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Join us for the Write Now Writer’s Conference featuring David Allan Evans, Poet Laureate of South Dakota and Wyoming author Craig Johnson.

The conference will emphasize hands-on writing in poetry and fiction with time for interaction and critique.   Eric Lochridge and Andy Thorstenson will offer seminars on internet blogging and marketing, and reading your work aloud.  

Concluding the conference, Craig and Dave will be presenting a public reading and book signing.

Register early, space is limited!

David Allan Evans
South Dakota Poet Laureate


Retired professor of English and Writer in Residence at South Dakota State University, David Allan Evans has served as South Dakota’s Poet Laureate since 2002. He is the author of five books of poetry, and the author or editor of seven other books. He has been a Fulbright Scholar to China twice. In 1974 he was the first South Dakotan to receive a National Endowment for the Arts grant. He also has writing grants from the Bush Artist Foundation in St. Paul, Minnesota and the South Dakota Arts Council. His poems, short stories, and essays have been published in many magazines and journals and in over 60 anthologies.
 

Craig Allen Johnson
Wyoming Fiction Writer

Craig Johnson is the author of four novels (the latest to be released in June) and is the recipient of a Wyoming Council for the Arts Award. His background in education and law enforcement gives a unique perspective to his writing Johnson's first novel, The Cold Dish, was a DILYS Award Finalist, and a Booksense pick by the Independent Bookseller's Association and Killer Pick by the Independent Mystery Bookseller's of America. Craig's second novel, Death Without Company, was the Wyoming Historical Society's Fiction Book of the Year. A dynamic and humorous speaker, Craig lives in Ucross, Wyoming population 25.

Write Now!
Hot Springs Writer's Conference Schedule of Events
Friday, March 28, 2008
Red Rock River Resort 603 N. River Street
6:00 p.m. Registration
6:30 p.m. andy thorstenson “Spoken Word”
7:30 p.m. Eric Lochridge “Wording with Technology”

Saturday, March 29, 2008
SD Veteran’s Home Canyon Cottage 2500 Minnekahta Ave.
8:00-9:00 a.m. Registration and Coffee
9:00 a.m. Poetry Workshop with David Allan Evans

12:15-1:15 p.m. Lunch at the Red Rock River Resort
1:30-4:30 p.m. Fiction Workshop with Craig Johnson

The Wild Burro Bookstore 503 North River St.
7:00-9:00 p.m. Reading and Book signing with authors
Craig Johnson and David Allan Evans

For more information or to register call 605.890.1212 or 605.745.7340 or email: andy@andythorstenson.com
www.thewildburro.com/2008writenow.html

Thanks to our sponsors: Southern Hills Arts & Humanities Council of Hot Springs, the South Dakota Humanities Council, The Wild Burro, the Red Rock River Resort, A Dakota Dream B & B, and The Historic Mueller House B & B