Mayborn Writers Conference is A-coming!

Mike Merschel in his DMN "Books Blog"

http://booksblog.guidelive.com/archives/2008/06/clock-is-ticking-for-mayborn-w.html

notes the up-coming 4th annual UNT Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference of the Southwest, July 18-20, 2008-Grapevine, Texas. "A forum for journalists, writers, readers, students, educators and the general public to listen to, be inspired by and discuss literary nonfiction in all its forms with some of the most talented in the genre."

http://www.themayborn.unt.edu/

Mike draws your attention to the several page document detailing the writing contest

http://www.themayborn.unt.edu/conferencedocuments/mayborn-writing%20contest%20and%20workshops%20(final)%20(2).doc

Or check-out their previous confernces
http://www.themayborn.unt.edu/conferences.htm

This year they again to have a dozen national authors telling everybody what to do and a collection of excellent state writers holding forth.

Remember the Spurs of Inspiration volume they produced a couple of years ago

http://texasbookshelf.blogspot.com/2008/05/spurs-of-inspiration-george-getschow.html