2010 WWA Convention Schedule

 

Tuesday, June 22

 

9 a.m. – 5 p.m. — Executive Board Meeting

 

1:00 – 6 p.m. – Registration

 

5:30 – 6 p.m. – New Member Orientation

 

6 – 8 p.m. - Evening Reception

 

Wednesday, June 23

 

8:00 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Registration

 

9 – 9:30 a.m. — Welcome Meeting

 

10 a.m. – 7 p.m. — Wilderness Road State Park Tour including Cumberland Gap and the Crockett Tavern. This all-day event will include both lunch and dinner as well as a panel on Frontier America. Gary Foreman, moderator; Ted Franklin Belue, Jim Claborn, Carolyn Raine, Cameron Judd, and Billy Heck, panelists.

 

Thursday, June 24

 

8:00 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Registration

 

8:30 – 10 a.m. – Business Meeting

 

9:00 – 4:00 p.m. – Exhibits Open

 

10:00 a.m. – 6:30 p.m. —Eastern Band of Cherokees Tour — Lunch included 

Robert J. Conley, Sequoyah Distinguished Professor of Cherokee Studies at Western Carolina University and incoming Western Writers of America President, will lead this tour to the Eastern Band of the Cherokee Nation.

 

10:30 a.m. – noon — Panel: Top Western Songs                        

In this panel learn the results of the recent Western Writers of America voting on the “Best Western Songs” as well as general discussion about the ever-growing genre of Western music.

Johnny D. Boggs, Moderator; Mike Blakely, Jon Chandler, Don Cusic, and Jim Jones, panelists.

 

 

1:15 – 2:30 p.m. — Panel: Business of the Song

Learn about recording and publishing from a panel of experts who have been involved in all aspects of the music business. Ollie Reed, Moderator; Bobby Bridger, Don Cusic, Rick Huff, and Royal Wade Kimes, panelists.

 

3 – 4:30 p.m. — Panel:  Western Voices from East Tennessee

From Davy Crockett to Cormac McCarthy, the hills of Tennessee have spawned a bevy of writers whose careers outline the historical advance of the West.  A panel of local scholars will regale you with stories that inform and anecdotes that will tickle your fancy. Michael Lofaro, moderator; Jesse Graves, and Bill Hardwig, panelists.

 

6:30 – 7:30 — Homestead Reception, Crowne Plaza

 

7:30 — Homestead Auction, Crowne Plaza

 

Friday, June 25

 

8:00 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Registration

 

9 – 11 a.m. — Panel: Agents and Editors (followed by Interview Signups)

 

11:30 a.m. – 1:15 p.m. — Spur Finalists Luncheon

 

2:30 – 4:00 p.m. — Panel:  Davy Crockett (Museum of East Tennessee History, 601 Gay St., Knoxville)

 

A varied panel of experts will tackle the legend and lore of Crockett in this presentation that will take place at the Museum of East Tennessee History, 601 S. Gay Street. Paul Hutton, Moderator, James R. Boylston, William Chemerka, Jim Claborn, Gary Foreman, William Groneman III, Cameron Judd, Michael Lofaro, Allen J. Wiener, and David Zucker, panelists.

 

4:00 – 5:30 p.m. — Tour Museum of East Tennessee History and McClung Collection

 

5:30 p.m. — Book signing – Museum of East Tennessee History, 601 S.
Gay Street, Knoxville, TN

 

Saturday, June 26

 

8:00 a.m. – 4 p.m. – Registration

 

8:30 – 9:30 a.m. — General Meeting

 

9:00 a.m. – 2 p.m. – Exhibits Open

 

10 a.m. – 5 p.m. — Agent/Editor Interviews

 

9:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. — Executive Board Meeting

 

10 – 11 a.m. — Panel: Nonfiction Winners & Finalists

 

11:15 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. — Panel: Fiction Winners & Finalists

 

12:15 – 1:15 p.m. — Lunch on your own

 

1:15 – 2:45 p.m. — Panel: The Business of The Book

 

Randi Platt, Moderator; Don D’Auria, Leah Hultenschmidt, Lucia St. Clair Robson, Cherry Weiner, and Larry Yoder, panelists.

 

3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. — Panel: Writing Indian Fiction / Nonfiction

 

Fiction and nonfiction writers will discuss Indian work in this session. Robert J. Conley, Moderator; D. L. Birchfield, Kent Blansett, Cheewa James, and Lucia St. Clair Robson, panelists.

 

4:30 – 5:45 p.m. — Panel: Business of Film

 

This panel will provide insight into the business of film from the perspective of writers/producers/directors.  Courtney Joyner, Moderator; Thomas Cobb, Kirk Ellis, Gary Foreman, Carolyn Raine-Foreman, and David Zucker.

 

 

6:30 – 7 p.m. — Spur Awards Reception

 

7 p.m. — Spur Awards Banquet

 

* All events are at the Crowne Plaza Hotel unless otherwise noted

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