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Join us on Saturday, July 18 for our 4 th  annual Wilmington Writers Conference! The conference will be entirely virtual this year, and we will kick things off Friday, July 17 with an evening keynote and public Q&A from YA author and Delaware local, Erin Entrada Kelly.  Even though we will be behind our screens this year, you will still have the opportunity to learn alongside professional writers, workshop with fellow participants, and network with the Delaware writing community! The 2020 theme, Untold Stories, stems from the Museum’s ongoing effort to make space for the stories that are traditionally left out of the art-historical canon—those of women and artists of color. Many of our session presenters, as well as the keynote address, will weave in fibers of this theme throughout their discussions. Come alongside your fellow writers as we all look within our lives to find the stories often left untold and make space within ourselves to listen.  $15 Members,  $ 20 Non-Members, $10 Students. Visit the Conference page to see the full day schedule and session abstracts and leader bios.

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About Erin Entrada Kelly Erin Entrada Kelly received the 2018 Newbery Medal for Hello, Universe, the 2017 APALA Award for The Land of Forgotten Girls, and the 2016 Golden Kite Honor Award for Blackbird Fly, among other honors. She is a New York Times bestseller whose work has been translated into several languages. Her fifth book and first fantasy, Lalani of the Distant Sea, received six starred reviews and was named one of the best books of the year by the New York Public Library, The Horn Book, Booklist, BookPage, and others. All Erin’s books are Junior Library Guild Selections. In 2018, Hello, Universe and You Go First were both acquired for adaptation. Hello, Universe is being adapted by Netflix, and You Go First is being adapted for the stage. Her sixth book, We Dream of Space, is her first work of historical fiction. It’s set in January 1986, in the weeks leading to the Challenger disaster. Erin has a bachelor’s degree in women’s studies and liberal arts from McNeese State University and an MFA from Rosemont College. She lives in Delaware. Erin is mestiza and identifies as Filipina-American. Her mother is Visayan.

SESSION PRESENTERS

Lois Hoffman, The Happy Self Publisher Write! Publish! Sell!

Carol Maurer Using a Labyrinth as a Creative Tool

J. Bryan Tuk, Esq. Copyright Law: The Artist’s Best Friend

Caroline N. Simpson Exercising the Mind’s Eye

Dennis Lawson Turning Lemons into (Fictional) Lemonade

Cass Lewis Fighting Fear Through Voice

Maria Keane Mary Magdalene: Sinner and/or Saint—Let's Get it Right!

Jacinta S. Fontenelle A Perspective on Immigration in the United States: Untold Stories

Margaret Montet The Charms of Travel Writing

Gary Zenker Jumpstart Your Creativity Using Flash Fiction

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