Ethan Wins This Round

Ethan wins this one! The following release went to the Times-Union and NewsWithStaceyPage.com this afternoon. Thanks for your cooperation. I'll hand back the originals next Monday night.

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Writers Conference Coming to Fort Wayne April 1 and 2

By Ethan Sheckler

American Christian Writers is holding its twelfth annual American Christian Writers Conference on Friday and Saturday, April 1 and 2, 2011, at the Marriot Hotel in Fort Wayne, Ind.

American Christian Writers is a Nashville, Tenn., organization which encourages and informs Christian writers across the country by providing conferences, seminars, and publishing resources.

The Fort Wayne conference, which will feature a faculty of six professional writers and editors, includes two days of seminars, speeches, and workshops designed to educate and inspire Christian writers in attendance.

The faculty will include Bob Hostetler, an editor, speaker, and author and co-author of 26 books with millions of copies sold, as well as Dr. Dennis Hensley, director of the professional writing major at Taylor University in Upland, Ind.

Hensley, who has written more than 50 books and 3,000 newspaper and magazine articles, has appeared at the Warsaw Public Library as a guest speaker for the library's Writer's Club.

Additional faculty include Linda Wade, a children’s writer with 36 books and over 500 devotionals to her credit, and Terry White, publisher of BMH Books in Winona Lake, instructor in journalism at Grace College, and founder of “The Christian Communicator” magazine.

Friday, April 1, will be divided into two simultaneously running four-part writing workshops--one meant specifically for nonfiction writing, and the other directed toward fiction writing.

The nonfiction writing workshop will be taught by Hensley, while the fiction writer's workshop will be taught by Hostetler.

Some partial conference fee scholarships will be available to some applicants, although American Christian Writers encourages applicants to seek financial help from churches or other not-for-profit organizations before applying for scholarships.

The conference will also feature free samples of a large number of publications available to all conferees.

Late "night owl" sessions will also be available on Friday for conferees looking for more conference offerings, including a "Book Writing Keys" session with Hensley as well as a question and answer session with Hostetler.

The cost for the conference is $250 before the March 11 early deadline, or $275 after March 11. Applicants can also choose to attend a single day for $150 before the early deadline, or $165 after the early deadline.

The conference will be held at the Marriot Hotel, 305 E. Washington Center Road in Fort Wayne, Ind., 46825. The American Christian Writers Conference asks that conferees make reservations directly with the host hotel.

Anyone interested in attending the conference should contact American Christian Writers at (615) 834-0450 or ACWriters@aol.com. Registration can be completed online at www.ACWriters.com.
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