2020 Symposium Sponsorship

VWC Symposium Sponsorship & Advertising Opportunities

Sponsoring the Virginia Writers Club 2020 Symposium

The Virginia Writers Club (VWC), founded in 1918, is one of the oldest organizations of its kind in the United States. Comprised of chapters throughout the Commonwealth, the Virginia Writers Club is dedicated to fostering the art, craft, business and advocacy of the literary arts.

In 2020 VWC will host its tenth annual Navigating Your Writing Life: Percolate – Regurgitate – Tittivate –Publicate (Think-Write-Edit-Publish). This year, due to the Cornonavirus, the event will be held online over two days, Saturday, August 1 and Sunday, August 2, 2020, and feature eight workshops on topics related to the art, craft, and business of writing for writers of all levels.

This year’s keynote speaker will be Austin Camacho, author of the Hannibal Jones Mystery Series about a Washington DC-based private eye, the Stark and O'Brien international adventure-thriller series, and the stand-alone detective novel, Beyond Blue. Camacho is also editorial director for Intrigue Publishing, a Maryland small press. He is a past president of the Maryland Writers Association, past Vice President of the Virginia Writers Club, and is an active member of Mystery Writers of America, International Thriller Writers and Sisters in Crime.

Sponsoring the symposium is a fun and impactful way to promote literacy in the Commonwealth as well as offer the attendees information about goods, services, and opportunities for writers and those interested in writing.

See our sponsorship opportunities below. You can get your sponsor space reserved using the Buy Now button through PayPal, or contact LeslieTruex@gmail.com if you'd like to mail a check.

SPONSORSHIP LEVELS

See logo and ad specs in advertising section below.

Bronze Level ($100):

• Sponsor name/logo with link featured on the VWC Symposium website and Facebook
• Logo placement in the digital Symposium booklet given to all participants (and archived online along with the 2020 symposium workshops)
• ¼ page advertisement in the symposium booklet
• Logo included on VWC Sponsors slide video played between workshops

Silver Level ($200): 

• Sponsor name/logo with link featured on the VWC Symposium website and Facebook
• Logo placement in the digital Symposium booklet given to all participants (and archived online along with the 2020 symposium workshops)
• ½ page advertisement in the Symposium booklet
• Display your logo or other information on your own slide in the interim video played between workshops (one slide)

Gold Level ($300+): 

• Sponsor name/logo with link featured on the VWC Symposium website and Facebook
• Logo placement in the digital Symposium booklet given to all participants (and archived online along with the 2020 symposium workshops)
• Full-page advertisement in the Symposium booklet
• Display your logo or other information in the interim video played between workshops
• 30-second video “commercial” of your business or book(s) played in between workshops (note that you’ll need to provide the video).

Additional sponsorship opportunities include, but are not limited to: 

• Provision of door prizes
• Financial support to offset the symposium costs, such as sponsorship specific workshops

VWC is also open to additional suggestions for support that sponsors may suggest.

To discuss symposium sponsorship opportunities,

contact Leslie Truex at LeslieTruex[at]gmail.com

ADVERTISING OPTIONS

Place your ad in the symposium book that includes all speaker materials and is given to every participant.  

Quarter page: $25

Half page: $50 

Whole page: $75

To advertise in the digital Symposium Book, given to all attendees and presenters, contact Leslie Truex at LeslieTruex[at]gmail.com

DEADLINE JUNE 30, 2020