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June 2025 Conference

Our June 2025 Conference will be held at Cedar Lakes in Ripley, WV, June 6 through June 8, 2025. Confirmed speakers are:

  • Colleen Anderson
  • Karen Salyer McElmurray
  • Burke Allen
  • Diane Tarantini
  • Kate Long
  • Tobi Doyle
  • Sheila Redling
  • Donna Kathryn Kelly
  • Kathleen Guire
  • Rhonda Browning White
  • Renee Nicholson
  • Tim Huguenin
  • Natalie Homer
  • Mike Dittman
  • John Burroughs

Pitch sessions will be held by Patty Thompson of Redhawk Publications.

Our banquet keynote speaker is New York Times bestselling author Homer Hickam, author of Rocket Boys (the basis for the major motion picture October Sky), Carrying Albert Home: The Somewhat True Story of a Man, his Wife, and her Alligator, and the Rocket Boys sequel, Don't Blow Yourself Up: The Further Adventures and Travails of the Rocket Boy of October Sky.

Youth track instructors are:

  • Emily Patterson
  • Travis Vandal

Here is the full list of presenters' sessions and biographies.

Conference registration opens March 17. Lodging for Cedar Lakes is handled directly through them - here is their lodging reservation form.

Pricing info:

  • 3-day weekend package - standard member, $150
  • Silver member 3-day weekend package, $140
  • Gold member 3-day weekend package, $135
  • 3-day weekend package - NONMEMBER, $175
  • 2-day weekend package (Fri/Sat or Sat/Sun) - any member level, $130
  • 2-day weekend package (Fri/Sat or Sat/Sun) - NONMEMBER, $155
  • Friday only - member, $90
  • Saturday only - member, $115
  • Sunday only - member, $80
  • Friday only - NONMEMBER, $115
  • Saturday only - NONMEMBER, $140
  • Sunday only - NONMEMBER, $105
  • Saturday only - YOUTH TRACK for grades 6-12, includes lunch, $55

This FY25 Community Arts Mini Grant Project is presented with financial assistance from the West Virginia Department of Arts, Culture and History and the National Endowment for the Arts, with approval from the West Virginia Commission on the Arts.