Ball State Alumni Center
2800 W. Bethel Avenue
Muncie, IN 47304
Facility is handicapped accessible.
FREE PARKING AT SCHEUMANN FOOTBALL STADIUM
Driving Directions
HOTEL INFORMATION
FAIRFIELD INN, 4011 W. Bethel Ave. ($99, includes hot breakfast. Call 765-282-6666 and mention Midwest Writers)
HOLIDAY INN, 4201 W. Bethel Ave. (Use this link. Put dates in first 7/26 or 7/27, then code for group rate of $119 will appear. Includes hot breakfast)
COURTYARD MARRIOTT, 601 S. High St. (use this link for the group rate of $124)
“MWW Super Mini-conference” -- July 27-28, Ball State Alumni Center, Muncie, Indiana. Friday 8:30 am - Saturday 12:30 pm. A dynamic day-and-a-half with a decidedly different structure—shorter, smaller, less expensive, with a strong emphasis on helping you reach your writing goals. MWW Craft + Community super mini is designed for all writers! {Just $199}
FRIDAY, July 27
8:30 am – Arrive, registration, get acquainted. Participants will write their dream on an index card given at registration and to turn them in at lunch.
9:00 am-12:00 pm In-depth/hands-on sessions [CHOOSE ONE; check website for full descriptions of sessions]
12:15-1:15 pm -- LUNCH & LEARN—BOXED LUNCH: provided ["Talkabout" table discussions. Fellowship/network, learn about each other]
1:30-2:45 pm – CHOOSE ONE
3:00-4:15 pm – CHOOSE ONE
4:30 pm Cash Bar
5:15-6:30 pm DINNER [optional, $15]
Barb Shoup: Only Connect. Community-building exercise. Community Building: what do you want from a writing community?
6:30-9:00 pm - Evening Fun!
SATURDAY, July 28
8:30 Turn in your contest entry
8:30-9:30 am -- "Wake up" speaker -- Larry Sweazy: What's Your Dream? (interviewed by Matthew Clemens)
9:45-10:45 am -- Panel: All Faculty - Writing from different POV / Voice appropriation. Do writers have to be confined to the world they know based on their own ethnicity, nationality or even gender? Can writers branch out and tell a story from the point of view of a character who comes from a completely different background?
Before heading home, pick up your "dream" index card. Think about if your dream has changed after experiencing the conference and let us know.