The Bay Area Writers League

Thirteenth Annual Conference

and Manuscript Competition

B.A.W.L. has been hosting a writers conference and manuscript competition since 1989. The next conference will take place Friday, May 13 and Saturday, May 14, 2001 at the University of Houston-Clear Lake.

The rest of the information on this page pertains to the 2000 conference. The 2001 conference will be similar, but the topics presented change each year.

Basic facts

Agenda:

The conference runs from 8 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Friday, followed by a reception. The Saturday session runs 8:30 a.m. to 4:45 p.m. Lunch both days is included.

The conferences features --

keynote speakers who are published writers, working editors, or literary agents
sessions on a variety of topics such as writing for children, writing for magazines and newspapers, how to select an agent, and how to promote yourself on the Internet
one-on-one meetings with editors who will discuss your work

Books, tapes, and CDs will be sold both days by the Paperback Trader and individual authors. Signed first editions will be available.

Friday

8 a.m	Registration
8:30	Welcome and Introductions
9	Michele Brummer - Donald Maas Agency
10	Chris Rogers Memory Pegs	Carol Dennis Conflict	Dr. Joe Rice Technical Writing	Julie Duffy, Xlibris Press Print-on-demand
11	Bookstore opens - Sharon Murphy, Paperback Trader
	B.K. Reeves, Roger Paulding Mythic Character Patterns	Pat Grissom Grant Writing	Ann Liggio Getting Your Non-Fiction Book Published	Marianne Dyson Writing for Children
12	Lunch
1:30 p.m.	Angela Adair-Hoy e-publishing	Dr. John Gorman Poetry Slam	B.K. Reeves Writing Erotica
2:30	Casey Kell Writing for Screen and TV		Kay Hudson, Kay Sakaris Research: Archives to Internet
3:30	Panel Discussion
5:30	Reception

Saturday

8 a.m	Registration
8:30	Welcome and Introductions
9	Julie Duffy, Xlibris Press
9:30	Angela Adair-Hoy, e-publishing
10	Julie Duffy, Carl Miller, Harry Hoge Print-on-demand	Lynn & Bob Bradley Your Book is Out; Now What?	Michele Brummer How to get an agent Julie Duffy, Xlibris Press Print-on-demand
11	Bookstore opens - Sharon Murphy, Paperback Trader
	B.K. Reeves, Roger Paulding Mythic Character Patterns	Pat Grissom Grant Writing	Ann Liggio Getting Your Non-Fiction Book Published	Marianne Dyson Writing for Children
12	Lunch
1:30	Contest Awards Ceremony
2:30 p.m.	Kim Rangel Writing Fiction	Barbara Schwartz Basic Laws for Committing Crimes in Fiction	Howard Bushart Independent Documentaries & Grants
2:30- 3:30	Kim Rangel Writing Fiction		Cecilia Cooper Writing for Encanto (romance)

Location:

The University of Houston-Clear Lake is south of Houston and east of the Johnson Space Center. The main entrance is at 2700 Bay Area Boulevard. The conference is held in the Bayou Building. For an online map and driving directions, click here.

Rates:

$85 for both days - includes lunch and Friday evening reception
$50 for one day - includes lunch
$35 for both days for full-time students at accredited schools - includes lunch
Additional $25 if you are not currently a member of B.A.W.L. Everyone who joins B.A.W.L. receives the ba.w.l. point pen for a year and enjoys all the other privileges of membership.
There will be a $10 surcharge after April 1.

How to register:

Use the registration form to calculate your rate.

Out-of-town visitors:

There are many hotels and restaurants near the university. B.A.W.L. does not make special arrangements for out-of-town visitors.

How to get more information

Send a self-addressed, stamped envelope to
B.A.W.L. Conference
P.O. Box 580007
Houston, TX 77058

or call the B.A.W.L. hotline at 281 268 7500 (24 hours)

or e-mail BAWLConference@aol.com.

Manuscript Contest

The manuscript contest is for novice writers in the categories of short and long fiction and non-fiction, and poetry. Cash prizes are awarded (Ok, it's not Lotto.) Many past winners have been published.

For contest guidelines click here.

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B.A.W.L. is a 501(3)(c) non-profit corporation chartered by the state of Texas.