Slush Fest Sessions

Here’s an awesome opportunity to get feedback on your work from the experts!

These are interactive workshops, most with two faculty members — usually an editor and an agent — who will comment on participant submissions. For any prose session, bring your query letter or synopsis and the first page of your manuscript, or the first two pages of your manuscript on transparencies to class. 

• DO NOT BRING PAGES FROM ANOTHER SECTION OF YOUR MANUSCRIPT!
• DO NOT INCLUDE YOUR NAME ON THE PAGES 

As you go into the class, your transparencies will be collected at the door. Selections will be picked at random, put on the overhead projector and feedback will be given to the class. The idea is for faculty members to discuss what catches their attention — and what does not — and why. If your work catches a faculty member’s attention, he or she may ask to see more of the manuscript.

Most copy shops are able to produce transparency pages.  There is a FedEx Kinko's location within 10 miles of the conference center in Myrtle Beach. In addition, the Hilton has the ability to make transparency copies. For more information, please visit the front desk.

It's best to make your transparency copies before you leave home. Since the hotel in located within a large resort, you may have to drive ten or more miles to the nearest copy shop. Additionally, our conference is during the off-season and many businesses are closed or are only open for a few hours daily.