27th Annual Spring Conference, April, 2009

Sylvia Beach Hotel, Newport, Oregon

2008 Presenter to be announced soon

Photos and info from 2007

Place

For 27 years, the Sylvia Beach Hotel has been home to the Oregon Writers Colony Spring Conference.  We arrived the second week they were open, and have not missed a year since.  The Sylvia Beach Hotel and Oregon Writers Colony Spring Conference have grown up together.

Many attendees return year after year, not only for the quality presentations, but ambiance of the Sylvia Beach Hotel. Whether they sit with an agent at breakfast, lunch or dinner, chat with a published writer/teacher over wine in the library, or join a fellow writer who has already been published for a brisk walk on the beach, the limited  number of only 50 people guarantees each attendee the opportunity for meaningful, instructive one-on-one conversations.

 

Click on the picture of Sylvia Beach Hotel for more information on the hotel

Spring Conference 2007

Chris Vogler was the 2007 presenter, and his Saturday workshop had 100 people--50 from the full conference at Sylvia Beach Hotel, and 50 who just came for the day.  The Saturday presentation was held at the Newport Performing Arts Center just a few blocks from Sylvia Beach Hotel.

Priscilla, Chris Vogler and Cowli Villiardos

Sami Scripter, Susan Domingos, Rae Richen

All photos by Barbara Berger, http://www.flickr.com/photos/beberger53 
Online gallery http://www.BarbaraBerger.imagekind.com   

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Scheduled Events

The opening event on Friday evening is a wine and cheese get-acquainted reception. You'll also have an opportunity to view all the rooms in the hotel before 7:00 p.m.

We offer a critique group up in the library in the late evenings, so be prepared to read a few pages of your work. The mystique of Sylvia Beach will seduce you as we take over the hotel for the weekend and live vicariously in the rooms of Mark Twain, Edgar Allen Poe, Agatha Christie, etc.

 

2008 FEES AND REGISTRATION

REGISTRATION FORM--SPRING CONFERENCE 2008

Please print out and mail this form with payment in full to: OWC Spring Conference, P.O. Box 15200, Portland OR 97293

Name:___________________________________________ __________Phone: ___________________________

Address: ___________________________________________________ City/ST/Zip: _______________________

E-mail: _______________________________________________________________________________________

Male____  Female_____    

Method of Payment: CHECK   /  CREDIT CARD

If credit card, complete the following: (indicate type):  VISA_____ MASTERCARD_____
(No other credit cards accepted. All payments must be for full amount)

Credit Card # _______________________________________ Expiration Date:_______________

Name on Card (please print) ________________________________________________________

Billing Address for this card: ___________________________________ Zip: _________________

Signature of Card Holder __________________________________________________________

PLEASE INDICATE THE TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION YOU ARE PAYING FOR BY CIRCLING IT

TYPE OF ACCOMMODATION

Per MEMBER

Per NONMEMBER

Dorm, 3rd floor, share bath in hall

$235

$270

Share room, share bed

$270

$305

Share room, separate beds 

$310

$345

Private room (only five available) FULL

$385 FULL

$420 FULL

Three to a room: share bed, MUST register together

$250

$285

Private room with non-participating partner

$500 per both

$535 per both

NOTE:  NON MEMBER PRICES INCLUDE A ONE YEAR MEMBERSHIP IN OWC

Please pay in full by credit card or check.  Make checks payable to Oregon Writers Colony

Cancellation Policy: Cancellations must be received no later than seven days in advance and are subject to a $35 cancellation fee. Cancellations received after seven days are non-refundable.  

Sending in your registration form indicates that you have read and understand our cancellation policy

 

 

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