Details of the young writers conference

The Press Service International young writer program in conjunction with Christian Today is set for Saturday, 12 August at the Alexandra Park Conference Centre at Alexandra Headland on the Sunshine Coast.

The following is the program for the day:

Part 1
9.00am—fellowship

Part 2
9.30am—consists of the following:

Short interviews of young writers
And a fencing display in period dress
A morning tea
Two plenary's
Mark Furler—News Angels
John Lemmon—Blogging

Part 3
12.30pm—lunch

Part 4
1.30pm

Two small group sessions
Interviews of young writers
Video
Afternoon tea

Part 5
4.00pm—Awards

Haydn Lea and Jo Fuller, members of the planning group.

Awards lists

Australian
Basil Sellers—1^st
Tronson Consistency—2^nd
Theology

New Zealand
Basil Sellers—1^st
Tronson Consistency—2^nd
Theology

Internationals
Basil Sellers—1^st
Tronson Consistency—2^nd
Theology

Sport
Tony Dunkerley Sport Award

Other
Young Writer's Encouragement Award
Week Coordinator Encouragement Award

Best Article
Each young writer's Best Article certificate

We're all set for Saturday 12 August !

Cartia Moore and Kandima Awendila, members of the planning group.

Dr Mark Tronson is a Baptist minister (retired) who served as the Australian cricket team chaplain for 17 years (2000 ret) and established Life After Cricket in 2001. He was recognised by the Olympic Ministry Medal in 2009 presented by Carl Lewis Olympian of the Century. He mentors young writers and has written 24 books, and enjoys writing. He is married to Delma, with four adult children and grand-children. Dr Tronson writes a daily article for Christian Today Australia (since 2008) and in November 2016 established Christian Today New Zealand.

Mark Tronson's archive of articles can be viewed at http://www.pressserviceinternational.org/mark-tronson.html

Russell Modlin and Caitlyn Furler, members of the planning group.

Dr Mark Tronson - a 4 min video

https://youtu.be/vxhhVbRmUlM

Chairman – Well-Being Australia

Baptist Minister 45 years

1984 - Australian cricket team chaplain 17 years (Ret)
2001 - Life After Cricket (18 years Ret)
2009 - Olympic Ministry Medal – presented by Carl Lewis
2019 - The Gutenberg - (ARPA Christian Media premier award)

Gutenberg video - 2min 14sec

Married to Delma for 45 years with 4 children and 6 grand children