11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Cooper River Park, just off Cuthbert Road in Pennsauken. Eleven accomplished authors will provide guidance to aspiring writers during the 15th annual Summer Writers' Conference, held Friday, June 22, through Friday, July 6, on Rutgers University's Camden campus. The conference includes daily workshops and free readings each night, featuring authors such as Karen Karbo and Jennifer Weiner. Workshops on writing poetry, fiction, and personal essays will be offered in this intensive program, which is open to the community.
Participants can receive an evaluation of their writing from the guest authors.
In order to have their work considered, participants should submit 35 copies of a typed, double-spaced manuscript by Monday, June 11. Free readings will be held at 7 p.m. Monday through Friday, June 25-29, and again Friday, July 6, in the Octagon Room of the Campus Center, located at Third Street between Cooper Street and the Benjamin Franklin Bridge. Advance registration is required for the workshops but not for the readings. The conference can be taken for undergraduate or graduate credit and fees range accordingly. This seminar will discuss how to present a convincing business plan and negotiate a fair loan agreement.