And, said Brown, they will help the college sell Conference 2000. We have no trouble attracting registrants. We have quickly created a reputation for this festival that is growing by leaps and bounds. Brown noted that despite the burgeoning numbers, the Festival is a break-even event for Calvin. In fact, about 350 students were part of the 1,400 registrants for this year's event, including about 200 Calvin students.
Students also play a key role in shaping the Festival.
There's really nothing like this in the literary world. This is the truck pull of literary studies. Criteria for selecting Festival participants are pretty simple. Writers we bring to the Festival do not do that. We're not trying to be the People magazine of literary conferences.