Alaska Writers Conference
September 7, 8, & 9
Friday, September 7th 3:45pm- 9:00pm
Saturday, September 8th 8:00am- 7:00pm
Sunday, September 9th 8:00am- 5:00pm
Come join us at the 2012 Alaska Writers Conference. Enjoy daily 
sessions with nationally known authors, agents, editors, and publishers. This three day annual conference brings these literary gurus straight to you, ready to share with you their vast knowledge of how to write well and get published. Many of these distinguished faculty have authored or worked on nationally recognized books, films, television and other media.
The Conference is held at the Coast International Inn on the picturesque Lake Hood, the largest float plane base in the world. Breakfast, lunch, dinner and a variety of snacks are included with your registration. In addition to each day of workshops, we host a variety of after hour events. Panel discussions with Q&A sessions of the entire
faculty will be hosted with our partner, the Anchorage Loussac Library. We also host a banquet dinner with our conference speakers, as well as a book auction. Bring copies of your books which will be auctioned off and the proceeds will go to YOU. Book signings by our conference speakers and local authors will follow.
On Friday, September 7th we host a variety of interactive workshops. Workshops offer a more dynamic experience between the audience and the conference speaker. Learn valuable writing methods, tricks and exercises that will take you to the next level of writing.
We also offer manuscript reviewsfor authors who would like to get a 
professional opinion of their work, based on style and marketability. A professional review can be extremely expensive, but we offer an expert evaluation of your work for only $35 by one of our nationally acclaimed conference speakers. If interested, please complete the form here.
Registration Fees: (Guild members will receive $25 discount.)
$200 through midnight, June 30, 2012
$225 through midnight, July 30, 2012
$245 through September 7, 2012 if space available
$35 for each Manuscript Submission
$25 to sign up for an Interactive Workshop
*** Interactive Workshop topics TBA- Sign up now to reserve a spot- You will be contacted soon with Workshop information***
How to Register
By Internet- Please click on the registration button on the LEFT side of the screen in the GREEN information box. Follow the prompted steps. Payment will be by Credit Card through a secure payment gateway.
By Mail- Please complete the following Registration Form here. Payment is by Check, Money Order, or Credit Card number. Please mail registration to: Alaska Writers Guild, 9138 Arlon St, Suite A3-910, Anchorage, AK 99507.
By Fax- Please complete the following Registration Form here. Payment is by Credit Card number. Please fax to: Bill Columbus, Conference Committee, 907-277-3656. Please include a fax coversheet.
By Phone- Please call Jim Misko at 907-243-5523. Please review the Registration form here prior to calling. Payment is by Credit Card number.
Location:
Coast International Inn
3450 Aviation Ave
Anchorage, AK 99502
(907)-243-2233
Scholarships are available. Please complete the Scholarship Application form available here.
If you have any questions, please contact the Conference Chairman, Pat Foster, at pat.foster@atpublishing.com.
Conference Speakers
Gordon Warnock
Gordon Warnock, Senior Agent with Andrea Hurst Literary Management, combines industry knowledge with a sharp 
editorial eye and experience as a college-level tutor to provide friendly and respectful aid with polishing manuscripts and book proposals. He is a frequent teacher and speaker in the literary community at events such as the San Francisco Writers’ Conference, the AWP national conference and bookfair, and the Northwest Institute of Literary Arts MFA program. Specific genres Gordon represents include: Memoir, Cookbooks, Political and Current Events, Humor, Career, Self-Help, Pets, Commercial Fiction and Contemporary Realistic YA (that means no vampires).
Jurgen Wolff
JURGEN WOLFF is an author, teacher, and creativity consultant. His books include “Your Writing Coach” and “Your Creative Writing
Masterclass” (Nicholas Brealey Publishing), “Creativity Now!” (Pearson),“Do Something Different” (Virgin Business Books, with a foreword by Sir Richard Branson), “Successful Scriptwriting” (Writers Digest Press), “Top Secrets: Screenwriting” (Lone Eagle Press), and “Successful Sitcom Writing” (St. Martin’s Press). He has written for many publications including the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Broadcast Magazine, and he is the editor of “Brainstorm,” the creativity ebulletin. Next year Nicholas Brealey will publish Jurgen’s next non-fiction book, “Your Screenwriting Coach.”
Jan Harper-Haines
Jan Harper Haines is Athabascan-Irish-Russian and Dutch. She has written about her family and its rich heritage. Her mother, 
Flora Jane Harper was the University of Alaska’s first Native graduate in 1935. Jan’s great uncle, Walter Harper, was the first man to reach the summit of Denali in 1913. Her great grandfather, Arthur Harper, was one of the first to discover gold on the Yukon. Jan’s other great-grandfather, John Minook, was the first to find gold in the Rampart area, a discovery that established the town of Rampart. Jan is a graduate of West Anchorage High School and the University of Alaska, Fairbanks. She taught at Orion Junior High on Elmendorf AFB in Anchorge and has had a twenty-year career in advertising and marketing, and is the author of COLD RIVER SPIRITS. She lives in Northern California with her husband.
Wilda “Willy” Williams
Wilda "Willy" Williams (wwilliams@mediasourceinc.com) is Library journal's Fiction Editor. She specializes in popular fiction and edits the Mystery, Science Fiction, Christian Fiction, and Word on Street Lit columns. She also can be found discussing books on Twitter at @willywaldo and on Library Journal's Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Library-Journal/11249119181
