Conferences offer intimate access to editors and agents as well as panel discussions
on the publishing industry, market trends, and submission Q & A’s—all good opportunities
to network and form valuable leads. Manuscript evaluations are beneficial if they
allow participants to submit their work in advance for a one-on-one consultation
session with a notable editor or agent.
So are conferences worth a couple hundred bucks in registration fees and travel
expenses? Depends. We recommend reviewing a conference’s guest list before deciding
if it’s worth it. Who's attending? Who are the
panelists, key note speakers, and visiting agents and editors? With the right conference, your gut will say “Yes,” even if
your pocket book screams “No!”
In our opinion, all aspiring writers should attend at least one conference a
year. Doctor’s orders. After all, you’re a writer. It’s a lonely,
maddening, isolated hobby. Get out, get some fresh air, and meet some literary
folk like yourself. Spend a few hundred bucks, travel somewhere fun and
fabulous, and make a weekend vacation of it. At the very least, it will make
you feel more like a serious writer, and who knows, you might even meet your
future agent.
Algonkian and New York Writers Workshop "NYC 2007 Pitch & Shop"
NYC Pitch & Shop hosted by Algonkian Writers Workshop and New York Writers Workshop will be held in New York City on April 24 - 25, 2008.
The Algonkian Writer Workshops and the New York Writer's Workshops have melded their faculty,
connections, and expertise to produce the first novel pitch conference in New York City
(and the U.S.) that not only provides writers with sufficient time to properly pitch top
editors from major publishers, but also three intensive "pitch workshops" designed to teach participants
the art of the pitch.
Algonkian Writers Conference
Upcoming Algonkian Novel Workshops to be held at Harpers Ferry, Algonkian Park, Tucson, Half Moon Bay,
and other locations nationwide. Please check out their webpage for all dates and locations. Algonkian puts together teams of the best writing professionals in the country.
Their five-day conferences are ideal for serious writers who wish to either begin the novel or work towards perfecting
their novel-in-progress (while also learning to write short fiction).
American Christian Fiction
Writers Conference
The American Christian Fiction Writers Conference will in be held September 18 - 21, 2008.
Enjoy four days of intense learning and exceptional networking with authors,
agents, editors and friends from all areas of the industry as they celebrated the annual conference,
and the new beginnings that God has inspired in ACFW.
Arizona State University
Writers Conference
The Fifth Annual Arizona State University Writers Conference will be held on the Arizona State University main campus in February, 2009. Experience four exciting days and nights of
literary readings, writing classes, panels on publishing and the writing life,
and conversations and interviews with famous and emerging artists, and
internationally celebrated authors.
Aspen Summer Words 2007
The 31th annual Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat and Literary Festival will be held June 22 - 27, 2008 in Aspen, Colorado.
The retreat offers workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. This year's faculty includes poet Christopher Merrill; fiction writers Amy Bloom, Ron Carlson, and Pam Houston;
and creative nonfiction writers Ted Conover, Gary Ferguson, and Laura Fraser.
The festival features lectures, readings, panel discussions, and the opportunity to meet with agents and editors.
2009 AWP Annual
Conference
The next conference will be held February 11 – 14, 2009 in Chicago, Illinois. This conference features meetings and caucuses for writers,
publishers, teachers, and arts administrators as well as a book fair, readings,
panel discussions on a wide range of issues, and forums on the teaching of
creative writing. The AWP Conference and Bookfair brings together thousands of students, writers, educators, editors, publishers, and patrons of the literary arts under one roof, making AWP’s Conference one of the largest annual literary gatherings in North America.
Backspace Writers Conference
The Backspace Writers Conference will take place in June 26 - 27, 2008 at the Radisson Martinique in New York City.
The Backspace Writers Conference brings together best-selling authors, top literary agents, and editors for a two-day,
two-track event featuring panel discussions, workshops, and socializing in the heart
of the publishing world. Serious writers in all genres are invited to come meet the
people who can make a difference in their writing career.
Backspace Agent-Author Seminars
The Backspace Agent-Author Seminars are one-day seminars that will take place on August 7 & 8, 2008 at the Radisson Martinique in New York City.
The Backspace Agent-Author Seminars are intense, back-to-back programs of panels and workshops designed to educate and assist authors in search of a literary agent to represent their work.
