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CONFERENCE 2008

The 2008 conference is sold out. We are creating
a wait list in case there are cancellations or if extra seats become available. Also, if you join the waiting list, we will be sure to contact you in advance of the 2009 conference.

Add your name to the waiting list.

Getting It Write

presented byDominion

Getting It Write

Friday and Saturday, October 10 and 11, 2008
at the Library of Virginia
800 East Broad Street, Richmond

Featuring ...

arrow David Baldacci, New York Times best-selling author of 17 novels.

Adriana Trigiani, New York Times best-selling author of the Big Stone Gap series.

Diane Mott Davidson, New York Times best-selling culinary mysteries.

Claudia Emerson, Pulitzer Prize-winning poet.

Kate Jacobs, New York Times bestselling author of The Friday Night Knitting Club.

Kirk Ellis, Emmy-winning screenwriter, HBO's John Adams.

Shannon Ravenel, founder of Algonquin Books and editor of thirteen volumes of The Best American Short Stories.

arrow Chuck Adams, an editor at Algonquin Books who has edited a range of both fiction and nonfiction, including Water for Elephants.

arrow Colin Fox, senior editor at Simon & Schuster, where he has worked with Pulitzer Prize-winner Chris Rose, Billy Crystal, Lou Dobbs and Henry Louis Gates.

Conference Offerings

Sessions and speakers for Friday

Sessions and speakers for Saturday

Speaker and Moderator Bios

One-on-One with a Literary Agent: 5 minutes each

One-on-One with a PR Team: 15 minutes each

First Pages Critique sessions

Other Information

arrow Confirmed Registrations NEW!

Hotel Information

Conference Directions and Parking

Have a question about the James River Writers Conference? E-mail fallconference@jamesriverwriters.com or give us a call at (804) 230-4575.