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Words Take Flight: Choose Your Own Adventure
Kansas Writing Convention
October 4-6, 2024
Rock Springs Ranch
1168 KS-157 • Junction City, KS 66441
Words Take Flight: Choose Your Own Adventure
Kansas Writing Convention
October 4-6, 2024
Rock Springs Ranch
1168 KS-157 • Junction City, KS 66441
We are pleased to announce that Jenn Bailey, an award-winning children's book author, will be our keynote speaker for our 2024 convention. Jenn comes highly recomended and we look forward to hearing what she has to say about choosing our own writing adventure!
Lots of convention details have been added to the website. Please take a moment to review and share with your writing friends. We will be opening for registration on Monday, July 1!
Lots of convention details have been added to the website. Please take a moment to review and share with your writing friends. We will be opening for registration on Monday, July 1!
 | Jenn Bailey has her MFA in Writing for Children and Young Adults from the Vermont College of Fine Arts. Her work received the American Library Association’s Schneider Family Honor Award in January, 2020, along with the Kansas Author’s Book Award in 2019. She has received the Candlewick Picture Book Scholarship and the Beyond Words award. |
Friday evening, starts the convention with dinner, followed by ice breakers, show and tell, and s’mores for those who want to gather by the firepit. After a day of informative sessions, Saturday evening allows authors time to process what you learned, write, meet with friends, enjoy the grounds, or gather at the firepit.
Saturday daytime and Sunday morning sessions cover many areas of the writing journey: storytelling, creativity, nonfiction, description, story starters, playwriting, journaling, blogging, poetry, historical fiction, dual timelines, revising, writing believable Kansas characters, and a panel discussion on the topic of collaboration.
Saturday daytime and Sunday morning sessions cover many areas of the writing journey: storytelling, creativity, nonfiction, description, story starters, playwriting, journaling, blogging, poetry, historical fiction, dual timelines, revising, writing believable Kansas characters, and a panel discussion on the topic of collaboration.
New in 2024: This year we will offer an add-on ticket to arrive Thursday afternoon. This is an unscheduled time for attendees to use as a writing retreat day.
Tickets and Housing: Both on-campus and off-campus tickets will be available, as well as virtual tickets for those who prefer to experience the convention from the comfort of their own homes. In addition to the lodge housing that attendees of the 2023 writing retreat enjoyed, private cottage rooms will be available for individuals and couples. Housing space on campus is limited and will be assigned in order that the registrations are received.
The registration form will be loaded to the "Ticket Details" page on Monday, July 1, 2024.
2024 Convention Advertising Packages
Final Deadline for 2024 Ads: August 31, 2024
Deadline to be included in Writing From the Center Zine: August 1, 2024
Quarter page book ads for members start at $25.00
Deadline to be included in Writing From the Center Zine: August 1, 2024
Quarter page book ads for members start at $25.00
Seeking $1000, $500, and $250 level convention sponsors, and currently taking donations to build a convention scholarship fund.
- your logo on the website and the program as a convention sponsor,
- full-page print promotion for your press
- display space at the covnention = 1 table for $1000 sponsors and 1/2 table for $500 and $250 sponsors.
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