With only agents on the program, these casual, no-pressure seminars are a terrific opportunity to network, ask questions, talk about your work, and listen and learn from the people who make their living selling books.
Confirmed agents include Scott Hoffman, Stephany Evans, Michael Bourret, Janet Reid, Caren Johnson and likely more!
Bear River Writers Conference 2008
The annual Bear River Writers' Conference, sponsored by the University of Michigan, will be held May 29 - June 02, 2008 at Camp Michigania on Walloon Lake, near Petoskey, Michigan.
The conference offers workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as readings, discussions, nature walks, and time for writing.
Blue Metropolis Montreal International Literary Festival
The next Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will take place in downtown Montreal April 30 - May 04, 2008. Blue Metropolis is one of Canada's premier literary events, with 230 writers featured in over
100 appearances over a five-day period. Some 11,000 people attend Festival events, which range from on-stage interviews and readings
to panel discussions and a Translation Slam. Blue Metropolis is an extraordinary meeting point for writers with their readers, other writers, publishers,
literary translators, and journalists. The Festival is unique as Montreal is singularly unique, with some
events being held in English, some in French, and others including writers who work in Spanish and other languages.
Book Expo America Writer's Conference
The Book Expo America Writer's Conference will take place in May 29 - June 01, 2008 in Los Angeles.
BookExpo America is the only industry event where you can experience the entire scope of book publishing from the U.S. and the world -
all in one place, all at one time. With more than 2,000 exhibits, 500 authors, over 80 conference sessions as well as a special area
for rights business, you'll see all the latest titles across genres, uncover hidden gems, network, and meet the industry contacts to put you instantly
on top of what you need to know for your business, job, and writing career.
Bouchercon 2008, World Mystery Convention
Bouchercon 2008, World Mystery Convention will take place in October 9 - 12, 2008 in Baltimore, MD. The World Mystery Convention, Bouchercon®, is a convention run by fans for fans from all over
the globe. It is not a writers' convention though many authors attend since they, too, are
fans of the genre. Together, fans, authors, editors, literary agents, booksellers, publicists and publishers
honor the late author, editor, critic (and fan), Anthony Boucher - and celebrate their mutual passion for the mystery genre.
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference
The next Bread Loaf Conference will take place August 13 - 24, 2008. The Bread Loaf Writers' Conference is one of
America's most valuable literary institutions. For more than 75 years, the
workshops, lectures, and classes in the shadow of the Green Mountains in
Middlebury, Vermont. It provides a stimulating community of diverse voices in
which we test our own assumptions regarding literature and seek advice about
our progress as writers.
Chicago Humanities Festival
The next Festival will be held in October 27 through November, 2008 in Chicago.
A Fesival of Ideas. Since 1990, world-renowned authors, scholars, poets, policy-makers, artists, and performers
have gathered each November at Chicago's many cultural institutions to celebrate the power of ideas in human
culture. Each year, tens of thousands of enthusiastic audience participants rediscover the rich and vital
role the Humanities play in their daily lives.
Children's Author's Bootcamp
The next Children's Author's BootCamp will be held on June 7 & 8, 2008 in Gaithersburg, MD.
Successful children’s author Linda Arms White (Too Many
Pumpkins, Comes A Wind, Cooking on a Stick, I Could Do That!) and Laura Backes,
publisher of Children’s Book Insider, the Newsletter for Children’s
Writers, offer a two-day intensive training workshop that teaches aspiring children's book authors how to develop children’s fiction that sells.
Columbus Writers Conference
The Columbus Writers Conference will be held August 2008 in Columbus, OH.
This conference features an exciting range of fiction and nonfiction topics presented by writers, editors, and literary agents, as well as one-to-one consultations
with literary agents and editors.
Community of Writers at Squaw Valley
The next fiction conference will be held August 2 - 9, 2008 in Squaw Valley,
California. Every summer since 1969 the Squaw Valley Community of
Writers Workshops has brought together poets and prose writers for separate
weeks of workshops, individual conferences, lectures, panels, readings and
discussions of the craft and the business of writing. Their goal is to assist
serious writers to improve their craft and thus move them closer to
publication.
