ONE TO ONE SESSIONS

Friday 25 June - Sunday 27 June, The Stripe

With Authors, Poets, Literary Agents, Commissioning Editors and Producers.

Please note these are the appointments for 2009. Many of our speakers for 2010 will be offering similar one-to-one appointment opportunities. This new list will be posted in March ready for you to apply. Apologies for the delay in posting these appointments.

Writers with partial or completed manuscripts or folios of poetry are welcome to apply on the application form for a 15 minute One-to-One appointment with specialists who will discuss work in progress, marketing possibilities or give advice on writing difficulties.

Submitted work to be received no later than Friday 28 May to One-to-ones, c/o Barbara Large, Conference Director, The Winchester Writers' Conference, Research and Knowledge Exchange Centre, University of Winchester, Winchester, Hampshire, SO22 4NR. Only submissions from abroad accepted by email.

Work received later than 28 May will not be accepted. Confirmation of appointments will be sent with your Delegate's Pack.

You can book a maximum of three one-to-one appointments. Only 2 of these can be with literary agents or editors. These are allocated on a first come, first served basis. Since places are limited, it is wise to book early. No additional charge is made for these appointments. They are offered as a free added opportunity for delegates. You can choose up to six names and we shall endeavour to accommodate your top three choices. Please note that these appointments may clash with your selected talks. Speakers are aware that you may leave or re-join their talk in
order to attend your one-to-one appointment.

Email submissions only accepted from overseas applicants.

Submitted work will not be returned, keep a copy.

To book your place, download and complete the application form (Adobe PDF) and send to Barbara Large, Research and Knowledge Exchange Centre, Univeristy of Winchester, Winchester, SO22 4NR along with a cheque made payable to University Of Winchester. Bookings will not be taken without payment.

Download application form here

You will need Acrobat Reader to view and print the application form. If you do not already have Acrobat Reader you can download it for free from here.

* New Literary Agent for One to Ones*

 

 

Please contact una.dowling@winchester.ac.uk should you wish to make an appointment with Geraldine. Please remember appointments are allocated on a first come/first served basis only and places are limited.

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ARNOLD, ELIZABETH
Saturday: 10:15 – 11.15 & 14.00 – 17.30
Send a maximum of 1, 500 words.

ASHFORD, LINDSAY *FULL*
Saturday: 14.00 – 16.15
Send a synopsis and the first chapter (or the first 3,000 words).

ASHTON, BRAD
Saturday: 10.15 – 11.15 & 14.00 – 17.30
Send a 1000 word manuscript describing an incident that could be the basis of a sit-com. It could be something embarrassing or a situation into which your character was forced or a little white lie that went wrong.

BALDWIN, CLAIRE
* Friday: 10.15 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 17.00
Send first chapter and a synopsis.

BARLOW, JOHN
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 15.15
Submit an outline and/or a treatment for your proposed film as well as a two page scene.

BAVISTER, PAUL
Saturday: 11.30 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 17.30
An opportunity to discuss structure, themes and any other problems arising in novels and poetry collections. Also, advice on how to publish your poetry.

BELLI, LORELLA *FULL*
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30, 14.00 – 14.45 & 16.30 – 17.30
Delegates can ask any publishing related question on the day. Should they want to submit their material in advance, they could send a covering letter, the initial 2 chapters and synopsis for fiction; a covering letter, a full proposal, and a couple of complete
chapters for non-fiction.

BIRCH, BEVERLEY *FULL*
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30 & 15.30 – 17.30
Editorial feedback on writing for the 7+ and teenage readership. Send a synopsis and/or sample writing - 2000 words maximum. Novels only - no picture book material.

BRYERS, PAUL *FULL*
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30 & 15.30 – 17.30
Send a 10-page example from recent work and a synopsis or outline for a script or novel. Happy to work with writers on adult and children’s fiction and scripts for movies or TV drama or docudrama.

BURNS, CAROLE *FULL*
Saturday: 11.30 – 12.30
Send up to 2,500 words, fiction or non-fiction plus 100 word synopsis.

CARRADICE, PHIL
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 16.15
Send either a chapter of novel, a short story or a short selection of poetry.

CHRIS, TERESA *FULL*
Saturday: 10.15 – 11.15 & 14.00 – 17.30
Bring the first three pages of a proposed novel and a polished first
chapter and synopsis.

CHURCHILL, JULIA *FULL*
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 16.00
Send a pitch, a one page synopsis and the first 20 pages.

CLARKE, ANNE *FULL*
* Friday: 10.15 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 17.30
Send synopsis and first chapter of your novel. Looking especially for thrillers, horror and historical fiction: not chicklit.

CLAY, DANIEL
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30, 14.00 – 14.45 & 16.30 – 17.30
Send your covering letter, synopsis and the first 10 double-spaced pages of your submission or the first 15 double spaced pages of what you’re writing now.

CONDON, DONNA *FULL*
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30 & 15.30 – 17.30
Commercial fiction (no children’s). Send the first 20 pages from the beginning of your novel, a page-long synopsis and a pitch letter.

DINES, ADRIENNE *FULL*
Saturday: 11.30 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 17.30
If you’re struggling with a sluggish work in progress or would like to brainstorm ideas, please send up to 1,500 words.

ELLIOT, ROSE
Saturday: 11.30 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 17.30
Send a 1 page synopsis of your idea and up to 10 pages of your work, including written recipes.

ESSER, CAROLIN
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30 & 15.30 – 17.30
Send an outline or a proposal of your monster idea to initiate appropriate starting points for your research and writing.

EVANS, JUDE *FULL*
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30, 14.00 – 14.30 & 16.30 – 17.30
Will review candidates’ work or answer queries. Delegates wishing to have feedback on their work should send excerpts of no more than 1,500 words, plus a synopsis for longer works. Please note that there is a limited number of appointments, so do book early. Jude is unable to review submissions outside of these meetings and only those manuscripts sent in advance will be considered.

FERGUSSON, LORNA *FULL*
Saturday: 11.30 – 12.30
Send no more than three pages for advice on fiction, editing and pitching.

FIELD, VICTORIA *FULL*
Saturday: 15.30 – 16.45
Send two copies of a poem for discussion.

FISHER, GEOFF
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30, 14.00 – 14.30 & 16.30 – 17.30
Pleased to talk about any questions you may have about production/design/DTP/printing/layout/binding/marketing or other aspects of publishing.

FULLERTON, JEAN
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30 & 14.00 – 16.00
Send the first chapter of your historical or modern woman’s fiction for advice.

GARBETT, ANDREW
Saturday: 10.15 – 11.15 & 14.00 – 17.30
Advice on any legal issue pertaining to your writing. Bring any documents which are relevant to your question.

GUTTRIDGE, PETER
Saturday: 10.15-12.30 & 15.30 – 17.30
Crime fiction or comic fiction.

HABENS, ALISON
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30 & 15.30 – 17.30
Send first chapter and a covering letter

HAMPSON, JUNE
Saturday: 10.15 – 11.15 & 14.00 – 17.30
Send no more than the first five hundred words of work in progress plus a short synopsis. Advice on content, hooking the reader, character, setting and tone.

HANSEN, DAVID
Saturday 10.15 – 12.30, 14.00 – 14.30 & 16.30 – 17.30
Send a one-page resolved outline of a story that you wish to turn into a drama or a film.

HAYNES, JOHN
Saturday: 10.15 – 12.30, 14.00 – 14.45 & 16.45 – 17.30
Send a maximum of six poems in typescript/print, A4 or a sample
passage of a longer poem of up to 250 lines.