Keynote speakers

• Jane Smiley
• Hallie Ephron
• Karen Joy Fowler
• David Corbett
• Brian Copeland
• Scott Rice

Editors

• Becky Levine
• Allen Rinzler

Faculty Authors

• Martha Alderson
• Kendra Bonnett
• Matilda Butler
• John Corey
• Laurel Anne Hill
• Sue Fagalde Lick
• Lee Lofland
• Kathryn Madison
• Phyllis Mattson
• Jana McBurney-Lin
• Linda Joy Myers
• Jordan Rosenfeld
• Susan Shillinglaw
• Nick Taylor
• Terri Thayer
• Patrice Vecchione
• Maralys Wills
• Alice Wilson-Fried

Jane Smiley

Hallie Ephron

Brian Copeland

Agents

• Cari-Esta Albert
  (film producer)
• Nathan Bransford
• Andrea Brown
• Verna Dreisbach
• April Eberhardt
• Melissa Flashman
• Michael Larsen
• Alana Lennie
• Michael Lennie
• Paul Levine
• Laurie Mc Lean
• Jeff Moores
• Elizabeth Pomada

Publishers

• KOMENAR
• Orange Avenue Publishing

Andrea Brown

David Corbett

Nick Taylor

All 2008 Writing Contest winners

SHORT STORY

1 - "Recursion" - Meredy Amyx
2 - "Right Here in River City" - Kara Jane Rollins
3 - "Cold Turkey" - Martin H. Dodd

POETRY

1 - "On Seeing Nancy's Ashes" (#14) - Martin H. Dodd
2 - "Connected" (#1) - J. B. Drori
3 - "Pilgrims" (#11) - Dorothy North

DRAMA

1 - "Hot Flash Caper" - Alice Wilson-Fried
2 - "The Sins of the Father" - Carol Lee Hall
3 - "Papa's Wedding" - Martin H. Dodd

JUVENILE

1 - "The Cuban Castaway" - C. J. Cannino
2 - "The Tale of the One-Eyed Kitty" - Jerry L. Crawford
3 - "My Buddy, the Ghost" - Jamie Miller

MEMOIR

1 - "Revolution Madness" - Azadeh Tabazadeh
2 - "Pence Springs" - R. Rikki Bell
3 - "Practically Magic" - Gwyn Weger

NOVEL

1 - "I Know You By Heart" - April Kutger
2 - "Nineteen Darby Way" - Cindy Luck
3 - "The Jesuit Papers" - Anne Bancroft Fowler

BASIL STEVENS 2008

First Place: Art Carey of Fremont, CA "Road Games"
Second Place: Meredy Amyx of San Jose, CA "There's the Windup"
Third Place: Donn Clark of Yorba Linda, CA "A Grand Day, 1851"