Emerald Coast Writers' Conference
The next conference will be held March 13 - 15, 2008 in Ft. Walton Beach, Florida.
Emerald Coast Writers is proud to announce its fourth annual writers’ conference. Come join them at the fabulous Ramada Plaza Beach Resort located directly
on the Gulf of Mexico in Destin, Florida. All their sessions are taught by published professionals,
and the event is designed to provide writers of all genres direct contact with other writers, agents and editors.
Festival of Faith & Writing
The next Festival of Faith and Writing will take place at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, MI on April 17-19, 2008
The Festival of Faith and Writing at Calvin College is a biennial conference that brings together writers, editors, publishers, musicians, artists, and readers for three days of discussing and celebrating insightful writing that explores, in some significant way, issues of faith.
First Pages Writer's Conference
The conference will take place on April 26, 2008 in Norwalk, CT.
Founder of First Pages, Eileen Robinson--former Scholastic children's book editor--will be hosting this conference to help children's writers have a better chance at getting published.
The panel will include Jon Goodspeed, Editorial Director, Penguin (Children's), Adriana Dominquez, Executive Editor, Harper Collins (Children's), Marcela Landers, former Simon & Schuster editor and Harold Underdown, former CharlesBridge editor and founder of online children's writing resource, The Purple Crayon.
Glorieta Christian Writers Conference
The next conference will be held October 22 - 26, 2008 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The Glorieta Christian Writers Conference is structured to provided the perfect balance of education, inspiration and relaxation.
The morning General Sessions will feature a devotional, music and a panel discussion. Panel discussions will include a variety of experts with diverse opinions addressing topics of interest.
The heart of the Glorieta Christian Writers Conference is the comprehensive classes. Choose your specific topic of interest from seven different options. Over the course of the conference, you will
receive six hours of hands-on training, coaching and encouragement from one of their Professional Writers.
Indiana University Writers’ Conference
The next conference will be held June 8 - 13, 2008 on the Bloomington
campus of Indiana University. The Indiana University Writers'
Conference (IUWC) annually attracts a staff of nationally prominent writers who
are equally skilled and involved teachers. Participants in the week-long
conference join faculty-led workshops in fiction, poetry and creative
nonfiction, take classes on various aspects of writing, engage in one-on-one
consultation with faculty members, and attend a variety of readings and social
events.
International Women’s Writing
Guild Conference
The Big Apple Writing Workshop and Open House, sponsored by the International Women's Writing Guild, will be held April 12 - 13, 2008 in New York City.
Open to men and women poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, the conference offers the Saturday workshop "Claiming Our Stories: The Power of Autobiography and Autobiographical Fiction," as well as opportunities to meet with authors and agents.
Iowa Summer Writing Festival
The next festival will be held June, 22 - 28, 2008 in Iowa City.
The Iowa Summer Festival offers weekly sessions with daily 3-hours workshops with a
leader and other writers as well as other activities. Week-long workshops are
designed to give you plenty of time to write, revise, read and critique in the
mornings and evenings. Participants have several opportunities to meet other
workshop members and enjoy the energy and ambiance of summer in Iowa City.
Juniper Summer Writing Institute at the University of Massachusetts Amherst
The Juniper Summer Writing Institue will be held June 22 - 28, 2008 in Amherst, MA.
Juniper Institute's participants form a community of writers committed to exploring issues of craft and imagination essential to the creative process.
At the heart of the Institute are intensive workshops in poetry and fiction. Specializing in one genre and working closely with a core group of readers,
participants generate new work and revise work in progress. Enrollment in each workshop is limited so that every writer has multiple opportunities to present his or her work.
The Kenyon Review Writers
Workshop
The next conference will be held June 14 - 21, 2008 in Gambier, Ohio.
The editors of The Kenyon Review present the Writers Workshop, offering
the time, setting, and community for serious writers to practice and develop
their art. The Writers Workshop invites poets, fiction writers, and literary
nonfiction writers to spend eight days in the wooded village of Gambier, Ohio,
working together and independently, exploring their own work, sharing their
words and thoughts.
Maui Writers Conference
The next conference will be held Aug - September, 2008 in Maui, Hawaii. Bringing together a long list of best-selling
authors, award- winning journalists, top editors, agents, publishers, as well
as the best in screenwriting and film, the Maui Writers Conference offers
writers the opportunity to meet the people who can make a difference in their
writing career.
