Mayborn Narrative Conference Announcement
George Getschow, writer in residence of the nationally renowned Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference, is inviting nonfiction writers and anyone interested in the narrative craft to the 6th annual conference, July 23-25 at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas, five minutes from the DFW Airport.
The 2010 conference will explore a variety of storytelling genres: screenwriters, memoirists, bloggers, musicians, foreign correspondents and photographers. Our speakers include some of America’s top narrative practitioners: Mary Karr, author of two New York Times bestselling memoirs; Mark Bowden, author of Black Hawk Down; Bryan Burrough, author of Public Enemies and Barbarians at the Gate; David Grann, author of The Lost City of Z; Hampton Sides, author of Ghost Soldiers, Blood and Thunder and Hellhound on his Trail; Gary Smith, a senior writer at Sports Illustrated, who Slate calls “the best magazine writer in America.”
Conference fees are $295 for the general public. Educator fees are $270. Student fees are $225. The fees include fine dining. Conference seating is limited.
To register, visit the conference site: <http://www.themayborn.unt.edu/>
For more information, contact George Getschow at getschow@unt.edu <mailto:getschow@unt.edu> or by phone: 972-746-1633, or Project Coordinator Jo Ann Ballantine, joann.ballantine@unt.edu, 940-565-4778, cell 940-368-1998.
