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Inspiration and Imagination 2018 Due to the overwhelming success of the 2017 Ridgefield Writers Conference, we are expanding the off-year open house to become an inspirational single-evening event on Friday, September 21, with a similar format to the two-day conference. Overview Amid today's challenging publishing climate and the pressures of writers' professional and personal lives, what is the writer's source of inspiration? How can the writer remain inspired and rekindle inspiration when it wanes? We'll explore responses to these and other questions through the author-editor relationship and our 2018 conference theme of Inspiration and Imagination. To make the most of this year's event and the author/editor seminar workshops, bring your writing project and questions. Ridgefield Library, Main Street Entrance Date, Time & Location Friday, September 21 From 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Ridgefield Library 472 Main Street, Ridgefield, CT 06877 T.203.438.2282 Arrival ...

Thank you to all our conference faculty, presenters, keynote, coordinators — and writers — for making the fifth annual Ridgefield Writers Conference an instructive and inspirational time. Thanks also to our conference host — the Ridgefield Library. We look hope to work with you all again in the future.

Welcome to the fifth annual Ridgefield Writers Conference in Ridgefield, Connecticut, hosted and co-sponsored by the Ridgefield Library and co-founded by Word for Words, LLC. This year's expanded conference begins Friday, September 22, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., with readings, author Q&A and networking reception. All are welcome to this open event. The main conference events take place Saturday, September 23, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., with workshops, keynote address, panels, readings, breakout sessions and a networking reception. This year's conference offers new workshops and faculty, new breakout events and essential resources for writers. Registration is open until September 1.

Dr. Carlos Eire The fifth annual Ridgefield Writers Conference is delighted to announce as this year's keynote speaker the acclaimed Carlos Eire. Dr. Eire is the author of Waiting for Snow in Havana: Confessions of a Cuban Boy , winner of the National Book Award in Nonfiction in the U.S. In this memoir, Dr. Eire explores the Cuban Revolution and offers an evocative look at Latin America from a child's experience. His latest memoir, Learning to Die in Miami, continues the personal saga begun in Waiting for Snow and explores the exile experience in Miami during the Kennedy administration. Dr. Eire received his Ph.D from Yale University. Before joining the Yale faculty, he taught at St. John’s University in Minnesota and the University of Virginia. He was also a member of the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.

Conference Dates Friday, September 22 Saturday, September 23 Hosted and Co-sponsored by the Ridgefield Library Presented by Word for Words, LLC Ridgefield Library (Upper Level) Conference Location Ridgefield Library 472 Main Street Ridgefield, CT 06877 T.203.438.2282 "We inspire writers to create stories that reveal their individuality and voice - so come share your love of the written word, make new connections and expand your literary horizons." Rebecca Dimyan Conference Faculty Coordinator Conference Application To access the conference application: Click on Ridgefield Writers Conference Application. Click on the Conference Application page above. Email Word for Words. Peter Selgin Jamie Cat Callan Pete Nelson Conference Schedule Friday, September 22 Readings With Wine and Cheese Networking Reception 7:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Main Program Room - Lower Level Free and Open to the Public Introduction by Lesley Lambton, Ridgefield Library Adult Program Coordinator Reading by awa...