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September 20 & 21, 2013

 

Rebecca Rasmussen, Keynote Speaker

and is the author of the novels The Bird Sisters (Crown Publishers, 2011) which was selected for the Target Emerging Authors Program, Ladies’ Home Journal Book Club and won an Outstanding Achievement Award from the Wisconsin Library Association. Rebecca is looking forward to touring again second novel, Partway, is published. Rebecca’s short stories have appeared in Triquarterly and Mid-American Review and she was a finalist in Narrative Magazine’s “30 Below Contest” for writers under the age of thirty and the Glimmer Train’s Literary Magazine’s “Family Matters Contest.” Rebecca also teaches writing courses at UCLA. www.thebirdsisters.com

 

Linda Lee, Web Designer, WordPress Expert & Educator

Pre-Conference Intensive Workshop: Linda Lee, Founder of Askmepc-Webdesign and Blogger at www.smartwomenstupidcompters.com will guide your author blog-building from concept to user-friendly creation, platform development and sustainability.

 

Joel Friedlander, closing session creator of the annual eBook Cover Design Awards and will offer his thoughts on the best and the worst book covers and what sells. The award-winning book designer is the author of A Self-Publisher's Companion: Expert Advice for Authors Self-Publishing Roadmap.

 

Dave Congalton, Screenwriter 2013 Success Story - After years of following his dream to write a screenplay Hollywood wanted to produce, Dave Congalton’s screenplay Authors Anonymous is scheduled to be released this fall. Shot in August, 2012, the film is directed by Ellie Kanner-Zuckerman and stars Kaley Cuoco, Chris Klein, Teri Polo and Dennis Farina. His second screenplay, Seven Sisters, is scheduled to be filmed September, 2013 in Los Angeles and on location in San Luis Obispo. Dave Congalton has been the #1 talk show host on the Central Coast since his popular radio show debuted in January 1992. The former college instructor is a freelance writer and an award-winning author, including the recent co-written guide, The Talk Radio Guest Book: How to be the Perfect Radio Guest.

 

Featuring Sessions by:

Andrea Brown is President of 30-year strong Andrea Brown Literary Agency

 

Nina Emir, How to Blog A Book: How to Write, Publish, and Promote Your Work One Post at a Time (Writer's Digest Books), and will coach you to join Team: Writing for Change.

 

Constance Hal word-plays in Sin and Syntax: How to Craft Wickedly Effective Prose and Vex, Hex, Smash, Smooch.

 

Mara Purl's Milford-Have Series combines romance & intrigue serial-style & she's also an Audio Books Specialist.

 

Douglas Goetch, New York City Poet & Short Fiction Writer, is guest professor at many colleges.

 

Shannon Messenger blogs as a www.wannabescribe.com and writes blockbuster Teen Fantasy Fiction.

 

Shelly Lowenkopf wrote the book on writing and instructs Nor, Flash, & Literary Short Fiction.

 

Katya Cengal a traveling journalist, is an author of Nonfiction & Freelance Magazine Articles.

 

Steve Mettee, is a Publisher, Author of Nonfiction, Asset Editor & Creator of the Metaphor Project.

 

Charles Harper Webb writes and instructs Poetry in California.

 

Toni Lopopolo, former Executive Editor at Macmillan and St. Martin's Press, is a Literary Manager.

 

Jessica Bennett & Leslie Ramey, www.compusionreads.com edit & marker Self-Publishing Authors.

 

Plus:

PG&E Teen Writers Program awards Middle & High School students 2 exclusively designed sessions and 2 more picks in preferred genres. Scholarships available.

 

ALL NEW! Chevron Teachers' Writing Program inspires expertise among Middle & High School educators with CEU's and Scholarship available.

 

The Lillian Dean Writing Competition is a First Page Competition in Fiction, Nonfiction/Memoir, Children/Young Adult and Poetry in addition to the best of Query Letter Writing.

 

ALL NEW! Sign up to meet fac-to-face with one of six Freelance Editors to give your feedback on your 10-Page Manuscript Critique or First Page Grabbers.

 

ALL NEW! Sign up to meet face-to-face with one of six Literary Agents to pitch your passion.

