                   
                                                      Speaker:    KAREN HARPER, author/novelist
                                          

   8:30 - 9:30