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Algonkian Writer Conferences for Writers and Authors
 NEW YORK /PRNewswire: "On Maggie's Watch" NEW YORK/PRNewswire: "Lipstick in Afghanistan"
 In the context of teaching novel writers the most successful methods for becoming published, Algonkian Writer Conferences emphasize the art of dramatic structure and complication for purposes of strong story, the model-and-context method for the creation of competitive narrative, and the development of a mid to high-concept story premise the market will embrace. See our FAQ for more details on our methods. In short, our goal is to set you on a realistic path to publication. The past two years have been our biggest for getting writers published and connected. See our event comparisons to find the writers conference or novel workshop that suits you best. We work successfully with a variety of genres.
• Write to Market • New York Pitch • Algonkian Novel Wrkshp • FWWC
Algonkian Writer Conferences News and Writer Notes
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Algonkian Director Michael Neff Joins AEI
Algonkian Writer Conferences News
Michael Neff of Algonkian is now an Associate for AEI Motion Picture Productions in Los Angeles, and as such, an agent and scout for high-concept fiction that can be turned into motion pictures, bestselling novels, or both. Michael leads workshops at Algonkian Park and at other events ... 
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Michael Hagan's Pitch Wagged The Novel and Finally Paid Off
Algonkian Writer Makes Good and Lands Contract
Former Algonkian student, Michael Hagan, a writer of YA novels, wrote and told us he has recently signed with Sam Stoloff of the Frances Goldin Literary Agency in New York. As Michael said to us regarding Algonkian: "This is the conference that separates the determined ..."
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Signed by Marsal Lyon - A Conference Star for "The Wisdom of Hair"
Algonkian Writer Conference Blog
Kim Boykin enticed three publishers, and inevitably, a strong agent (Marsal Lyon Literary) as a result of the Algonkian conference, who then sold her ms to an editor from Berkley who heard Kim's pitch at the New York Algonkian. "Sixteen agents asked to read; ten asked for the whole manuscript, and five asked for exclusives, which of course I couldn't give them ..."
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ICM Literary Agent Tina Wexler Talks About Algonkian
Algonkian Writer Conferences Commentary
"I've yet to leave without requesting manuscript pages from participants. What's more, the manuscripts deliver ... Serving on the Algonkian faculty has also been tremendously gratifying. Not only does the conference attract a wide variety of writers working in many different ..."
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Reasons Why Passionate Writers Fail to Publish
Algonkian Writer Conferences Blog
Far too many writers make the Dan Brown mistake, i.e., they attempt to emulate a well published writer, falsely believing it will get them published. They don't understand that a privileged few can get away with horrible crimes and still be published ...
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Author Roberta Gately Talks Life and Publication
Algonkian Writer Conferences in The Press
Given Roberta's gifts and tenacity, it was only a matter of time before she sought a new form of happiness, that of becoming a published author in order to tell the world of the struggles she has witnessed. As all hopeful authors discover ...
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New and Different Home Page For Algonkian
Algonkian Writer Conferences Mirror Site
A new site from Algonkian that displays much of the same information as this site, but delivered in a manner some prefer. Includes special intro pages to the Write to Market Conference, Algonkian Novel Workshops, the New York Pitch Conference, and Fisherman's Wharf ...
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PRNewswire, 2011: Alum Ann Garvin Talks New York Pitch Conference
Algonkian Writer Conferences and Writers at The New York Pitch
The two female characters, Maggie and Julia, have fun and are suburban, Midwestern soccer moms, but they also have a flair for the dramatic. And they have deep souls. Garvin takes the reader through the women's deepest fears: losing a child, whether in the womb or ...
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New Algonkian Novel Writing Events Featured on Shawguides
Shawguides Writer Conference Guide
Unlike most other writer conferences, manuscript and writing critique comes only from professional editors and agents. Also unlike others, we have extensive pre-event readings and assignments, as well as a challenging ten-part syllabus ...
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Beware and Background Check - Agenda? Defamation? To Trust or No?
