St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference


2010 Faculty

James Watkins

James Watkins has authored over two thou-sand articles and fifteen books, including Com-municate to Change Lives in Person and Print from Wesleyan Publishing House and Writing with Banana Peels.

 

Virelle Kidder

Virelle Kidder is a full-time writer and speaker. Her six books include Meet Me at the Well and The Best Life Ain't Easy, But It's Worth It from Moody Publishing. She has also been published in a wide variety of periodicals.

 

Melanie Rigney

Melanie Rigney, a past editor of Writer's Digest, has also served as edi- torial director of Writer's Digest Books. Currently a freelance editor, she has edited and evaluated manuscripts for dozens of clients.

 

Linda Taylor

Linda Taylor, editorial director at Livingstone Corporation, was part of the team that developed Tyndale's best-selling Life Application Study Bible. Linda is also author of Saints and Scoundrels of the Bible (Howard), Glori- ous Refrains (Nelson), etc.

 

David Pierce

David Pierce has had nearly a dozen mystery stories published in Alfred Hitchcock's and Ellery Queen's Mystery Maga- zines. He also collaborated with his wife, Chonda, on two Zonderkidz children's books: Tales from the Ark and Tales from the Manger.

 

David Mills

David Mills, now deputy editor of First Things and editor of Touchstone Magazine from 2003 to 2008, is the author of Knowing the Real Jesus, editor of The Pilgrim's guide: C. S. Lewis and the Art of Witness, and teaches writing at Trinity School for Ministry.

 

Eric Potter

Eric Potter, 2009 Professor of the Year at Grove City College, is also a poet whose work has appeared in such varied publications as The Christian Century, First Things, Ruminate, and 32 Poems.

 

Anne Slanina

Anne Slanina is the author of the Annie Mouse series, books designed to teach children coping skills and empathy for others. Anne is also an associate professor in elementary /early childhood education at Slippery Rock University.

 

 

 

 

The 54th annual

St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference

 

June 21-25, 2011

Grove City College, Grove City, PA

 

Theme: "Words Made Flesh"

Jesus

So the Word became human and made his home among us. . .

John 1:14a (NLB)

 

"There is in all good things a perpetual desire for expression," G. K. Chesterton once wrote. And Jesus Himself has often been called the self-expression of God, the Word that tells us who God is.

As Christian authors, we want to express and enflesh for others the Christ who lives within us. The St. Davids conference is dedicated to preparing writers for that task. We offer:

 

conferees at St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference

 

Our plans for 2011 are still incomplete, but you can click on faculty or workshops to view the quality instructors and classes we offered in 2010.

For those of you who want more one-on-one interaction with an Rainbow Bridge at St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference, Grove City Collegeinstructor, we offer tutorials for an extra fee. We are also introducing a writers' colony, for more experienced authors who simply want to get away from the cares of everyday life to write.

We provide a wide range of contests as well. Please click on information to learn more about the conference, or on brochure to request our by-mail pamphlet.

For those of you who can't come in June--or who just can't get enough of St. Davids--we also sponsor a one-day mini-conference in Stoneboro, PA in April.

We invite you to come and join us, as we learn to make our words live and breathe!


St. Davids originated in the eastern Pennsylvania town of that name, as a ministry of the American Baptist Churches. But the St. Davids Christian Writers' Association is now an independent, nonprofit, interdenominational organization.

As such, we welcome believers from all branches of the Christian family, as well as conscientious writers from other walks of life who are interested in making the most of their talents.

 

Harbison Chapel at St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference, Grove City College