Hot Springs State Park Site for Wyoming Writers Inc. Conference

An internationally-renowned (and Wyoming-based) husband-wife writing duo, Montana’s poet laureate, and the Jackson novelist whom the New York Times Book Review recognized as the writer who “brilliantly and knowingly captures the spirit of the Wyoming wilderness."

Michael and Kathleen Gear of Thermopolis, Sandra Alcosser of Florence, Montana, and Tim Sandlin of Jackson are the authors who will highlight the 33rd annual conference for Wyoming Writers, Inc., June 1-3 in Thermopolis.They will lead panels and critique manuscripts during the course of the three-day event.

Joining them is children’s writer Dr. Toran Isom. She has been a professor at University of Arkansas-Little Rock for 17 years and teaches “Nonfiction Writing for Children” and other courses. John Helfers, acquiring editor for Tekno Books, will attend to talk about the world of publishing. A book packager, Tekno Books creates and sells fiction and nonfiction manuscripts to publishers.

Labels: writing conferences, Wyoming Writers, WyoPoets

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