Mendocino Coast Writers Conference
The annual Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, sponsored by the College of the Redwoods, will be held July 31 - August 02, 2008 in Fort Bragg, California.
The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as discussion forums on publishing and editing.
Here on the rugged cliffs above the Pacific Ocean, join professionals from the writing world for three days of stimulating instruction and fellowship.
Midwest Writers Workshop
The next workshop will be held July 24 - 26, 2008 at Ball State
University, Indiana. The Workshop offers notable speakers and faculty
as well as manuscript evaluation, intensive workshops instructional classes,
and special events over the course of a weekend.
The Muse and the Marketplace Conference
The sixth annual Muse and the Marketplace Conference will be held in April 26 - 27, 2008 in Boston.
The conference, for fiction and creative nonfiction writers, features craft classes, panel discussions, and meetings with agents and editors. Participants include fiction writers Elizabeth Benedict, Arthur Golden, Heidi Pitlor, Jim Shepard, and Martha Southgate, among others.
Nebraska Summer Writers’ Conference
The next conference will be held June 15 - 20, 2008 at the University of Nebraska
in Lincoln. It offers a week-long series of workshops, panel
discussion, faculty readings.
North Carolina Writers’
Network Fall Conference
The next Fall conference will be held November 2008 at the Sheraton Imperial, North Carolina. It offers a
weekend of sessions related to fiction, nonfiction, poetry, screenwriting,
playwriting, and children’s fiction as well as manuscript evaluations.
Third Annual Northern Colorado Writers Conference
The Third Annual NCWC will be held April 4th and 5th, 2008 in Fort Collins Hilton, Fort Collins, Colorado.
This year the NCWC is offering more workshops – more speakers – more to help you take your
writing to the next level. This two-day event will inspire and inform
writers of all genres. The 17-member faculty includes authors Laura Backes, Todd Mitchell, and
Victoria Hanley; editors Matthew Davis, Katy Neusteter, and Faith
Marcovecchio; and literary agents Rachelle Gardner, Kristin Nelson, and
Jessica Regel. For more information email kerrie@ncwc.biz target="new" or visit their website.
Pacific Coast Children's Writers Workshop
This sixth annual event will be held August 15-17, 2008 at the Hilton
Hotel in Santa Cruz, California
Team-taught seminar for 30 writers of
character-driven, realistic youth novels. Enjoy continuous close contact
with our savvy, supportive faculty: Edward Necarsulmer (agent, Director
of Children's Department at McIntosh and Otis, Inc.), Anne Hoppe
(Executive Editor, HarperCollins Children’s Books), and Deborah Halverson
(author of two Delacorte novels; former editor at Harcourt Children’s
Books). This fast-paced, hands-on seminar explores craft with an eye to
publication. Pre-workshop readings; optional academic credit/CEUs
conferred by the University of California. Up to three manuscript
critiques per writer. For the most options and lowest fees, apply by
early April.
Pacific Northwest Writers Association
The next conference will be held July 17 - 20, 2008 in Seattle, Washington.
This conference offers four days of intensive instruction tailored for
beginning, intermediate and advanced writers, including more than 50 workshops
and panels with experts in the industry as well as face-to-face meetings with
top agents & editors.
Paris Writers
Workshop
The next workshop will be held July 01 - 11, 2008 in Paris, France.
WICE, a nonprofit anglophone volunteer-based association, provides cultural and
educational programs and services to the international community in Paris.
Today, WICE has over 1,000 members-- English-speaking women and men from over
35 countries--and it offers hundreds of courses a year. Within the Paris
Writers Workshop, each writers chooses to participate in one workshop
section—Poetry, Short Story, Creative Nonfiction, or Developing the Novel—which
meets for a total of 15 classroom hours. Enrollment is limited to 12 students
per section.
Romance Writers of America 27th
Annual National Conference
The next conference will be held July 30 - August 02, 2008 in San Francisco, CA.
Enhance your writing and knowledge of the ins and outs of publishing romance
fiction by through workshops, panel discussions, and round-tables featuring
publishing professionals. Schedule a one-on-one pitch meeting with an acquiring
editor or literary agent, and network with the stars of romance fiction.
