 4th Annual Writers Conference
July 18-20, 2008-Grapevine, Texas
A forum for journalists, writers, readers, students, educators and the general public to listen to, be inspired by and discuss literary nonfiction in all its forms with some of the most talented in the genre.
Details
The Mayborn
Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference
Registration Is Now Closed.
Please contact us if you would like to add your name to our mailing
list for the 2009 conference. Maybornconferenceinfo@unt.edu
Date
July 18-20, 2008 (Friday 6 p.m.-Sunday-12:30 p.m.)
Schedule
Conference opens on Friday, July 18, 6 p.m. with a Welcome To Texas
Dinner. Lecture follows featuring Bob Shacochis, one of America’s
most acclaimed storytellers.
See the complete schedule: PDF
/ DOC
Speakers
For complete speaker bios click here.
- N. Scott Momaday-1969 Pulitzer Prize Winner
- Bob Shacochis, National Book Award Winner
- Candice Millard, River of Doubt
- John Burnett, NPR correspondent
- Stella Chavez, writer, The Dallas Morning News
- Susannah Charleson, The Scent of the Missing
- Pam Colloff, writer, Texas Monthly
- Lee Hancock, enterprise reporter, The Dallas Morning News
- Nick Heil, The Dark Summit
- Tim Madigan, writer, The Star-Telegram
- Cathleen Medwick, contributing editor at O, the Oprah Magazine
- Paul Meyer, writer, The Dallas Morning News
- Ben Montgomery, writer, St. Petersburg Times
- David Patterson, senior editor, Henry Holt & Co.
- Brian Sweany, articles editor, Texas Monthly
- Wright Thompson, ESPN.com
- Andy Van De Voorde, Village Voice Media
- Ken Wells, senior editor, Portfolio magazine
- Alexandra Wolfe, writer, Portfolio magazine
Location
Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center
Conference Code: 3MA
Conference Room Rate: $120.00
1800 Highway 26 East
Grapevine, Texas
1-817-481-8444
Fees
Sorry, no refunds. Fee information can be found here.
Contest
Six cash prizes totaling $12,000 will be presented to the top article/essay
winners. The winning manuscript will receive a $3,000 cash
prize and a provisional book contract with UNT Press. Click the
links below for details.
Writing
Contest and Workshops
Article Application
Form
Manuscript
Contest Entry Agreement
UNT Press
See more information about the provisional
book contract.
Workshops
The Writer’s Garret is closing registration for the Mayborn's Pre-Conference Workshhops on April 29. The workshops, conducted by writers Julianne McCullagh and Talmage Boston, will be held at the Writers' Garret on May 3, 17 and 31. See details.
The Writers' League of Texas also offers a pre-conference workshop specifically for writers submitting work to the Mayborn Conference. See details.
Sponsors
Sponsorship Levels
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Contact Us
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N. Scott Momaday
CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
July 19 - 7:45 pm
Literary Lights Dinner
Bob Shacochis
CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
July 18 - 7:30 pm
25-minute
interview with Bob Shacochis, from WRR Classical 101.1 FM.
Candice Millard
CONFERENCE KEYNOTE SPEAKER
July 20 - 11:30 am
To view complete bios on the 2008 keynote speakers,
see the list of speakers to the left.
Anselm Kiefer
German, born 1945
Book with Wings, 1992-94
Lead, tin and steel
74 3/4 x 208 5/8 x 43 3/8 in.
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth purchase,
Sid W. Richardson Foundation
Endowment Fund
Acquired in 2000
This artwork appears throughout the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest collateral material and is used with permission. You may see the piece on display at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth.
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