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For your convenience, you can also print the Conference Schedule
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Friday, April 16: Murder & Mayhem
For your convenience, you can also print the Complete Murder & Mayhem Schedule(PDF: 31KB) in pdf. format.
| Time | Duration | Activity | Location |
| 8:00 | 15 min | Registration | YWCA Hamilton |
| 8:15 | 45 min | Arson/Fire | YWCA Hamilton |
| 9:00 | 45 min | SWAT | YWCA Hamilton |
| 9:45 | 45 min | K9 | YWCA Hamilton |
| 10:30 | 4 hours | Tours (transportation & box lunch provided) | County Morgue, Butler Technical School's Police Training Facility (driving similation & shooting range), Red Cross Pick your Poison Workshop. Start/End YWCA. |
| 3:00 | 1 hour | Crime Scene Investigation: How-to with chalk body & clues | Old Municipal Building, 3rd Floor |
| 4:00 | 1 hour | Mock Trial (reenactment of actual murder trial) | Old Municipal Building, 3rd Floor (historic courtroom) |
Friday Writers' Conference Events
| Time | Duration | Activity | Location |
| 5-7pm | 2 hrs. | Mad About Books | Old Municipal Building, 1st Floor |
| 7-8 pm | 1 hour | Welcome & Reception | Old Municipal Building, 3rd Floor |
| 8-9 pm | 1 hour | Panel Discussion: Current Trends in the Publishing Industry | Old Municipal Building, 3rd Floor |
Saturday Conference Events
Time: 8 am - 5:30 pm
Location: Miami University Hamilton, Harry T Wilks Conference Center
1601 University Blvd., Hamilton, Ohio 45011
For additional opportunities at the Mad Anthony Writers' Conference, please see the Critiquest & Appointments page.
| Time | Duration | Fiction | Non-Fiction | Career | Christian |
| 8:30-9:00am | 30m | Registration & Continental Breakfast, Short Welcome | |||
| 9-10am | 60m | Dialogue & Character Nathan Singer | Historical Non-Fiction Dr. Cynthia Crane | What Editors Look For... Regina Doman | Christian Fiction Vicki Moss |
| 10:15-11:30am | 75m | Scene vs. Naration Nancy Pinard | Creative NF:Essays, Memoirs & More Vicki Moss | Children's Markets Alice Pope | Writing Evil Characters Regina Doman |
| 11:45-12:15 | 30m | Luncheon | |||
| 12:15-1:15 | 60m | Keynote Speaker: Jane Friedman, Publisher/Editor of Writer's Digest presents "Marketing Using the Latest Tools" | |||
| 1:30-2:45 | 75m | Writing for Teens Emma Carlson Berne | Writing for Newspapers Ron Rollis & Teri Horsley | What Agents Want You to Know Sammie Justesen | Plot & Character... Shelly Shepard Gray |
| 3-4:15 | 75m | Writing for Children Andrea Cheng | Writing a Successful Proposal Lisa A. Biedenbach | Reading Like a Writer Nancy Pinard | Spiritual Thriller Rod Pennington |
| 4:30-5:30 | 60m | Writing a Novel Rick Robinson | Writing for Magazines Zachary Petit | Build your Author Website in an Hour Jane Friedman | Amish Fiction Shelly Shepard Gray |
