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Friday, June 12, 2009 from 1:00 PM - 5:00 PM (ET)
WORD PRAIZE WRITING CONTEST
Send us your first three pages and win $25, $50, $100 or a book deal!
Top 3 Finalist will be announced at Garments of Praise Luncheon June 13, 2009
WORD PRAIZE WRITING WORKSHOPS
Birth your book. Manifest your music. Do your destiny.
Speakers
Stanice Anderson, author of I Say a Prayer for ME
Mary Ardis, Founder, Author and Finisher, Inc.
Claudia Mair Burney, Christy Finalist author of Zora and Nicky
Sharon Ewell Foster, Christy Winner author of Passing by Samaria and Abraham's Well
Marilynn Griffith, author of If the Shoe Fits, Pink and Rhythms of Grace
Carmita McCall, poet, author and host of Church Night Live
Charles Rosenberg, owner, Rose Printing
Rosalind Thompkins, poet and founder, Mothers in Crisis
Barbara Joe Williams, CEO, Amani Publishing
and many more!
1:00 Welcome, Marilynn Griffith
1:05 From Premise to Proposal: Understanding the Publishing Process, Author Panel: Stanice Anderson, Claudia Mair Burney, Sharon Ewell Foster. Moderator: Marilynn Griffith.
1:25 Break
1:30 Starting a Self-Publishing Business, Author Panel: Melodie Kent, Charles Rosenberg/Rose Printing and selected authors. Moderator: Barbara Joe Williams, Amani Publishing.
1:55 Break
2:00 Birthing Your Book Eight Minutes at a Time, Marilynn Griffith
2:25 Break
2:30 Eight Minute Writing Groups
Poets and Playwrights: Stanice Anderson
Fiction, Blogging, Memoir: Claudia Mair Burney
Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry: Marilynn Griffith
Fiction, Songwriting, Screenwriting: Sharon Ewell Foster
Songwriting, Poetry: Carmita McCall
Songwriting, Nonfiction: Mary Ardis
2:40 break
2:45 Writing Group Q&A
Group leaders answer questions about the ministry, craft and business of writing and music!
3:00 Poetry, Prose and Praise Panel
Mary Ardis, Carmita McCall, Stanice Anderson, Rosalyn Webb and more discuss music as a ministry, music marketing, devotionals, articles, plays and spoken word performance.
3:25 Break
3:30 Writing Group Readings/Critiques
Share your exercise with your group. Get instant feedback!
3:55 Break
4:00 Blogs, Nings, Tweets, FaceBook and other Social Media Panel: Claudia Mair Burney, Marilynn Griffith, Barbara Joe Williams, Sharon Ewell Foster and more....
4:25 Break
4:30 How I Got an Agent. Panel: Sharon Ewell Foster, Stanice Anderson, Marilynn Griffith, Claudia Mair Burney, Barbara Joe Williams.
4:50 Communicators Commission
5:00 Workshop Ends
NOTE: ALL Word Praize participants may enter the Word Praize Writing Contest.
SistahFaith, Inc. exists to bring women and girls full circle--from tragedy to triumph--in faith, arts and leadership.
HOST HOTEL
Country Inn and Suites
3080 Walden Drive
Tallahassee, FL 32317
$79/per night, Double Queen.
Refrigerator, microwave, free hot breakfast, small pool, fitness room, freet Internet!
To Book Rooms, CALL1-850-942-9955 or CALL Erica (850) 210-7495
(Cell)
Rates good until June 10, 2009
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