8:30 – 9:00 REGISTRATION

9:00 – 9:10 WELCOME & ANNOUNCEMENTS

AWC Director Brenda Iannacone

9:15 - 10:15 Ballroom:

Crashes, Fire, Injury, and Other Mayhem

How to Write About Insurance Fraud

Ellen Withers, Former Fraud Investigator

10:15 On the Spot Submission Break

Finish your Prose and Poetry

Entries and turn in by 10:30

10:45 - 11:45 Creating Compelling Characters

Shannon Vannater, Scrivenings Press

12:00 – 1:30 BUFFET LUNCHEON

Door Prizes; Contest Awards –

Ellen Withers, Contest Chair

Hall of Fame Presentation &

Acceptance speech

Hall of Fame Inductee

Helaine Raye Palmer Williams

AR Dem-Gaz Columnist

1:30 – 3:50 Author Pitches: Old Mill Room

Shannon Vannater, Scrivenings Press

20 minute sessions

(Reference Pitch Instruction Tab)

1:30 – 2:30 Social Media Marketing

JM Buckler

15 Minute Break

2:45 - 3:45 Research is Vital

Patricia Springer

3:50 – 4:00 AWC Director Brenda Iannacone

Acknowledgements & Announcements