{"id":53201,"date":"2014-06-20T00:44:35","date_gmt":"2014-06-20T07:44:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/?p=53201"},"modified":"2014-12-28T23:59:39","modified_gmt":"2014-12-29T06:59:39","slug":"catholic-writers-conference-live-in-schaumburg-il","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/markshea\/2014\/06\/catholic-writers-conference-live-in-schaumburg-il.html","title":{"rendered":"Catholic Writers Conference LIVE in Schaumburg, IL"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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Several prominent Catholic writers will speak at the sixth annual Catholic Writers\u2019 Conference LIVE taking place July 30-August 1, 2014, at the Renaissance Schaumburg Convention Center and Hotel in Schaumburg, IL. Sponsored by the Catholic Writer\u2019s Guild and the Catholic Marketing Network (CMN), and held in conjunction with CMN\u2019s annual retailer trade show, the Catholic Writers Conference LIVE provides Catholic writers with a prime opportunity to meet and share their faith with editors, publishers, fellow writers, and bookstore owners from across the globe. The theme of this year\u2019s conference is \u201cPerseverance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Register for the conference here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Speakers at this year\u2019s conference include authors Lisa Hendey (BOOK OF SAINTS FOR CATHOLIC MOMS), award-winning science fiction\/fantasy author Gene Wolfe (THE NEW BOOK OF THE SUN), Inspirational Speaker Lizzie Velasquez, Gary Zimak (FROM FEAR TO FAITH), Claudia Volkman (Editor, Servant Books), Donna-Marie Cooper O\u2019Boyle (EWTN, CATHOLIC PRAYER BOOK FOR MOTHERS), Ellen Gable Hrkach (STEALING JENNY), blogger Rebecca Hamilton (PUBLIC CATHOLIC-PATHEOS) and many others. <\/p>\n

The conference will give authors an opportunity to meet personally with publishing professionals and pitch their writing projects. Some participating publishers are Ignatius Press, Ave Maria Press, and Servant Books. In addition, attendees have the opportunity to sign up for fiction critique workshop with award-wining short fiction writer Arthur Powers, a non-fiction critique group with Nancy Cook Ward and attend a writing workshop with novelist John Desjarlais. Information for these events can be found on the conference website. <\/p>\n

The Catholic Writers Guild, a religious non-profit organization affiliated with the Archdiocese of Indianapolis, sponsors this conference in July, an online conference in March, and a writers\u2019 retreat in October to further its mission of promoting Catholic literature. \u201cWith members all over North America, these events bring our diverse membership together for fellowship and networking to promote our mission of creating a rebirth of Catholic arts and letters,\u201d says CWG President and award-winning novelist Ellen Gable Hrkach.<\/p>\n

Registration costs $80 for CWG members, $85 for non-members and $45 for students. There\u2019s also a discounted combined membership. To register or for more information, go to the registration site or to http:\/\/www.catholicwritersconference.com.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Every one of those writers is great, but I particularly burn with envy that they got Gene Wolfe, one of the great science fiction\/fantasy writers of all time.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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