Thank you for an amazing sold-out 2023 event! 
CWA Board of Directors:
Left to right: Randy Richardson, Rick Kaempfer, Maggie Smith,
Samantha Hoffman, Christina Rodriguez, Joe Austin, Sandra Colbert,
Shawn Shiflett, Marcie Hill, Charlie Monte Verde, Kristin Oakley, Dan Burns
Not pictured: Jessica Mack, Laurie Scheer
Mark your calendar for
Let's Just Write! An Uncommon Writers Conference:
March 22-24, 2024
Meet our conference presenters:
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
- Panel discussion: Nonfiction
Sandra Jackson-Opoku
Panel discussion: Fiction
Jon Eig
Panel Discussion: Nonfiction
Catherine Johns
Panel discussion: Nonfiction
Nancy Johnson
Panel Discussion: Writing Outside Your Own Race/Ethnicity
Donna Seaman
A Publishing Expert Riffs on Books
Kristin Oakley
- Characters Who Jump Off the Page
- Emcee - Live Lit Event
Alexis Pride
Panel Discussion: Writing Outside Your Own Race/Ethnicity
Don De Grazia
Panel Discussion: Writing Outside Your Own Race/Ethnicity
Billy Lombardo
Everything You Need to Know About Point of View
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 two or three minutes and make them want your manuscript.
Oral History Panel
Oral history, a vital genre for preserving voices and memories of the past. In the Studs Terkel tradition.
Agents and Publishers
Lauren Bieker, FinePrint Literary Management
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 Management
- Finding Your Book's Voice
- Pitch sessions
Tina P Schwartz, The Purcell Agency
Agent 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
Kara Rota, Chicago Review Press
Publishers panel discussion and pitch sessions
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