- QUERY LETTER CLINIC 10:30-12
- LITERARY AGENTS 101 12:15-1:45
- SELF PUBLISHING 101 12:15-1:45
- HOW TO GET WORK INTO LIT MAGS 2-3:15
- HOW TO GET GRANTS, AWARDS AND FELLOWSHIPS 3:30-5pm
- WELCOME RECEPTION 5-6:30pm
- OPENING LINES CLINIC 10-11:30
- CASE STUDY OF A MEMOIR 11:45-1:15
- CASE STUDY OF A NOVEL 11:45-1:15
- CASE STUDY OF A POETRY COLLECTION 11:45-1:15
- A CONVERSATION WITH THE NATIONAL BOOK FOUNDATION Working Lunch 1:30-2:45
- HOW TO MAKE A NAME FOR YOURSELF 3:00-4:30
- THE AUTHOR AND HIS TEAM: MICHAEL CUNNINGHAM 4:45-6:45pm
This event made possible through significant support from
And with additional support from


FEATURING } Harold Augenbraum (The National Book Foundation). Julie Barer (Barer Literary). Christopher Beha (What Happened to Sophie Wilder). Laura Biagi (Jean V. Naggar Literary Agency). Michelle Brower (Folio Literary Management). Michael Cunningham (Pulitzer Prize winning author of The Hours). Lindsay Edgecombe (Levine│Greenberg Literary Agency, Inc.). Jenni Ferrari-Adler (Union Literary). Elliot Figman (Poets & Writers). Diana Finch (Diana Finch Literary Agency). Jonathan Galassi (Farrar,Straus and Giroux). Josh Getzler (Hannigan Salky Getzler Agency). Katie Grimm (Don Congdon Associates). Erin Harris (Folio Literary Management). Gail Hochman (Brandt & Hochman Literary Agents). Carrie Howland (Donadio and Olson, Inc.). Brigid Hughes (A Public Space). Jody Klein (Brandt and Hochman Literary Agents, Inc.). Jeff Kleinman (Folio Literary Management. Jeffrey Lependorf (Council of Literary Magazines and Presses). Micaela Morrissette (Conjunctions). Stephen Motika (Nightboat Books). Leigh Newman (Still Points North). Steph Opitz (Council of Literary Magazines and Presses). Richard Pine (Inkwell Management). Emily Pullen (Two Dollar Radio). Lorin Rees (Rees Agency). Elizabeth Winick Rubenstein (McIntosh and Otis, Inc.). Benjamin Samuel (Electric Literature). Jeff Seroy (Farrar,Straus and Giroux). Ira Silverberg (National Endowment for the Arts). Rob Spillman (Tin House). Rachel Sussman (Chalberg & Sussman). Hannah Tinti (One Story). Karolina Waclawiak (How to Get Into the Twin Palms). Mitchell Waters (Curtis Brown, LTD.). Renee Zuckerbort (Renee Zuckerbort Literary Agency). Agents from (Association of Authors Representatives). And More!
Press from LWC}NYC:
"Have Writing Degree, Will Travel," by Molly McQuade, Poetry Foundation
"The Business of the Book," The Virginia Quarterly Review
Recommendations for economical hotel accommodations:
"10 New York Hotels for Under $250 a Night," The New York Times
"Best Hotels at $150 or Less," New York Magazine
Where to find LWC}NYC:
The New School
Alvin Johnson/J.M. Kaplan Building
66 W. 12 St.
New York, NY 10011
Here's what LWC}NYC '11 had to offer.
LWC}NYC Planning Board: Harold Augenbraum, Jeffrey Lependorf, Robert Polito, Ira Silverberg, and Nat Sobel
LWC}NYC Program Director: Steph Opitz
LWC}NYC Program Associate: Tasha Sorenson ()