 

Check out the winners of our
Lillian Dean Writing Competition
using the links below:

Lillian Dean Writing Competition Winners 2011

Lillian Dean Writing Competition Winners 2010

Lillian Dean Writing Competition Winners 2009

Lillian Dean Writing Competition Winners 2008

Lillian Dean Writing Competition Winners 2007

Lillian Dean Writing Competition Winners 2006

Lillian Dean Writing Competition Winners 2004-05

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FaceBook Page
The Central Coast Writers Conference is now on FaceBook. Become a friend to be informed of conference features and changes, faculty news, contests and giveaways, and information of interest to writers. Visit FaceBook/Central Coast Writers Conference to see the latest photos taken at this year's conference.

Success Stories
Each year many of you have been inspired to write or complete your creative effort and successfully find a publisher due to ideas learned at the Central Coast Writers’ Conference.  Please, send me your stories and we’ll post them on the website and FaceBook and try to mention all of them at the conference. We have added a Success Stories page to our web site. If you have been published as a result of attending the Central Coast Writers' Conference, we want to hear about it! Email
Judy Salamacha with the details.

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Writers of all genres and skills levels will find education and inspiration at the Central Coast Writers’ Conference every year – so check back as we update the site with authors, literary agents, publishers, and the keynote speaker. Click on the link below if you’d like to be added to our mailing list for our next conference.

Writers' Conference 2013 Mail List

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Writers' Conference Sponsors

 

Cuesta College Community Programs Logo

www.communityprograms.net

 

www.pge.com

 

Chevron Logo

www.chevron.com

 

 

The Cuesta College Writers' Conference is funded in part
 by a generous grant from the 

City of SLO Logo 

www.visitslo.com

 

Visitor Alliance of Cayucos Logo

www.WineCoastCountry.com/stay/hotels/cayucos

Morro Bay Logo

www.morrobay.org

 

SLO Nightwriters Logo

www.slonightwriters.org

 

 

La Serena Inn Logo

http://laserenainn.com/

 

 

The Tribune of SLO Logo

www.sanluisobispo.com
 

KSBY TV Channel 6 Logo

www.ksby.com

 

KVEC News Talk Radio Channel 920 Logo

www.920kvec.com

 

KCBX Public Radio FM Logo

 

www.kcbx.org

Coast Electronics Logo

www.coast-electronic,com

 

SLO Library Logo

www.slolibraryfoundation.org

 

 

Mac Super Store Logo
www.macsuperstore.com
 

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Thanks to our generous sponsors La Serena Inn of Morro Bay at (805) 248-1511 is the host hotel for the 2012 Faculty offering discounts to registrants. Cayucos' On the Beach Bed & Breakfast will host the Travel Writing Team & offers a 20% discount to registrants at (805) 995-3200. Central Coast Writers' Conference is offering a $25 conference discount for booking stays in Cayucos. Info about other Cayucos Lodging at www.winecoastcountry.com. Also find many great stays and possible discounts at www.morrobay.org & www.visitslo.org.

The Central Coast Writers' Conference is funded by promotional grants from the City of San Luis Obispo, the Morro Bay Visitor & Lodging Alliance and the Visitor Association of Cayucos. Financial support is also provided by Volumes of Pleasure Book Shoppe, Coalesce Book Store & Wedding Chapel, Top Dog Coffee Bar, Coast Electronics of Morro Bay & Los Osos, many fine merchants and eateries of Cayucos, California plus PG&E, Chevron USA & SLO NightWriters. Media partners are the SLO Tribune, KVEC Radio, KCBX Radio and KSBY-TV.

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Become a Conference Sponsor

Donations from individuals and business enable us to hire the very best presenters while keeping tuition costs low. Business sponsors receive many benefits in exchange for their tax deductible donation, such as links on our Web site, inserts in our conference packets, and much more. Donations of products or services are also appreciated.

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Contribute to Conference Scholarship Fund
 

We are looking for area businesses and individuals who are interested in sponsoring
adult and student scholarships for the Central Coast Writers' Conference XXIII.

For more information, contact Nanette Piña, by email
or by phone,
(805) 546-3131 Ext 2294

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Contact Judy Salamacha by email or by phone, 805.801.1422

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