WWA Annual Convention
June 20, 2018 - June 23, 2018
Doubletree Hotel, 27 N 27th Street, Billings, MT 59101
Tuesday, June 19 -
Registration (4 - 6 p.m.)
Wednesday, June 20 -
Registration (7:30 - 4 p.m.)
Writing Panels (9 a.m. - 5 p.m.)
- Writing About Film
- The Buffalo Bill Papers
- Writing about the Little Bighorn
- Chronicles of the Modern West
- The Great Montana Harvest: Commercial Buffalo Hunting in the 19th Century
Opening Reception (5 - 6 p.m.)
Dinner on your own
Roundup Room Presentation "Starry Skies - The Lakota Way of Seeing the Night" followed by music (9 p.m.)
Thursday, June 21 -
Breakfast Roundtables (7:30 - 9 a.m.) (ticket required)
Panel - Returning Buffalo to the Plains (9:15 - 10:15 a.m.)
Editor - Agent Panel (10:30-11:30 a.m.)
Lunch on your own
Tour Chief Plenty Coups State Park (Noon - 5 p.m.) (ticket required, Box Lunch included; this tour requires walking on dirt paths, please do not register if you cannot walk on uneven ground about a quarter of a mile; we have no access to an ADA bus)
Homestead Dinner and Auction (6 - 10 p.m.)
Roundup Room music
Friday, June 22 -
Screening of Dorothy Johnson Documentary (8:30 - 9 a.m.)
Panel - Montana Literary Traditions (9:15 - 10:15 a.m.)
Keynote Address by Pete Simpson (10:30 - 11:30 a.m.)
Spur Finalist/Hall of Fame Lunch (12 - 1:30 p.m.) (ticket required)
Panel - Longmire: From Page to Stage (2-3 p.m.) (ticket required; included in full convention registration)
General Business Meeting for all members (3:30 - 5 p.m.)
Cocktail Reception (6:30-7 p.m.)
Spur Award Banquet (7 - 10 p.m.) (ticket required)
Roundup Room music
Saturday, June 23-
Tour Buffalo Bill Center of the West, Cody, WY ( 8 a.m. - 5 p.m.) (ticket required)
Script Reading: The Cheyenne Social Club (7:00 - 9 p.m.)
Roundup Room Music (9:30 - ??)
(For further details, including a link to make hotel reservations, visit our website http://www.westernwriters.org)
Any changes to the program made until the time the events starts take precedence over this schedule.