he Great White Art is what John Gardner called it, what it is that we, the writer, do. While art it may be, today's transmedia market realities dictate that it's the faceless reader who we, the commercial writer, are ultimately writing for. Communicating successfully to that reader is what the Southern California Writers' Conference is all about. 
Founded and run by working writers the SCWC provides authoritative guidance to help distinguish material ready for market consideration, having facilitated nearly $4 million worth of first-time authors' book and screen deals. With extended one-on-one evaluation of advance submissions and dozens of read & critique and Q&A workshops available, the SCWC is uniquely tailored to empower writers of every level with the vital tools, networking and industry expertise needed to sell their work.
So whether you're a writer just starting out, a writer unable to determine why your work's not working, a writer simply in search of some answers, a writer wanting feedback on what you've written, or just a writer who wants to hang with other writers, join us for the Ninth Annual Southern California Writers' Conference *LA (in Newport Beach), Sept. 23-25, 2011.
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Tuesday, Sep 27, 2011
LA9 Awards, Conference Wrap And Special Recognition
Each and every SCWC has its unique take-away. For some it's a specific scrap of information that suddenly blows open the floodgates of inspiration, for others it may be making a deep and visceral connection with another like-minded soul. An agent's request to see your manuscript, a handful of peers responding favorably to your work during read & critique, even a silly, goober-spitting moment of hilarity while simply kicking it with other writers--the conference take-aways are varied and many and sometimes personal. For me, during our 37th conference in nearly 26 years, there were two...
Agents
NOTE: Agents wanting to participate contact Michael Steven Gregory only if you're accepting clients. There are plenty of other conferences that provide reps who have no sincere intent of acquiring new clients with free weekends at nice hotels in desireable locales. The SCWC is not one of them.
