Garth Stein to Keynote Whidbey Conference

AUTHORLINK NEWS/January 18, 2010-- Garth Stein, author of The Art of Racing in the Rain, will be keynote speaker April 2, 2011 for the Whitbey Island Writers' Conference. He will speak to an audience of aspiring writers as part of a three-day event that features about thirty other writing professionals. Agents and editors will be available for writers to pitch their work.

Early Bird Registration for the Whidbey Island Writers Conference is underway. Set for April 1-3, 2011, in Coupeville, the Whidbey Island Writers Conference includes informative workshops, intimate Chat Houses, and the inside scoop on publishing your work. The Conference program, costs and registration details can be found at www.writeonwhidbey.org.

Friday, April 1, Puget Sound Energy is sponsoring 14 intensive, instructional, collaborative and intimate workshops. Friday night, conference goers can mingle with their peers to play word games, try some interactive poetry, attend a live performance or share their works at an open microphone event.

On Friday and/or Saturday, registered attendees can pitch an agent/editor or review their previously submitted manuscript with an author, agent or editor. Agents’ and editors’ preferred genres plus criteria for agent-editor consults and manuscript critiques can be found at www.writeonwhidbey.org.

In addition to Stein’s keynote address, Saturday, April 2, is filled with the Whidbey Island Writers Conference’s distinguishing event, its Fireside Chat Houses, where participants are invited into the living rooms of some of Coupeville’s most beautiful homes and quaint B&B’s for an opportunity to meet personally with the conference presenters. Saturday night, following a Book Signing Reception, participants may choose to attend the $50 per person Dinner with the Authors, Agents and Editors. Reservations are required and seating is limited to 100.

Sunday, April 3, from 9:00 a.m. to 10: 00 a.m., Amazon Publishing’s Jon Fine, Greg Spils and Jason Kuykendall, along with agent Jeff Kleinman, online marketing expert and author Tom Masters, and authors Terry Persun and Bob Mayer, will provide a broad look at current publishing opportunities and pitfalls. They will share their knowledge about the state of publishing today, from traditional forms to using the cloud. Following this panel, there will be several workshops to choose from dealing with marketing and publishing. The workshops, which run from 10:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., will conclude the conference.

The Conference is priced by the day with costs averaging about $100 per day. Agent-editor consults ($15), manuscript critiques ($75) and Dinner with the Authors, Agents and Editors ($50) are extra. Participants can choose to attend only one day or all three. (Costs quoted here are based on Whidbey Island Writers Association member discounts.) To join the Whidbey Island Writers Association or to register for the Conference, visit www.writeonwhidbey.com. Call the Association office at 360.331.0307 to order a Gift Certificate. To advertise in the Official Conference Program contact Donna Hood at 360-341-1861 or donnahood@whidbey.com.

Indy Publishers Call for Ben Franklin Award Nominations

The Independent Book Publishers Association (IBPA) announces that entries are now open for the 23rd annual Benjamin Franklin Awards™. Publishers of books copyrighted in 2010 may enter the competition, which includes fifty-six categories recognizing excellence in both editorial and design, and is regarded as one of the highest national honors in small and independent publishing.

Administered by IBPA with the help of more than 160 judges coming from the library, bookstore, reviewer, designer, publicity and editorial industry segments, the IBPA Benjamin Franklin Awards™ program is unique in that every entrant receives direct feedback in writing from the judges.

“Winning that award, and having my husband and kids there with me, is one of the most special moments of my life. I will never forget it…” – Janis Gioia, Butterfly Sky Press, Benjamin Franklin Award™ winner, Education/Teaching/Academic category for The Wolf Pack Classroom Management Plan.

Former IBPA Benjamin Franklin Award™ winners include publishers as large as Sourcebooks, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., BBC Audiobooks America and Interweave Press, and as small as Quiet Light Publishing, Celtic Sunrise and Sea Turtle Publishing. Winners will be announced at a gala event celebrating all of the recipients at the 2011 IBPA Publishing University, just prior to BookExpo America.

Founded in 1983, the Independent Book Publishers Association http://www.ibpa-online.org is the largest not-for-profit trade organization for publishers in the United States, serving more than 3000 book publishers of all sizes. IBPA's mission is to help independent publishers market their titles, to provide education on all aspects of publishing, and to act as an advocate for publishers' rights.

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