{"id":43009,"date":"2018-04-14T22:30:37","date_gmt":"2018-04-15T02:30:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=43009"},"modified":"2018-04-14T22:38:13","modified_gmt":"2018-04-15T02:38:13","slug":"japan-writers-conference-seeks-presenters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2018\/04\/14\/japan-writers-conference-seeks-presenters\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Writers Conference seeks presenters"},"content":{"rendered":"

Posted by Tom Baker<\/strong><\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

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\"\"<\/a>The 12th annual Japan Writer\u2019s Conference will be held this year in Hokkaido, a new location for the event. The organizers are now seeking writers to give presentations on the weekend of Oct. 13-14 at Otaru University of Commerce in Otaru, Hokkaido. If you are a writer and would like to participate, contact details appear at the bottom of this post.<\/p>\n

Each year, the Japan Writers Conference attracts English-language writers in a variety of genres and fields to share ideas on the art, craft and business of writing. And each year, a significant number of past and present JETs take part. These have included anthologist Suzanne Kamata<\/a>, textbook author Todd Jay Leonard<\/a>, travel writer Victoria Vlisides<\/a>, short story writer\u00a0Claire Dawn-Marie Gittens,<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>novelists Benjamin Martin,<\/a>\u00a0Percival Constantine<\/a>\u00a0and Holly Thompson<\/a> (the last of whom\u00a0came to Japan in connection with the pre-JET MEF program), and journalists Elaine Lies<\/a> and Tom Baker<\/a> (the latter of whom wrote this post).<\/p>\n

Past presenters have also included Australian poet David Gibley<\/a>, \u201cSlumdog Millionaire\u201d novelist Vikas Swarup<\/a>, \u201cCash Crash Jubilee\u201d novelist Eli K.P. William<\/a>, young-adult author Margi Preus<\/a>, horror author Thersa Matsuura<\/a>, and memoirist Leza Lowitz<\/a>. The 2017 edition of \u201cThe Best American Mystery Stories,\u201d edited by John Sandford, features a story by Karen McGee<\/a>, who hosted the 2017 event in Tokyo. The host of this year\u2019s event will be travel writer and textbook author Shawn Clankie<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Representatives of literary journals such as The Font<\/a> and Cha<\/a> have participated in past years, as have representatives of publishers including Fine Line Press<\/a> and Isobar Press<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Run entirely by volunteers, the Japan Writers Conference is a free event open to all. Details on this year\u2019s event can be found at http:\/\/www.japanwritersconference.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Writers interested in making a presentation at the 2018 conference are asked to contact organizer John Gribble at gribblej@gol.com<\/a>. The deadline for presentation proposals is June 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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