2011 WWA CONVENTION

Bismarck, North Dakota

June 21-25, 2011

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Radisson Hotel Bismarck

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the WWA Office at (505) 277-5234

 

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Convention Schedule

Tuesday June 21

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. ― Executive Board Meeting

1 to 6 p.m. ― Registration

5:30 to 6 p.m. ― New Member Orientation

6 to 8 p.m. ― Reception  

Wednesday June 22

8 a.m. to 4 p.m. ― Registration 

8:30 to 10 a.m. ― Welcome Breakfast

10:15 to 11:45 a.m. ― Session 1:  Researching and Writing on the Military Frontier.  Moderator: Tracy Potter. Panelists:  Steve Alexander, Brian W. Dippie, Tracy Potter, Candy Moulton, Eli Paul, Bill Markley and Johnny D. Boggs.

Lunch on your own

1:30 p.m. ― Tour On-a-Slant Mandan Village / Fort Abraham Lincoln with buffalo fondue dinner

8 to 9:30 p.m. – “The Shootist Show” presented by Miles Hood Swarthout

Thursday June 23

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ― Registration

9 to 10 a.m. ― Business Meeting 

10:15 to 11:30 a.m. ― Session 2:  Teddy Roosevelt.  Moderator: Bill Markley.  Panelists: Roger DiSilvestro, Mike Long, Dan Aadland and Sharon Kilzer.

11:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. ― Time With a Legend:  James A. Crutchfield, 2011 Wister Award Winner

Lunch on your own or Luncheon Cruise on the Lewis and Clark Riverboat (buses depart 12:30; cruise 1:00-2:30)

Afternoon Tour

North Dakota History Center and North Dakota State Capitol (buses depart 1:30)

4:15 to 5:30 p.m. ― Session 3: Writing for the YA Audience. Moderator: Johnny D. Boggs. Panelists: Mike Kearby, Nancy Plain, Ron Reis, Tom Swanson, and Dwight Jon Zimmerman.

6 to 7 p.m. ― Homestead Reception

7 to 9 p.m. ― Homestead Auction

Friday June 24

9 a.m. to 4 p.m. ― Registration

9 a.m. to 11 a.m. ― Session 4: Agents and Editors. Moderator: Candy Moulton. Editors to be announced at convention.

11:30 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. ― Spur Finalists Luncheon

1:30 to 2:30 p.m. ― Session 5: Marketing. Moderator: Cotton Smith. Panelists: Gary Goldstein, L.J. Martin, Max McCoy, and Sherry Monahan.

2:45 to 4:30 p.m. ― Session 6: Northern Plains Tribes. Moderator: Carol Markstrom. Panelists: Amy Mossett, Tracy Potter, Max Oliver, Webster Two Hawks, and Gerard Baker.

6 to 8 p.m. ― Book Signing (buses depart at 5:30 p.m.)

Saturday June 25

9 a.m. to noon ― Registration

9 to 9:30 a.m. ― General Meeting

9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ― Agent/Editor interviews

9:45 to 11 a.m. ― Session 7: Custer. Moderator: Paul Hutton. Panelists: Brian W. Dippie, Gerard Baker, Tracy Potter, Bettina Gilois, and Christopher Cleveland.

11:15 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. ― Session 8: Fur Trade: Moderator: Kerry Oman. Panelists: James Crutchfield, Bill Markley, Richard Wheeler, and Marvin Kaiser.

Lunch on your own

1 to 4 p.m. – Executive Board meeting

1:30 to 2:45 p.m. ― Session 9:  Fiction Spur Winners and Finalists.

3 to 4:15 p.m. ― Session 10: Nonfiction Spur Winners and Finalists. Moderator: Eli Paul.

4:30 to 5:45 p.m. ― Session 11: E-Book Publishing. Moderator: Lucia St. Clair Robson. Panelists: Miles Swarthout, Michelle Black, Dan Slater, and Max McCoy.

6:30 to 7 p.m. ― Spur Banquet Reception

7 to 9:30 p.m. ― Spur Awards Banquet, address by Tex G. Hall.