Jennie Dunham is frequently asked to speak at writers' conferences. 

Writers conferences are a great way for writers to make connections with lots of industry experts including agents, editors, publicists, and other authors. Conference attendees can learn about the industry, current market trends, and information to improve their writing. 

Overall it's a fine way for writers to recharge their batteries. We all need that from time to time,  especially writers who spend so much time alone. But even editors and agents get back in touch with the reasons that we went into the business in the first place. 

At their best conferences are inspiring. Maybe a writer will have an idea for a new project or will get the spark that takes a project off the back burner. 

And while it's not often, conferences can lead to published books.

At Schedule, you can find a list of Jennie Dunham's scheduled conference appearances.

At Invitations, there is information about asking her to attend an event, what expenses must be covered and what presentations she offers.

Conference attendees are encouraged to submit book projects to Dunham Literary.

Jennie Dunham strongly prefers to receive a query letter first. She personally reads all query letters sent to the agency by conference attendees.  Usually she reads these letters  the day they arrive. She will request all manuscripts that might be possibilities for representation and read them herself. Please don't forget the customary SASE for the response. 

A query letter is a good way for an agent to get a quick, overall idea of how an author envisions his or her career. While each manuscript is crucial, it's extremely helpful to get the overall sense of what an author wants to accomplish in the long run because an agent's offer for representation is intended to span the career of the author. An editor, however, could offer for some manuscripts but not all and doesn't necessarily need to keep the author's entire career in mind. 

The query letters also help us to track submissions once they arrive in the office. 

Please state in the query letter that you attended the conference. If you are worried we might miss this information, put it in the first sentence. In fact, that's good advice even if you're not worried about it. 

If you did not attend the conference, please do not say that you did. Hey, we have that list of addresses of conference attendees so that we can confirm who attended and who did not.

Please see the How To Submit page for further details.

Web pages about specific conferences only give a re-cap of some of the information given during conference presentations. Conference attendees spend time and money in attending a conference, and while this information on this web-site is available to all people, it isn't a complete transcript of the presentations in order to respect the expense (time and money) of those who actually attend the conferences.