Sandhills Writers Conference
The conference will be held on in March 20 - 22, 2008 on the campus of Augusta State
University in Augusta, Georgia's historic Summerville district. The
Sandhills Writers Conference is open to all persons interested in writing. Plan
to attend the Southeast's most prestigious conference for writers of fiction,
poetry, non-fiction, plays, children's literature, and song lyrics. Activities
will include talks on writer’s craft, advice from regional and nation agents
& editors, and manuscript consultations.
San Diego State University Writers Conference
The conference will be held January 25 - 27, 2008 in San Diego, CA.
For more than two decades, this writers' conference has helped writers
at every level. Improve your writing skills, develop your marketing awareness, and meet the writing professionals who
can facilitate the next step in your publishing career. Network with established editors, agents and writers
who will explore in-depth tips on how to write successful novels, nonfiction, and screenplays and how to publish them in the
traditional manner or on the Internet.
San Francisco Writers Conference
The next conference will be held Feb 2009 in San Francisco, CA.
This annual event balances the craft of writing and principles of publishing in an
information-packed weekend in the heart of San Francisco. The conference boasts an outstanding
faculty bursting with best selling authors, respected literary agents, and top publishing professionals.
Santa Barbara Writers Conference
The next annual Santa Barbara Writers Conference will be held in June 21 - 26, 2008 at Fess Parker's DoubleTree Resort in Santa Barbara, California.
The program offers lectures and panel discussions, including 30 different instructional workshops offered each day on everything from fiction (all genre) to non-fiction, to screenwriting, poetry, chick lit, biography, autobiography and memoir, children's lit and young adult, marketing and ways to get those creative juices flowing.
Scheduled speakers include fiction writers Ray Bradbury, T.C. Boyle, Erica Jong, and Jewell Parker Rhodes. Faculty members include poets Perie Longo and David Starkey, and fiction writer Lisa Lenard-Cook, among others.
Santa Fe Writers Conference
The next conference will be held June, 2008 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. For twenty years, since 1985, the Santa Fe Writers Conference
has brought writers together from across the country to devote time and
attention to their art. In workshops, private conferences, readings, panels,
craft talks, and informal discussions, accomplished writers share their
experience with those learning or refining their fiction, nonfiction, and
poetry.
Seven Mountains Writer Conference
The next conference will be held October 2008 and will take place at the height of the spectacular autumn in the Berkshire Mountains, MA.
The Seven Mountains Writer Conference for aspiring authors, poets, and fiction writers is a workshop-focused, small-group conference created to:
1) teach participants advanced craft and technique not found anywhere else (not even in an MFA program);
2) enable participants to learn the inside of the publishing business and make invaluable connections; 3)
combine the advantages of a larger conference with that of a small group workshop; and 4) provide a setting conducive to accomplishing all of the above.
Sewanee Writers Conference
The next conference will be held July 15 - 28, 2008 on the campus of the
University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. Every July, a group of
more than 100 students of writing gathers on the idyllic mountaintop campus of
the University of the South. During a whirlwind two-week period, these
participants talk about the craft of writing with some of this country’s finest
novelists, poets, playwrights, and professionals in the publishing field.
Sleuthfest
The next conference will be held in March 2009 in Deerfield Beach, FL.
Everything a mystery writer could ever want, packed into a three day extravaganza event—from "Forensic Fair" which offers crime scene investigation and law enforcement
exhibits & demos—to panel discussions and cocktail parties with big name agents and editors.
Surrey International
Writers' Conference
The next conference will be held October 24 - 26, 2008 in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
A three-day conference that features over 70 workshops conducted by over 40 presenters
including best-selling authors, literary agents, and editors. The conference offers on-on-one appointments with agents and editors, as well as
master classes and workshops and offer "connection corners" to help writers meet like-minded participants.
Southern California
Writers’ Conference
The next conference will be held February, 2009 in San Diego, California.
Founded and run by professional writers, the SCWC provides veteran and emerging
talent with authoritative critique to help prepare writers’ manuscripts for
market consideration as well as facilitate many first-time author book sales to
publishers. With extended one-on-one evaluation of advance submissions and
dozens of Q&A workshops, the SCWC is specifically tailored to provide
comprehensive feedback on writers’ work.
