Elizabeth Wetmore

• Opening keynote speaker from this best-selling author
• Panel Discussion: Fiction 

Dominic Pacyga

The Importance of Place in Storytelling
      

Tim Storm

• Tension on Every Page
• What Writers Can Learn from Sports Psychology - session with Ann Garvin

Ann Garvin

• What Writers Can Learn from Sports Psychology - session with Tim Storm
• Panel Discussion: Fiction

Kristin Oakley

• The Benefits of Critiquing 

• Curator of Let's Just Read! Live Lit Event

Renee Rosen

Revise and Edit Like a Pro
 

Eric May

• How to Get to Meaningful Memoir Material
• Panel Discussion: Nonfiction

Toneal Jackson

• Editing is not Optional
• Panel Discussion: Noniction

Billy Lombardo

Dialogue: When to Speak and When to Shut Up in Your Fiction, Nonfiction, and Poetry 

David W. Berner

Panel Discussion: Nonfiction

Parneshia Jones

Panel Discussion: Poetry

Tony Trigilio

Panel Discussion: Poetry

Jerry Brennan, Tortoise Books

Panel discussion: Meet the Small Presses

Rick Kaempfer, Eckhartz Press

Panel discussion: Meet the Small Presses

John Manos, Amika Press

Panel discussion: Meet the Small Presses

Jay Amberg Amika Press

Panel discussion: Meet the Small Presses

Brendan Sullivan

Creative Techniques to Keep Those Ideas Flowing

Jeff Hoover, WGN-TV

Panel Discussion: How to Get Free Publicity
 

Jasmine Cooper, WGN Radio

Panel Discussion: How to Get Free Publicity 

Jason Marck, WBEZ Radio

Panel Discussion: How to Get Free Publicity

Tim Clue

Presentation from this award-winning playwright about writer's block, odd writing rituals, writerly advice, and why he has to collaborate with people. 

Nancy Johnson

Panel Discussion: Fiction 

Kathleen Rooney

Interview with award-winning author.