Conference :: Conversations and Connections

The third annual Conversations and Connections conference will be held in downtown DC on April 11, with Amy Hempel as the featured speaker. Registration includes the full day conference, one ticket for “Speed Dating with Editors,” a book, and a literary magazine subscription. Breakout sessions are geared to appeal to new and experienced writers of fiction, poetry, and nonfiction, and include topics like Fighting Writer’s Block with Play and Experimental Prompts, Sentence Power, Creative Nonfiction: Where are the boundaries? Do they exist?, The Digital Literary Landscape, Writing Sex Scenes, Grants for Writers: Where’s the money and how do you get it?, and more.