Schedule:

Saturday, May 11

1-5pm: Guests Should Plan Check-in With Housing After 3pm. Registration in Assembly Hall. Housing Codes, Packets, Directions, Lanyards, Etc., 

5:30pm: Welcome Reception + Happy Hour by Salty Butcher on the Institute Patio

7:15pm: Walk to Beach for Sunset (Around 7:30pm)

 Sunday, May 12

6:00am - Fishing With Adam, Meet on the Beach

8-8:45am - Amavida Coffee

8-8:30am - Yoga With Poet Leona Sevick

8-8:45am - Breakfast by Shrimp Shack/pickles, Assembly Hall

9-10:00am - Seminar, Agent Martha Wydysh: Shared Work: Finding & Working With a Literary Agent

Workshop Meetings: 

10:15-12pm - Poetry: Melissa Ginsberg (Black Bear Gardens)

10:15-12pm - Prose/ Screenplay: Dean Bakopoulos (Assembly Hall)

10:15-12pm - Prose/ Cnf: Beth Nguyen (Hall Conference Room)

12:30-2:15pm - Poetry: Van Khanna (Hall Conference Room)

12:30-2:15pm - Prose: Mark Winegardner (Assembly Hall)

12:30-3pm - Martha Wydysh and Sarah Phair Agent Consultations-purchase. Location: Sand Crab Cottage.

3:30-4:30pm - Seminar, Adam - Johnson: Writing Troubling Narratives   

5-6pm - Fellows Reading: Institute Patio

6-7pm - Happy Hour & Food by Chiringo, Institute Patio/AH

Monday, May 13

8-8:45am - Amavida Coffee

8-8:30am - Morning Swim W/ Matt: Meet on the Beach

8-8:30am - Yoga With Poet Leona Sevick

8-8:45am - Breakfast by Raw & Juicy, Assembly Hall

9-10am - Seminar, Agent Sarah Phair: the Call: How to Prepare for the Agent Who Has Read Your Manuscript

Workshop Meetings: 

10:15-12pm - Poetry: Melissa Ginsberg (Black Bear Gardens)

10:15-12pm - Prose/screenplay: Dean Bakopoulos (Assembly Hall)

10:15-12pm - Prose/cnf: Beth Nguyen (Hall Conference Room)

12:30-2:15pm - Poetry: Van Khanna (Hall Conference Room)

12:30-2:15pm - Prose: Mark Winegardner (Assembly Hall)   

12:30-3pm - Martha Wydysh and Sarah Phair Agent Consultations-purchase. Location: Sand Crab Cottage.

3:30-4:30pm - Seminar, Melissa Ginsberg: Sound Logic: Playing W/ Syllables & Patterns in Poetry

5-6pm - Faculty & Scholars Reading, Institute Patio

6-7pm - Happy Hour & Food by Central 87, Assembly Hall Patio

Tuesday, May 14 

8-8:45am - Amavida Coffee

8-8:30am - Yoga With Leona Sevick

8-8:30am - Gentle 5k Run W/ Snowden Wright (Meet at Assembly Hall)

8:30-9:30am - Waterfront Breakfast at Bud and Alley’s Restaurant

10-11am - Seminar, Beth Nguyen: How to Write a Memoir When You’re Scared to Write a Memoir

Workshop Meetings: 

11-12:45pm - Poetry: Melissa Ginsberg (Black Bear Gardens/alt)

11-12:45pm - Prose/screenplay: Dean Bakopoulos (Assembly Hall)

11-12:45pm - Prose/cnf: Beth Nguyen (Hall Conference Room)

1-2:45pm - Poetry: Van Khanna (Hall Conference Room)

1-2:45pm - Prose: Mark Winegardner (Assembly Hall)

3:30-4:30pm - Seminar: Van Khanna: Balancing Acts: the Tension Between Lyric & Narrative 

5:30-7:30pm - (Happy Hour 5pm) Visiting Writer Reading and Seafood Boil by Grayton Seafood: Maggie Smith at “backyard of Love” - Hibiscus Coffee & Guesthouse. 

Locals! Join Us for a Donation of Your Choice!

