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This year’s conference will include such distinguished lecturers as Howard Owen, Deputy Managing Editor for the Richmond Times Dispatch; Ron Smith, Writer-inResidence at St. Christopher’s School; Mary Flinn, senior editor of Blackbird; Welferd B. Taylor, Chair of English, Emeritus, at The University of Richmond; and Gene Fant, Chair of the English department at Union University.
Lectures for the 2005 conference span a variety of topics, such as: Writing for a Literary Magazine, Writing a Novel as a Journalist, From Idea to Script to Stage, and Poe’s Use of Language. Students will. explore the world of Edgar Poe through his eyes with a visit to Poe’s Richmond, as well as his college days at the University of Virginia. Participants will also enjoy a Poe film festival and a reception in the Enchanted Garden of the Poe Museum.
“Edgar Allan Poe had a passion to develop an indigenous American literary tradition. As editor of some of the most influential magazines of his day, he had the opportunity to cultivate and encourage a generation of writers,” said Dr. Harry Lee Poe, president of the Poe Museum. “The Young
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