Algonkian Writer Conferences Examines the World of Cheap Shotting Online
So how do you cull the truth from falsehood and misleading commentary, or simply from irresponsible conjecture? Below are some sensible questions to ask yourself when it comes to discerning the degree of reality on forums and blogs ...
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Algonkian Expands Presence on Facebook, Serving Up Brilliance ... or Not?
Algonkian Writer Conferences on Facebook
Lots of comments, helpful links, notes on a writers conference, articles, and "This article points out that getting face-to-face feedback with an acquisition editor has advantages over e-forms of communication. This might go without saying, but actually, it doesn't ..."
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Talks of Passion, Craft, and Platform With Dana Isaacson of Random
Algonkian Writer Conferences Blog - Comments Welcome
These days it appears more and more true that for various genres of fiction aspiring authors often have an edge in getting a first novel published if they possess an authentic platform for telling the story ...
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Algonkian Establishes a Presence on Publisher's Marketplace
Publisher's Marketplace
Past students of our writers conference circuit include published and soon-to-be published authors Gillian Royes, David Klein, Roberta Gately, Ann Garvin, Sujatha Hampton, Brandi Lynn Ryder, Will Lavender, Christina Meldrum, Susan Breen and Talia Carner ...
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Web del Sol a Good Place for Building Literary Creds
Web del Sol.Com - Locus of Literary Art
The origin of Algonkian online classes and each writers conference, Web del Sol is a community and portal for the literary world, hosting several top literary journals and writer blogs. Algonkian supports Web del Sol, Locus of Literary Art on the WWW ...
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Algonkian Alum Discusses Her Reasons for Past Failure to Publish
Algonkian Writer Conferences Alum Liz Brody
I loved cozy for years and cut my literary teeth on badly writing my first cozy called The Big Julianne Murders. Not only was the title poor but my arrangement of the plot and other things was awful. I learned only later that I had gone about it all wrong ...
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The God of Social Media Demands Obedience
Algonkian Writer Conferences on The Writer's Edge
Algonkian has recently undertaken a mission to go viral with the social media and Web 2.0 tropes of the day. We established a presence on Facebook, of course, and it's rather attractive (as if that matters--it does) ...
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Upcoming Writers Conference and Novel Workshops
 Begun by Web del Sol after Y2K, Algonkian now holds several writers events, conferences, and workshops including our new (the only conference that starts before you arrive) San Francisco Write to Market Conference as well as our New York Pitch Conference that takes place quarterly. We also hold workshop intensives at Algonkian Park and at Fisherman's Wharf.
If you need to contact us click here.
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 It started at Web del Sol and evolved to "The Fiction Class" by Susan Breen. Going into 2012, Algonkian events have assisted and networked writers into more than four dozen agent and publishing contracts. More information can be found on our commentary page. 
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THE NEW YORK PITCH CONFERENCE
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 Ken Atchity, film producer and literary agent, has launched many books and films. His life's passion is finding great storytellers and turning them into bestselling authors and screenwriters. He will attend the SF Write to Market Conference.
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 Penny Warner, author of The Connor Westphal Mystery Series, will be a guest author at the WTM. She has had over 50 books published, fiction and non-fiction. Her books have won national awards, garnered excellent reviews, and have been printed in 14 countries. She will attend the SF Write to Market Conference.
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 Simon and Schuster has recently published Lipstick in Afghanistan, an upscale women's fiction by Roberta Gately. We just received a wonderful note from Roberta thanking the Algonkian pitch conference.
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 Ann Garvin's On Maggie's Watch, is out from Berkeley. Our Algonkian staff played a big role in making this important literary project come to life, and huge congrats to Ann for writing it! More information can be found on Annie's site.
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Gina Damico's YA Fantasy grim reaper novel, Croak, was sold to Julie Tibbott at Houghton Mifflin in a two-book deal by Tina Wexler at ICM--project acquired from Algonkian's NYC Pitch. Thank you, Gina!
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Algonkian Park Workshops - One of our best for writers serious about publication. Craft, pitch and market workshops led by M. Neff, Ellen Pepus, Howard Yoon, and Bob Bausch.
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