The Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Writers Conference is scheduled for July 18 to 20 at the Hilton DFW Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine.
The event will result in awards totalling $12,000 in cash prizes for the top six article/essay submissions and a $3,000 cash prize and book contract with UNT Press for the winning manuscript submission.
Keynote speakers include: N. Scott Momaday, Pulitzer Prize winning author; Bob Shachochis, National Book Award Winner; and Candice Millard, former staff writer for National Geographic. Other journalists and writers include: Ben Montgomery, St. Petersburg Times and founder of Gangrey.com; Andy Van De Voorde, executive associate editor of Village Voice Media; Wright Thompson, senior writer for ESPN.com; Tim Madigan, narrative writer for the Fort Worth Star-Telegram; Brian Sweany, articles editor Texas Monthly; Nick Heil, writer and editor for Outside magazine; Paul Meyer and Stella Chavez from The Dallas Morning News; John Burnette with NPR; and Ken Wells and Alexandra Wolfe with Portfolio magazine.
For complete conference details go to: http://TheMayborn.unt.edu.
