FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
1/6/2015
WRITERS’ INSTITUTE FEATURES NEW OPPORTUNITIES TO NETWORK AND
SHARPEN YOUR SKILLS
MADISON, Wis. – The 2015 University of Wisconsin-Madison
Writers’ Institute will break down the traditional barriers between
presenters and attendees.
The 26th annual event, which takes place March
27-29 at the Madison Concourse Hotel, adds a Writing Mixer this year. Those
attending the conference will have a chance to mingle with literary agents,
publishers, and acclaimed writers. They can also get to know authors in their
chosen genre at special luncheon events.
The Writers’ Institute offers attendees new opportunities for
improving their craft. Instructors will conduct advanced critiques for fiction,
young adult fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and memoir. They will also challenge
authors to explore their skills in prose and poetry with a program called
Writing Prompts.
The Writers’ Institute is the Midwest’s premier writers’
conference, allowing new, emerging, and established authors in all genres to
take their careers to the next level. It offers writers practical tips for
improving and selling their work, as well as a unique opportunity to make
pitches to literary agents and publishers. The three-day event features
lectures, workshops, book signings, and practice pitch sessions, along with the
new social events.
This year’s instructors include John Dufresne, whose novels
Louisiana Power & Light and Love Warps the Mind a Little were
New York Times Notable Books of the Year; Marilyn L. Taylor, former poet
laureate of Wisconsin; and agents from Fuse Literary, Red Sofa Literary, and the
Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency,
among others.
New this year is a chance for publication in the 2016 edition
of the Midwest
Prairie Review. The journal will print winning entries from the
conference’s Poem or Page contest, which seeks entries in fiction, nonfiction,
young adult fiction, and flash fiction.
“Among this year’s new networking opportunities, we will
offer informal discussions of trending topics in publishing, and will also
provide space for writing groups to form,” says Writers’ Institute director
Laurie Scheer. “Writers should walk away from the event not only inspired and
enlightened, but also with at least three new contacts.”
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Contact: Laurie Scheer, 608-265-3972, lscheer@dcs.wisc.edu
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