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The 2019 Writers Conference will be held Thursday, November 14 through Sunday, November 17.
Our conference will focus on craft, skill-development, and community building. Get your manuscript polished and submission-ready with how-to sessions, editing and critique, and community building. Thursday - Saturday is for adult and teen writers. Sunday is just for the kids.

All sessions are First Come, First Served. Building a schedule does NOT guarantee a spot and is for informational purposes only.
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Friday, November 15 • 9:00am - 9:50am
Mental Health Advocacy Writing (seats 12)

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This unique workshop will focus on the strengths of storytellers in writing for mental health advocacy. Advocacy writing works to make an impact on both our immediate community and policy that expands beyond it. Using the pair and share strategy, writers will team up to identify a topic of interest and pitch their idea to other groups. Included in the workshop will be time to revise or start an advocacy story.

All sessions are First Come, First Served. Building a schedule does NOT guarantee a spot and is for informational purposes only.
Speakers
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Ashley Grill

Peer Engagement Specialist, Johnson County Mental Health
I spent over a decade writing my personal narrative with the pen name, Sunny Mera. All in Her Head is a mental health advocacy story that some call a “page turner”. I shared the book with the entire Board of the New York Dental Hygienists’ Association, and they still voted me... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2019 9:00am - 9:50am CST
Conference Room 1
  craft talk, non-fiction

Attendees (21)