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Preliminary Program Grid for Joshua Benjamin Palmatier This is the Preliminary program schedule. Joshua Benjamin Palmatier may or may not actually be on these items, but probably will. However, due to circumstances beyond our control, modifications to the program can occur throughout the convention.

Friday 6:00 pm: What Is a Small Press? (Ends at: 6:55 pm) Washington Theater Participants:Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Shahid Mahmud, Adeena Mignogna, Joshua Benjamin Palmatier (M), Ian Randal Strock As Capclave and WSFA continue to honor short fiction in small presses, does the current definition need to be updated to fit different models? Is the number of publications a good fit? How do you fit in author collectives?

Friday 8:00 pm: Author Reading: Joshua Palmatier (Ends at: 8:25 pm) Adams Participants:Joshua Benjamin Palmatier Joshua Palmatier reads from new and upcoming works.

Saturday 12:00 pm: How Much Is Enough? (Ends at: 12:55 pm) Eisenhower Participants:Charles Gannon, Joshua Benjamin Palmatier, Suzanne Palmer, Darrell Charles Schweitzer, Karlo Yeager Rodriguez (M) Describing location, setting, clothing, food, and actions can be an important part of telling a story. But when does detail become overwhelming? The data dump is real, but is it necessary, and how do you know when it is needed? Panelists discuss balancing descriptions.

Saturday 7:00 pm: Mass Signing and Awards Ceremony (Ends at: 8:55 pm) Atrium Participants:Danielle Ackley-McPhail, Sarah Avery, Martin Berman-Gorvine, Jennifer Brinn, Jack Campbell, Michael Capobianco, Neil Clarke, Doc Coleman, Randee Dawn, Matt Dinniman, Tom Doyle, Andy Duncan, Jim Freund, Paul Haggerty, Elektra Hammond, Bjorn Hasseler, Larry Hodges, Danian Jerry, Barbara Krasnoff, Bill Lawhorn (M), Mike McPhail, Meridel Newton, Joshua Benjamin Palmatier, Jennifer R. Povey, Alex Shvartsman, Ian Randal Strock, Sheree Renée Thomas, Jean Marie Ward, Joan Wendland The annual gathering of Capclave attendees with presentation of the Guest of Honor Gifts, the WSFA Small Press Award, and the Baltimore Science Fiction Society's Amateur Writers Award.

Sunday 11:00 am: So You Want to Be an Editor (Ends at: 11:55 am) Washington Theater Participants:Scott H. Andrews, Kel Coleman (M), Joshua Benjamin Palmatier, Sheree Renée Thomas, Michael A. Ventrella Well, it can be a lot of fun, but it isn't for the fainthearted. You have to bring big vision, big heart, discipline, and helluva a lot of patience and time. Come with your questions and ideas for future projects (is there an anthology you've always wanted to read? A chapbook or chapbook series you've long wanted to create? A magazine or indie zine you'd love to edit with kindred spirits and friends?) If you can imagine you, you can create it. Let's go!

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