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CONFERENCE SCHEDULE  CRAFT WORKSHOPS  REGISTRATION  OTHER INFORMATION
REGISTRATION : CONFERENCE PACKAGE A
  • One full-day manuscript review workshop
  • One full-day topic workshop
  • "Pittsburgh in Words" reading
  • "From Star Trek to Eternity" talk and reception
  • Saturday panels and networking
  • 3-issue subscription to CNF
  • "You Can't Make This Stuff Up" mug
STEP 1)      CHOOSE YOUR PACKAGE A - MANUSCRIPT WORKSHOP

Manuscript Workshop with Rebecca Godfrey
Thursday, October 2

Memoirs-in-progress will be discussed and possibilities for revision identified and analyzed in an intimate workshop setting. Writers may submit up to 10 double-spaced pages in advance to share with other members of the workshop. Please email your work to institutes[at]creativenonfiction.org, attached as a Word or text document, by September 15.

Rebecca Godfrey is the author of two books, The Torn Skirt and Under the Bridge. Praised by Kirkus Reviews as a "tour de force of true crime reportage," Under the Bridge explores the 1997 murder of Reena Virk, a teenage girl killed by her peers. The book received Canada's largest award for literary non-fiction and has been optioned for film by the actress Reese Witherspoon. The Torn Skirt was shortlisted for The Ethel Wilson Fiction Prize. Godfrey's articles and essays have appeared in numerous anthologies, newspapers and magazines. She has been the recipient of fellowships from Yaddo, The Canada Council and Djerassi Resident Artists Center.

Manuscript Workshop with Mike Rosenwald
Friday, October 3

Essays-in-progress will be discussed and possibilities for revision identified and analyzed in an intimate workshop setting. Writers may submit up to 10 double-spaced pages in advance to share with other members of the workshop. Please email your work to institutes[at]creativenonfiction.org, attached as a Word or text document, by September 15.

Mike Rosenwald is a staff writer at the Washington Post. He is also an accomplished magazine writer whose work has appeared in the New Yorker, Esquire, Smithsonian and Popular Science. He has been a finalist for the National Magazine Award in feature writing.

Manuscript Workshop with Virginia Morell
Friday, October 3

This workshop will focus specifically on writing about scientific topics. Essays-in-progress will be discussed and possibilities for revision identified and analyzed in an intimate workshop setting. Writers may submit up to 10 double-spaced pages in advance to share with other members of the workshop. Please email your work to institutes[at]creativenonfiction.org, attached as a Word or text document, by September 15.