Society of Children's Book Writers & Illustrators 35th Annual Summer Conference
The next conference will be held February, 2009 in New York City.
The SCBWI's 36th Annual Summer Conference features an expanded program for published authors and
illustrators, including a complete professional workshop track, the opportunity for
individual marketing consultations, and a VIP reception for published authors and
illustrators to show their work.
Split Rock Summer Workshops
The workshops will be held in June - August, 2008 on the University of Minnesota's Twin Cities Campus.
The 2006 program features 46 workshops that serve artists of all interests, backgrounds,
and skill levels, not to mention a variety of approaches to art forms, media, and methods,
so participants may select workshops that are most appropriate to their needs and interests.
The faculty are renowned practicing artists and writers, and all workshops allow for significant one-to-one contact between participant and instructor.
Summer Literary Seminars in
Russia
The next sessions will be held June - July, 2008 in St. Petersburg,
Russia. Organized in two-week or four-week sessions, writers participate in
morning writing workshop conducted by established American writers and
afternoon Russian culture courses conducted by notable Russian faculty, thus
experiencing literary and cultural immersion within the lush ambience of St.
Petersburg. Literary walks, sight-seeing tours, faculty readings, and social
gatherings continually engage participants within the city of the Neva.
University of North Dakota Writers
Conference
The next conference will be held March 25 - 29, 2008 on the campus of the
University of North Dakota in Grand Forks, ND. The conference includes
panel discussions, readings, a film festival, book signings, and open mike
readings as well as notable faculty.
Viable Paradise: A Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers' Workshop
The Annual Viable Paradise Workshop with be held in September 21 - 26, 2008 in Martha's Vineyard, an island off the coast of Massachusetts.
Viable Paradise is a unique one-week residential workshop
in writing and selling commercial science fiction and fantasy. The workshop is
intimate, intense, and features extensive time spent with best-selling and
award-winning authors and professional editors currently working in the field.
VP concentrates on the art of writing fiction people want to read, and this
concentration is reflected in post-workshop professional sales by their alumni
Virgina Festival of the Book
The Annual Virginia Festival of the Book will be held in March 26 - 30, 2008
in Charlottesville, Virginia. Five days of free literary events open to
the public to honor book culture and promote reading and literacy, featuring
readings, panels, and discussions with authors, illustrators and publishing
professionals.
The Voices Summer Writing Workshop for Writers of Color
The Voices Summer Writing Workshop will be held June - July, 2008 at the University of San Francisco.
The Voices Writing Workshop is a special gathering of writers of color who spend 1-2 weeks working with well known authors
and performers. Held on the campus of University of San Francisco, the Voices Workshop
creates an intimate and interactive community with an atmosphere of sharing and engaging.
Washington Independent Writers Conference
The Washington Independent Writers Conference will be held June 14, 2008 in Washington, D.C.
Come take part in the annual Washington Writers Conference on the campus of George Washington University in the heart of Washington, D.C.
This year's conference features keynote speaker Laurence J. Kirshbaum, of LJK Literary Management LLC. Popular sessions include nuts-and-bolts panels led by leading professionals, group breakfasts with agents, manuscript critiques conducted by
John Hopkins University faculty, and one-on-one meetings with literary agents.
Wesleyan Writers Conference
The annual Wesleyan Writers Conference will be held in June 15 - 20, 2008 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut.
The program includes seminars, readings, workshops, publishing advice, and optional manuscript consultations, all designed to offer you new perspectives on your work and the company of other writers who share your interests.
The faculty includes poets Peter Gizzi, Honor Moore, John Vincent, and Elizabeth Willis; fiction writers Ann Beattie, Alexander Chee, Josip Novakovich, Roxana Robinson, Matthew Sharpe, and Robert Stone; creative nonfiction writers Philip Gourevitch and William Finnegan; and many others, including editors, agents, and publishers.
Willamette Writers Conference
The Willamette Writers Conference will be held August 01 - 03, 2008 in Portland, OR.
