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Special Events

NEW YORK
Mediabistro Circus
May 20-21, 2008

Our first conference, Mediabistro Circus, is coming to New York in May. Speakers include Chris Anderson, Nicholas Carr, Paul Cloutier, Anil Dash, Jim Louderback, Elisa Camahort Page, Steve Rubel, Robert Scoble, and Kate Thorp, and more are being added every day. Registration info is on the Mediabistro Circus site. Dishy bits about speakers and the back story on how the whole event is coming together are on the Mediabistro Circus blog. We're expecting this to sell out, so sign up now to get the early-bird discount. learn more

Speakers include:


Chris Anderson Wired magazine	Elisa Camahort Page BlogHer	Nicholas Carr Writer and Author	James Daly Edutopia	Anil Dash Six Apart

Ben Edwards Economist.com	Steven Johnson Author	Jim Louderback Revision 3	Robert Scoble Fast Company TV	Kate Thorp Real Girls Media Network

Parties

NEW YORK
Meet the Bloggers Party 5/19

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Panel Discussions

NEW YORK
The Secrets Behind Getting Published
June 11, 2008

Did you know that August is the easiest month to break into The New York Times Op-Ed page? That learning one odd factoid about a local politician's pet could get you into the New Yorker's Talk of the Town? That publishing an essay in a certain New York Times column that has recently spawned 10 memoirs is the fastest way in town to land an agent? That certain mistakes in your cover letter are making an editor delete you in seconds without even reading your submission?

In this panel, an amazingly distinguished group of top agents and editors will share the idiosyncratic magic tricks that could get you in the door, into their pages, and signing on the dotted line of a big book deal. learn more

Panelists include:

* Vanessa Bush, former executive editor, Essence magazine
* Trip Gabriel, The New York Times Style Section editor
* Dwight Garner, The New York Times Book Review deputy editor and Paper Cuts blogger
* Betsy Lerner, agent and author of The Forest For The Trees
* Cindy Spiegel, Random House editor of the imprint Spiegel and Grau
* Daniel Zalewski, editor, New Yorker, formerly of the New York Times Magazine
* Susan Shapiro (moderator), mediabistro instructor and author of 5 recent nonfiction books including Only As Good as Your Word

Seminars and 1-Day Workshops

BOSTON Breaking into the Glossies May 19, 2008	CHICAGO Writing Front of Book Articles June 11, 2008
How do you get your first clip when you don't have a first clip? Every writer has had to do it. Learn the best publications for newcomers, how to approach editors, and how to keep the freelance work coming in. With Boston magazine editor Alyssa Giacobbe. learn more	Break into the top magazines with a front-of-the-book article that lands you a top byline. learn more
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LOS ANGELES Writing Comic Books and Graphic Novels May 19, 2008	NEW YORK Personal Essay Workshop May 27, 2008
Work in a medium that publishers and studios love. learn more	Turn a personal experience into a story that will get published. learn more
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SAN FRANCISCO Advanced Travel Writing May 17, 2008	WASHINGTON, D.C. Get Your Book Published June 10, 2008
Learn how to build your freelance writing career by mastering one of its most adaptable, engaging topics: travel. learn more	Find out how the book publishing industry really works. Learn how to meet literary agents, editors, and publishers, the realities of advances and book sales, and how to develop a marketing plan for yourself and your book. learn more
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