When Words Collide Presenter Registration – 2021

Please complete this form to be added to our festival programming newsletter which is sent out regularly with updates and information about our evolving festival programs. You may unsubscribe from the newsletter at any time.

Past programming newsletters can be found here.
 
If you have not presented at our festival before, please read our Call for Presenters document as it provides context for many of the questions below.
(www.whenwordscollide.org/prescall.php)
Additional information may be found at our Frequently Asked Questions.
 (www.whenwordscollide.org/faq.php)

Instructions

Please fill out this document, save it, and email it to info@whenwordscollide.org along with any attachments requested.

Note: If you wish to participate in the program as multiple personae using different names, please fill out 1 form for each persona.
Eg. Jane Smith (YA author) & Jane Wesson (editor).

Presenter Registration Form
 
** Information provided will be used to help establish your involvement in our When Words Collide program. Contact and personal information will not be published, nor will it be accessed outside our programming committee. For those sitting on discussion panels, your email address may be shared with co-panelists and the panel moderator. **

Email
Please provide your email address for inclusion in our programming newsletter and any additional programming correspondence.

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Presenter Name
Please provide your name as you wish it to appear in the program and on your table name card.

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Twitter Handle (optional)
Please provide your Twitter Handle as you wish it to appear below your name on your table name card. (eg @JaneDoe)

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Website (optional)
Please provide only your primary web site. (eg. www.JaneDoe.com)

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Registered As…
If you register for the festival under a different name than your presenter name, please indicate your registration name. Otherwise leave blank. Note: When Words Collide is 100% volunteer run and operated. All presenters must hold a festival pass.

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How do you describe yourself?
Please indicate all relevant areas from among:  Author,  Editor,  Publisher, Agent,  Artist,  Other.
 
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Which areas of expertise are you interested to present in?
Please indicate all relevant areas from among: General Fiction, Speculative Fiction, Crime, Romance, Literary, Poetry, YA/Middle Grade, Non-Fiction, Business (Craft, Marketing, etc), Other.

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How busy would you like to be in the program?
Indicate number of maximum hours in total.
(eg. 1 hours/ day = 3 hours total)

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Would you like to moderate discussion panels?

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If Yes, we will contact you regarding moderating when our schedule is nearing completion.

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Would you like to sit on discussion panels?

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We encourage presenters to suggest discussion topics that interest them.
If you have topics to add to our panels list, please provide details at any time
in an email to info@whenwordscollide.org and include the following:

Catchy Title
Program Description (max 100 words)
I wish to sit on this panel Y/N
Co-presenters (max 4 presenters per panel)
 
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Would you like to provide a solo (or partnered) Presentation or 50-Minute Workshop?

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If Yes, please provide details in an email attachment. Proposals should contain the following information:

Catchy Title
Program Description (max 100 words)
Co-presenters: 
**If you require a Flip Board or PC Projector please indicate.

We are able to provide a Flip Board with paper as well as a PC Projector/PCMI cable for a limited number of sessions. We are not, however, able to provide markers or a computer notebook. Presenters wishing to use a PC projector must make their own arrangements for a Windows or MAC PC. (Note: the hotel projectors only support PCMI. If your notebook does not support PCMI you will need to bring an adaptor or arrange to borrow a PCMI-compatible computer from a colleague.)

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If you are an acquisitions editor or agent, would you like to run a Pitch Session?

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If yes, Editors/Agents have a choice of 5 or 10 minute pitch sessions for a 50-minute block. Please indicate your preference ( 5 or 10 minutes).

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If you would like to run more than one 50-minute block, please provide details.

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If you are an editor (or author with strong editorial skills), would you like to run a Blue Pencil Cafe?

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Each 50-minute block allows for four 12-minute sessions.
If you would like to run more than one 50-minute block, please provide details.

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Would you like to participate in the Saturday Evening Mass Autograph Session?

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If you are a publisher or author collective, would you like to host a 50-minute Daytime Book Social?

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If yes, please provide the following, including presenters who will take part (so that we don’t schedule them opposite)
Catchy Title: 
Program Description (max 100 words): 
Presenters: 

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Presenter Availability
Festival programming runs from

Friday        1 PM - 11 PM
Saturday 10 AM - 11 PM
Sunday    10 AM -   5 PM

If there are times when you will be unavailable to participate in the program, please let us know.

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Biography & Headshot
We like to promote our presenters online and in our Program Book. Your bio (max 100 words) will appear on our web site program page shortly after this registration form has been processed. You may send us updates at any time before our Program Book cut-off in June.

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All Done! 

Thank you for taking the time to complete this form. It will help us to meet your participation interests. Depending on your information, you may hear back from multiple members of our programming team regarding different areas of interest. 

Once every month or two we will send you our programming newsletter containing relevant information and links to our hidden scheduling information page which contains more information than our public Program-In-Development information. (Our goal is to build the best program possible while giving presenters the opportunity to propose and participate in those things that most interest them).
If you find you are not receiving the newsletter, your ISP may be blocking them. They can be found online here: here.

Upon receipt of this form at info@whenwordscollide.org we will add you to our database and programming newsletter. (Please don’t forget to include any attachments such as bio, headshot, and session proposals.)

Thank You
When Words Collide 2020 Program Director
www.whenwordscollide.org