Symposium 2025: Ink and Inspiration

When
08/02/2025
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location
Randolph-Macon College, Ashland, Virginia

Registration

Early Bird Non-Member Adult Rates (Non-student) – $75.00
Public access from 6/15/2025 through 6/30/2025
Early Bird Non-member Students (high school or college under age 27) – $50.00
Public access from 6/15/2025 through 6/30/2025
Early Bird VWC Member Adult Rates (non-student) (June Only) – $65.00
Limited access from 6/13/2025 through 6/30/2025
Early Bird VWC Member Students (high school or college under age 27) – $40.00
Limited Access from 6/15/2025 through 6/30/2025
Non-member Adult Regular Rate (registering on or after July 1) – $85.00
Public access from 7/1/2025 through 8/2/2025
Non-member Student (high school or college under age 27) Regular Rate – $60.00
Public access 7/1/2025 through 8/2/2025
Symposium Presenters and Committee Members
Registration Code required from 6/13/2025 through 8/2/2025
VWC Lifetime Members
Registration code required from 6/15/2025 through 8/2/2025
VWC Member Adult Regular Rate (registering on or after July 1) – $75.00
Limited access from 7/1/2025 through 8/2/2025
VWC Member Student Regular Rate (registering on or after July 1) – $50.00
Limited access from 7/1/2025 through 8/2/2025

2025 Symposium

Ink and Inspiration

Fifteenth Annual VWC Symposium

This year's Symposium will be in-person at Randolph-Macon College, 114 College Ave., Ashland, Virginia.

Keynote speaker: We're excited to have renowned true crime author Dianne Fanning as our keynote speaker. She is the Edgar-nominated, best-selling author of 15 true crime books and 12 crime novels and a recipient of the Defender of Innocence award from the Innocence Project. She has served as a consultant to 48 Hours, was a regular presence on 14 seasons of Deadly Women, and appeared on the Today Show, 20/20, Forensic Files, Snapped, the Biography Channel, Investigation Discovery, E! and the BBC as well as numerous podcasts. Raised in Baltimore County, she moved to Virginia, then south Texas, and she now lives in the shadow of the Blue Ridge Mountains in Bedford, Virginia.