________________________________________________________________________________________
____________

Beginning with our 2008 event, we have added new services to make your conference experience more
rewarding:

               Editors                                                   Books from Barnes & Noble

                Teen discounts                                        Free wireless Internet
 
               Group rates                                             Professional
    critiques                                                   
 
                                                          

Publishers On Board!

Think you're ready to pitch your book idea to a publisher?  We will have editors
on hand representing several prominent Christian publishing houses:





Teens

    For students ages 12 - 18, we now offer a reduced rate of $80 per person.  In the
    future, as this segment of our attendance grows, we are hoping to offer a specialized
    track for young writers.  For a school or church sending five or more, a chaperone may
    attend at no charge.  (Since this is already a reduced rate, group discounts do not
    apply.)


Groups  

For  churches and schools who enroll ten or more conferees, a special rate of $100 is available.  That's
20% off!  Just sign up and pay in full by April 2, 2008.  Teens may be included to meet this total;
however, they must pay the full teen rate.


Books

    By the time that you leave our conference, we hope you’ll be
    inspired to tackle your writing projects as never before.  You
    might want to start that rewrite, call that editor, or join a writers’
    group.  But perhaps you'll need some additional help to get
    there.  So why wait?  Our local Barnes & Noble store has
    graciously
agreed to come on board and sell books to our conferees.  Books about publishing, writing, grammar, and
anything else that might be beneficial to a writer who needs help to polish and market that manuscript.  


Free Wireless Internet

There are true geeks among us.  Yes, you know who you are.  Your PDA is permanently affixed to
your hip, and your wireless headset is forever epoxied to your ear. You can’t stand to unplug from your
electronic gadgets for even a moment.  Therefore, as we strive to be all things to all men, this is for you:
Our entire building is one large Wi-Fi Hot Spot.  So, feel free to bring your laptop computer.  You can
surf the Web, check your email, or chat with friends.  We ask only that you mute the speakers during
our sessions, so as not to disturb your neighbors.


Critiques!

    Are you ready for a challenge?  Do you want to know how a publisher might view your
    work?  Our critique service is your opportunity to find out.  And as a special incentive,
    each student can receive one FREE critique by a member of our faculty.

    No doubt, attending a conference is a great way to advance your writing career.  And
    books can teach you a great deal about grammar and style.  But how about your story,
    in particular?  How does it measure up?  Several of our faculty members have agreed
    to provide critiques for our conferees.

This professional review, a “big-picture” evaluation, can provide you with a valuable analysis of your
manuscript and writing skills.  We'll assess your work on the basis of several important issues: What are your
strengths and challenges?  Is your message coming through?  Do your arguments support your thesis?  Do
you have an engaging personal style?  Are your characters genuine and believable?  In addition, we can help
with your plot, structure, pace, and dialogue.

Or suppose you'd like to have a second opinion, or an evaluation of another ten pages, or a completely
different manuscript.  Additional critiques are available at the special rate of $30.00 each.  

Interested?  Print your manuscript(s), up to 10 pages each, double-spaced, on 8.5 x 11” white bond paper.  
Make sure that your name appears in the header on every page.  Use 12-point Times New Roman font, with
one-inch margins on all sides.  When you're done, place it unfolded into a 9 x 11.5” envelope.  Enclose a
check for your registration fee (plus any applicable critique fees), payable to Quartz Hill School of Theology.  
Mail it to:

    Antelope Valley Christian Writers' Conference
    Attn: Critiques
    5022 Avenue N, Suite 102-128
    Palmdale, CA 93551

Otherwise, you may send by email attachment.  Use the same formatting as for paper submissions, above.  
(MS Word files with .doc extension only, please.)  Email to avwriters@yahoo.com. At that time we will send
you an invoice for your registration fee (plus any applicable critique fees), which will enable you to make
your remittance through Pay Pal. Your manuscript will then be forwarded to a faculty member who handles
your genre.

By either method, all submissions must be received no later than April 2, 2008, in order to have your
critiqued manuscript returned to you at the conference.  


Critiques, Plan B

If you don't have your manuscript ready in time for pre-submission, all is not lost.  Our panelists will be
available for private 15-minute appointments, to take a quick look at your writing and offer their evaluations.  
In some cases, by mutual agreement, our speakers can make themselves available for ongoing critiques and
mentoring after the conference.  They are independent contractors, not employees of our organization, and
they set their own policies and fees.
Copyright © 2007, Quartz Hill School of Theology.  All Rights Reserved.