Jacquelyn Mitchard

• Conversation with this Award-Winning Author at Saturday dinner
• Panel Discussion: Fiction

Jane Hamilton

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

Ann Garvin

• Plotting Made Easy 
• Conversation with Jacquelyn Mitchard at Saturday dinner

Eric Charles May

Now You Scene It, Now You Don't: The Interaction Between Scene and Non-scene Forms in the Writing of Fiction and Nonfiction

Kristin Oakley

Creating Unforgettable Characters

Emcee - Live Lit Event

Nancy Johnson

Panel Discussion: Fiction
 

Billy Lombardo

Tony Trigilio

Panel Discussion: Poetry

Faisal Mohyuddin

Panel Discussion: Poetry

CM Burroughs

Panel Discussion: Poetry

Steven L Baron, Lawyers for the Creative Arts

The Nuts and Bolts of Publishing for Authors

Jeff Kurz

Pitch Perfect: Learn from an expert how to pitch an agent in 5 minutes and make them want your manuscript.

Oral History Panel

Mark Larson

Rachna Prasad

Shawn Shiflett

Carlisle K Webber, Fuse Literary

Agent panel discussion and pitch sessions
 

Joelle Delbourgo, Joelle Delbourgo Associates

Agent panel discussion and pitch sessions

Doug Grad, Doug Grad Literary Agency

Agent panel discussion and pitch sessions

Peter Rubie, FinePrint Literary

• Voice Will Make or Break Your Project But What Does that Mean and How do You Accomplish it?
• Pitch sessions

Michelle Grajkowski, 3 Seas Literary Agency

Agent panel discussion and pitch sessions

Kara Rota, Chicago Review Press

Publishers panel discussion and pitch sessions

Leticia Gomez, Kensington Publishing Corp.

Publishers panel discussion and pitch sessions

Samantha Keating, Wild Rose Press

Publishers panel discussion and pitch sessions

Cracking the Social Media Code