Writers Workshop
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Each workshop "section" will consist of three entrants, up to three "pros" and a moderator. The sections meet for three hours, giving each entry roughly an hour of critiques.
The workshops are scheduled in quiet, secluded rooms to guarantee privacy. Visitors will be excluded (excepting assistants to entrants with physical disabilities).
Each entry will be read and critiqued by the other members of the section. The "pro" part of the section will consist of published authors, editors or other professionals in the publishing field. Please note, though, that it's not possible to schedule participants with any specifically requested participating pros.
Some moderators are published authors or editors themselves. All of them are experienced in moderating writing workshops. The workshop is not recommended for participants under eighteen, but exceptions will be considered.
Submit only one copy of your entry.
Entrants may submit works no longer than 7,500 words (roughly thirty double-spaced pages). For excerpts of longer works (beginnings are preferred), this limit will include a brief synopsis or plot summary.
All submissions should include a cover letter with your name, address, phone number and an e-mail address if you have one. Entrants who wish to have more than one work critiqued should submit separate checks for each entry, in the case that a second or third work has to be returned.
Please include your badge number in your cover letter.
There is a fee to cover postage, photocopying and routing of manuscripts (American members, $30.00; Canadian members US$35.00; overseas members US$40.00). The fee will be charged for each entry submitted (For example, three short stories totaling thirty pages are still considered three separate entries). Because of possible limitations in scheduling or availability of pros, only one entry can be guaranteed a critique. Please list the priority in which you want your entries critiqued. Collaborative works will be counted as a single entry.
Please make checks payable to Chicon 2000
As of this writing, the following authors, industry professionals and experienced moderators have agreed to participate in the writers workshop:
Roger Macbride Allen James C. Glass Hilary Moon Murphy Catherine Asaro Anne Harris G. David Nordley Eleanor Arnason Howard V. Hendrix Frederik Pohl Gerri Balter P. C. Hodgell Jean Rabe Ben Bova Rachel Holmen Bruce Holland Rogers Kent Brewster Elizabeth Anne Hull Jane Routley Algis Budrys Leslie Gadallah Melissa Scott Stephen L. Burns David Gardner Bradley H. Sinor E.J. Cherhavy-Shumak Richard Garfinkle Glenn R. Sixbury Rob Chilson Alex Jablokow Joan Slonczewski Richard Chwedyk Bill Johnson Allen M. Steele Hal Clement James Patrick Kelly James Stevens-Arce Ron Collins Lee Killough S. M. Stirling Randy Dannenfelser Nancy Kress Jefferson P. Swycaffer James S. Dorr Jacqueline Lichtenberg Lois Tilton Linda J. Dunn Jean Lorrah, Ph.D. Laura J. Underwood Raymund Eich Sean McMullen James Van Pelt Bill Fawcett Melisa C. Michaels Katie Waitman David Feintuch Sasha Miller Rick Wilber Adrienne Foster Mary Anne Mohanraj Laurel Winter Richard Gilliam John Moore Richard Woods Carolyn Ives Gilman Sandra C. Morrese
Manuscripts may also be sent to the central Chicon address, but it won't guarantee that they will reach the workshop coordinator in time. A self-addressed stamped envelope should accompany all mail inquiries.
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