Every summer for some 35 years, writers have gathered in Portland to hone their craft and market their work--many
of them launching their careers through connections made at the Willamette Writers Conference. With its new venue offering spacious meeting rooms and relaxed atrium, the Embassy
Suites Portland Airport Hotel promises more comfort, more room,
and more fun for the estimated 500 conference-goers and 100-plus agents, editors, managers and producers.
Write On the Sound Writers Conference
The next conference will be held October 3 -5, 2008, nestled in
Washington’s Puget Sound.
Writers of all levels interested in the craft of writing will enjoy Write on the Sound,
a conference limited to 200 participants that was first developed by the Edmonds Arts
Commission in 1985 to support the literary arts. The two-day annual event features
over 30 presenters, a literary contest, manuscript critiques,
reception and book signing, onsite bookstore, and a variety of evening activities.
Writers League in Texas' Annual Agents and Editors Conference
The next conference will be held June 20 - 22, 2008 in Austin, Texas.
Meet and socialize with prominent agents, editors, and writers in the laid-back atmosphere of downtown Austin, hosted by the Writer's League in Texas. Whether your interests include fiction, nonfiction, traditional publishing, or self-publishing, you'll find valuable information, advice, and inspiration from experienced professionals in the publishing industry at this conference.
Benefit from the expertise of published authors during panel discussions and breakout sessions.
Writers in Paradise Writer's Conference
The next conference will be held January 19 - 27, 2008, on the Eckerd College campus in St. Petersburg, Florida.
This intensive, eight-day experience of intimate workshop classes, panel discussions, readings, book signings, cocktail receptions and dinners is designed for those who are passionate about writing.
They are proud to announce our award-winning faculty and guest speakers: Beth Ann Fennelly, Tom Franklin, Laura Lippman, Peter Meinke, Roland Merullo, Thisbe Nissen, David Hale Smith, Les Standiford and Sterling Watson, among others.
The tranquil seaside landscape sets the tone for this informal gathering of writers, teachers, editors and agents all working side-by-side.
Whidbey
Island Writers Conference
The next conference will be held on February, 2009 on Whidbey Island, nestled in
Washington’s Puget Sound. Located in the rain shadow of the Olympic
mountains, Whidbey Island provides spectacular ocean and mountain views.
Immerse yourself in learning and nurture your talent at a variety of
informative classes and hands-on intensive writing workshops. Join a small
group in a friendly home setting for their Fireside Chats. Interact with three
published authors, or spend the day in an intensive workshop with one
presenter. Attend an expert panel discussion, where agents and editors will
share inside details, divulge what they are looking for.
World Fantasy Convention 2007
The next convention will be held November, 2008 in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Hosted by The Fandom Association of Central Texas, The World Fantasy Convention is an annual gathering (almost a reunion) of professionals, collectors, and others interested in the field of Light and Dark Fantasy art and literature.
The main features of the convention are the World Fantasy Awards, and the convention program features many of the attending professionals.
Convention attendees often include over 200 published authors, 80 artists, 35 editors, and rare book dealers in the field.
Writers at Work Conference
The next conference will be held June 23 - 27, 2008 in Westminster
College in Salt Lake City, Utah. Writers @ Work Conference offers a
curriculum that fills the needs of writers at all levels: from workshops where
students can discuss writing techniques with nationally renowned instructors
and writers, one-on-one manuscript consultations with a professional editor or
agent, to the afternoon lectures, panels, and readings.
Writers Conference at Penn
The conference will be held October, 2009 at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. The conference will offer workshops in
fiction, creative nonfiction, marketing, and publishing. The faculty includes
fiction writers Eric Darton, Paul Greenburg, Lise Juska, and James Rahn;
creative nonfiction writers Tanya Barrientos, Meredith Broussard, Lise
Funderburg, and Beth Kephart; and marketing and publishing professionals Leslie
Daniels, Amy Holman, and Linda Konner.
Zoetrope Short Story Writers’ Workshop
The next workshop will be held August, 2008 at Blancaneaux Lodge, Belize,
Central America. Hosted in Francis Ford Coppola's Blancaneaux Lodge in
Belize, each day of the Zoetrope Short Story Workshop will feature intensive,
small group workshops with guest instructors and editors, guided writing
exercises, and private writing time. All students will have access to
instructors during meal times. Each night there will be local entertainment, and
student and faculty readings.
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