THE SINCLAIR LEWIS FOUNDATION OF SAUK CENTRE PRESENTS:

The 31st Annual Sinclair Lewis Writers’ Conference

Saturday, October 2, 2021

Agenda:

8:30 am REGISTRATION

9:15 am WELCOME and OVERVIEW

9:30 am PANEL DISCUSSION:  Basics of Writing and Publishing

                                               Freya Manfred; Thomas Pope; Jim Gambone; Bob Beverage and Ashley Shelby; moderated by Jim Umhoefer

10:45 am SESSION ONE

Jim Gambone and Bob Beverage:  Navigating a Successful Writer/Producer Collaboration

       Ashley Shelby:  Climate Fiction: Writing Our Impacted World

       Thomas Pope:  Understanding Character and How a Story Evolves

11:45 am LUNCH

12:45 pm KEYNOTE TALK:  Freya Manfred

            “Truth and Humor—A Reading of Poetry and Prose”

2:00 pm SESSION TWO

Each topic from Session One will be repeated

3:15 pm SESSION THREE

Each topic from Session One will be repeated

4:30 pm Reception at the Palmer House Hotel (door prizes/cash bar) 

NOTE: The Panel Discussion, Keynote Talk and each Session will be one hour in length, followed by a 15-minute break.

The Sinclair Lewis 2021 Writers Conference is made possible by the financial sponsorship of the following organizations:  The Stearns History Museum, Minnesota National Bank of Sauk Centre, First State Bank of Sauk Centre, Central Minnesota Federal Credit Union, Stearns Electric Association, and the Sinclair Lewis Foundation. The conference is also made possible by the voters of Minnesota through a grant from the Central Minnesota Arts Board, thanks to a legislative appropriation from the Arts and Cultural Heritage Fund. Private donors include Pat Hanauer and Dick and Pat Lewis. Sauk Centre Community Education is a co-sponsor of the event.