2011 Workshop Speakers by Category
Managing Your Manuscript
- Ruth Feldman, Author, Blue Thread
- Sylvia Spratt, The Ooligan editor that worked with Ruth Feldman
- Loretta Stinson, Author
The Author/Agent Dialogue
- Betsy Amster
- Dennis Stovall, Head Publisher, Ooligan Press
- Gretchen Stelter
Publishing in the Digital Age
- Vailey Oehlke, Director of Libraries, Multnomah County
- Amanda Gomm, Marketing Director, Digital Bindery
- Tom McCluskey, Director of Operations, Digital Bindery
- Natalie Guidry, Co-author of RPI
Marketing Yourself as an Author
- Danielle Marshall,
- Michael Munk, Author, The Portland Red Guide
- Todd Sattersten, Author, Every Book is a Startup
Benefits of Writing Workshops & Classes
- Patrick M McGinty, MFA Student, Portland State
- Bill Johnson, Willamette Writers
Small Press/ Niche Publishing
- Kevin Sampsel, Publisher, Future Tense
- Gabe Barber, Started Portlandreadinglocal.com
- Sid Miller, Author, Dot-to-Dot Oregon
- Stephanie Lenox, an editor at Airlie Press
YA Trends and Audiences: Author & Editor Conversation
- Michelle McCann, children’s editor and writer, professor at Portland State University
- Cory Freeman, Publisher, RainTown Press
- Emily Whitman, 2011 finalist, Oregon Book Awards, YA Literature: Radiant Darkness
- Emmalisa Sparrow, Beyond Words
Sustainability in Publishing
- Natalie Guidry, Co-author, Rethinking Paper & Ink
- Jessicah Carver, Co-author, Rethinking Paper & Ink
- Abbey Gaterud, Assistant Publisher, Adjunct Faculty, Ooligan Press
- Ida Kubiszewski
- Martha Koenig
2011 Author’s Stage Speakers
Non-Fiction
- Brian Doyle
- Tom Krattenmaker
Poetry
- Donna Henderson
- Henry Hughes
- Zachary Schomberg
- David Biespiel
Debuts
- Emily Choweth
- Loretta Stinson
- Lisa Ohlen Harris
- Ariel Gore, Author, Bluebird
Fiction
- Willy Vlautin
- K.B. Dixon
2011 Flash Fiction Contest Winners:
First Place:
Jason LaPier (Closing Loops)
Second Place:
Jenny Davis (Slow Day)
Third Place:
Val Dumond (One Sentence Sadness)
2011 Media:
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