2010 Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference

Friday, June 10-14 Kachemak Bay Campus, Homer

The Kachemak Bay Campus of Kenai Peninsula College-University of Alaska Anchorage is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the upcoming highly-acclaimed 2011 Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference to be held June 10-14 at Lands End Resort in Homer, Alaska......the writing conference's 10th Birthday! This year's keynote presenter will be Pulitzer Prize-winning poet and former U.S. Poet Laureate Rita Dove.

The conference will feature 19 other award-winning, nationally-recognized authors, editors and agents who will conduct creative writing workshops, readings, craft talks and panel presentations in fiction, nonfiction, children's writing, poetry and the business of writing. Optional activities include manuscript reviews, editor-agent consultations, receptions, a boat cruise and open mic. The evening public readings June 11-13 by visiting writers will be open to the general public at no charge. A special two-day post-conference workshop will be held at Kachemak Bay Wilderness Lodge.

Noted conference faculty will be Nickole Brown, Mike Burwell, Chris Calhoun, Richard Chiappone, Anne Coray, Rigoberto Gonzalez, LeAnne Howe, Heather Lende, Nancy Lord, Elizabeth Lyon, Brenda Miller, Donna Jo Napoli, Matt Roesch, Eva Saulitis, Peggy Shumaker, Sherry Simpson, Frank Soos and Hannah Tinti.

For more information, please contact Carol Swartz at incis@kpc.alaska.edu or visit see the Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference website.