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If you write nonfiction, you have one week to get your material in to the contest at the Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writing Conference. At stake: $12,000 in prizes and the envy of your literate friends. Yours truly will be helping judge this year -- I'm hoping for lots of great material to make my job difficult once again. If you're considering attending the July 18-20 conference (fees listed here, note that you'll be hanging with the likes of: N. Scott Momaday-1969 Pulitzer Prize Winner Bob Shacochis, National Book Award Winner Candice Millard, River of Doubt John Burnett, NPR correspondent Stella Chavez, writer, The Dallas Morning News Susannah Charleson, The Scent of the Missing Pam Colloff, writer, Texas Monthly Lee Hancock, enterprise reporter, The Dallas Morning News Nick Heil, The Dark Summit Tim Madigan, writer, The Star-Telegram Cathleen Medwick, contributing editor at O, the Oprah Magazine Paul Meyer, writer, The Dallas Morning News Ben Montgomery, writer, St. Petersburg Times David Patterson, senior editor, Henry Holt & Co. Brian Sweany, articles editor, Texas Monthly Wright Thompson, ESPN.com Andy Van De Voorde, Village Voice Media Ken Wells, senior editor, Portfolio magazine Alexandra Wolfe, writer, Portfolio magazine (Material lifted directly from the Mayborn site, where you can register. |
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