All Conference Attendees Who Need a Ride (or Who Have Cars to Give Rides) Meet on the Institute Patio at 4:45pm. Seafood Boil Dinner Follows Directly After the Reading. 

Wednesday, May 15

6am - Fishing With Adam, Meet on the Beach

8-8:45am - Amavida Coffee

8-8:30am - Yoga With Leona Sevick 

8-8:45am - Breakfast by Amavida, Assembly Hall

9am-1pm - Fellows & Scholars Depart for Writers in the Classroom Outreach Program

9:35am-11:15am - Swhs

10-1:30pm - Agent Consultations Anjali Singh and Duvall Osteen Agent Consultations-purchase. Location: Sand Crab Cottage

Free Day - No Workshops: Read/write/explore!

3:30-4:15pm - Seminar: Agent Duvall Osteen: Demystifying the Process: Query to Publication 

5-6pm - Sundog Bookstore Signing Event and Reception. Come Meet Our Authors and Get Your Books Signed!

Dinner is on Your Own- for Local Restaurants, Check for Reservations or Put Your Names in Early - Patronize Our Local Sponsors! 

8:30-10pm - Attendee Reading Open Mic - Assembly Hall

Thursday, May 16 

8-8:45am - Amavida Coffee

8-8:30am - Morning Swim W/ Matt: Meet on the Beach

8-8:30am - Yoga With Leona Sevick

8-8:45am: Breakfast, Assembly Hall

9-10am: Seminar, Maggie Smith: the Book is a Poem: Assembling a Manuscript

Workshop Meetings: 

10:15-12pm - Poetry: Melissa Ginsberg (Black Bear Gardens)

10:15-12pm - Prose/screenplay: Dean Bakopoulos (Assembly Hall)

10:15-12pm - Prose/cnf: Beth Nguyen (Hall Conference Room)

12:30-2:15pm - Poetry: Van Khanna (Hall Conference Room)

12:30-2:15pm - Prose: Mark Winegardner (Assembly Hall)

12:30-3:00pm - Agent Consultations Anjali Singh and Duvall Osteen Agent Consultations-purchase. Location: Sand Crab Cottage.

3:30-4:15pm - Seminar, Dean Bakopoulos

5-6pm - Visiting Writer Adam - Johnson Reading at Distillery 98

Locals: Buy a Pass for a Donation of Your Choice!

All Conference Attendees Who Need a Ride (or Who Have Cars to Give Rides) Meet on the Institute Patio at 4:30pm. Food by Grayton Seafood.

Friday, May 17

6am - Fishing With Adam

8-8:45am - Amavida Coffee

8-8:30am - Yoga With Leona Sevick

8-8:30am - Gentle 5k Run W/ Snowden Wright (Meet at Assembly Hall)

8-8:45am - Breakfast by Amavida, Assembly Hall

9-10am - Seminar, Agent Anjali Singh: Queries 101: How to Query and Find an Agent (and Anything Else You’ve Always Wanted to Know)

Workshop Meetings: 

10:15-12pm - Poetry: Melissa Ginsberg (Black Bear Gardens)

10:15-12pm - Prose/screenplay: Dean Bakopoulos (Assembly Hall)

10:15-12pm - Prose/cnf: Beth Nguyen (Hall Conference Room)

12:30-2:15pm - Poetry: Van Khanna (Hall Conference Room)

12:30-2:15pm - Prose: Mark Winegardner (Assembly Hall)

12:30-3:00pm - Agent Consultations Anjali Singh and Duvall Osteen Agent Consultations-purchase. Location: Sand Crab Cottage.

3:30-4:15pm - Seminar: Mark Winegardner: in Walks These Three Girls in Nothing but Bathing Suits: the (Hidden-in-plain-sight) Rulebook for Your Story's Opening   

5-6pm - Faculty Reading: Institute Patio

6-7pm - Pizza Party by Grace Pizza, Assembly Hall Patio

7-9pm - Bonfire on the Beach - End of Conference Party, Smores as the Sun Goes Down!

Saturday, May 18

8-11am - All Depart

Date: May 11-18, 2024

Location: Seaside Institute

168 Smolian Circle Santa Rosa Beach, FL 32459

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