June 7
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June 9
WVW’s Annual June 2025 Conference will be held at Cedar Lakes in Ripley, WV, June 6 through June 8, 2025. Confirmed speakers so far 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, and 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 and Travis Vandal.
