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Tuesday, July 15, 2008

Registration for The Mayborn’s 2008 literary nonfiction writers’ conference closes Wednesday

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2008 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference

  • When: Friday, July 18, 2008, 11 a.m.
  • Where: DFW Lakes Hilton Hotel , 1800 Highway 26 East, Grapevine
  • Cost: $65 - $295
  • Age limit: Not available

The Mayborn, UNT's graduate school of journalism, has an impressive lineup of publishers, editors, and authors scheduled for this weekend's fourth annual Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest. Keynote speakers include National Book Award winner Bob Shachochis Friday, Dean of American Indian Writers N. Scott Momaday on Saturday, and National Geographic contributor Candice Millard on Sunday. Plenary sessions also allow question and answer sessions with NPR correspondent John Burnett and editors from Texas Monthly, Condé Nast, Village Voice, and O, the Oprah magazine, among others. Dinners with Shachochis and Momaday are ticketed separately for those who are not attending the entire conference, but the deadline to register is soon: Wednesday, July 16.


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