List of writers' conferences
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This is a list of worldwide authors' conferences for writers of all genres.
Europe[]
Bulgaria[]
France[]
Iceland[]
Ireland[]
Portugal[]
United Kingdom[]
- – York[6]
- Historical Novel Society Conference – September, London[7]
- Milford Writer's Workshop – science fiction writers; various locations[8]
- Winchester Writers' Conference – Winchester[9]
- Swanwick Writers' Summer School[10] – the UK's longest-running writers' school
- Writers Holiday[11]
North America[]
Bahamas[]
- Salt Cay Writers Retreat – Salt Cay, Bahamas[12]
Canada[]
- – Salmon Arm, British Columbia
- Surrey International Writers' Conference – Surrey, British Columbia
- Ontario Writers' Conference – Durham Region, Ontario[13]
Mexico[]
- San Miguel Writers' Conference & Literary Festival – San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato[14]
United States[]
A–E[]
- – Alabama[15]
- Alabama Writing Workshop – Birmingham, Alabama[16]
- Algonkian Writer Conferences – Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Virginia[17]
- The Aloha Writers Conference – Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii[18]
- – location varies[19]
- American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) annual conference – New York City, New York[20]
- – Yellow Springs, Ohio[21]
- – Little Rock, Arkansas[22]
- – Olympic Valley, California
- Association of Personal Historians conference – location varies, Canada and United States
- – Atlanta, Georgia[23]
- Atlanta Writing Workshop – Atlanta, Georgia[24]
- – New Smyrna Beach, Florida[25]
- – Auburn, Alabama[26]
- conference – Denver, Colorado[27]
- Authors Combat Academy – Nashville, Tennessee[28]
- Authors Conference Infinity Publishing Gathering of Authors – Valley Forge, Pennsylvania[29]
- Authors of the Flathead conference – Kalispell, Montana[30]*
- Authors' Salon at Clockwork Alchemy - Burlingame, California[31]*
- Avondale Writers Conference – Avondale, Arizona[32]
- AWP Conference & Bookfair – North America's largest literary conference; location varies[33]
- Backspace Writers Conference[34]
- Bear River Writers' Conference – Boyne City, Michigan[35]
- Blaze Your Own Trail to Self-Publishing Writers' Conference – San Diego, California[36]
- – Baltimore, Maryland[37]
- – New Smyrna Beach, Florida[38]
- – Corte Madera, California[39]
- – Corte Madera, California[40]
- – Corte Madera, California[41]
- BookBaby Independent Authors Conference – Philadelphia, PA[42]
- Boston Writing Workshop – Boston, Massachusetts[43]
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference – Middlebury, Vermont
- Business of Pet Writing Conference – New York City, New York[44]
- Business of Writing International Summit – August 1–2, 2014; Louisville, Kentucky[45]
- California Dreamin' Writers' Conference – Brea, California[46]
- Calliope Writing Coach – year round; Salt Lake City, Utah[47]
- Cape Cod Writers Center Conference – Cape Cod, Massachusetts[48]
- Carolinas Writers Conference – Wadesboro, North Carolina
- – Castle Rock, Colorado[49]
- – Bellingham, Washington[50]
- – Chicago, Illinois[51]
- Chesapeake Writing Workshop – Washington, D.C.[52]
- Chicago Writing Workshop – Chicago, Illinois[53]
- – Bellingham, Washington[54]
- Cleveland Writing Workshop – Cleveland, Ohio[55]
- – Estes Park, Colorado
- – Denver, Colorado[56]
- Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference – Colrain, Massachusetts
- The Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[57]
- – Crested Butte, Colorado[58]
- – Macon, Georgia[59]
- DFW Writers Conference (DFWCon) – Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas[60]
- Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop – Dayton, Ohio
F–M[]
- Florida Writing Workshop – Tampa, Florida[61]
- Florida Christian Writers Conference Leesburg, Florida[62]
- The Frost Place Conference on Poetry – Franconia, New Hampshire[63]
- The Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching – Franconia, New Hampshire[64]
- The Frost Place Poetry Seminar – Franconia, New Hampshire[65]
- The Frost Place Writing Intensive – Franconia, New Hampshire[66]
- – Kennesaw, Georgia
- Golden Crown Literary Society Annual Conference - July/August; various locations
- – Virginia Beach, Virginia[67]
- (formerly the Maui Writers Conference) – Maui, Hawaii[68]
- – August 2015, Lancaster, Pennsylvania[69]
- – mid-to-late June; various locations[70]
- Historical Writers of America Conference – August 19–21, 2016, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia[71]
- – New Bedford, Massachusetts[72]
- Horseback Writing Retreats[73] – Wyoming[74]
- – April; various locations[75]
- How to Write & Publish Your Book – Mississippi[76]
- Indiana Faith and Writing Conference – Anderson, Indiana[77]
- – Bloomington, Indiana[78]
- Indiana Writing Workshop – Indianapolis, Indiana[79]
- – San Francisco, California
- – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
- – August 27–29, 2015; Denver, Colorado[80]
- Juniper Institute for Young Writers – Amherst, Massachusetts[81]
- Juniper Summer Writing Institute – Amherst, Massachusetts[82]
- Kachemak Bay Writers Conferenece – Homer, Alaska[83]
- – November 9–11, 2018; Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii[84]
- Kentucky Women Writers Conference – Lexington, Kentucky[85]
- Key West Literary Seminar – Key West, Florida
- Killer Nashville – last full weekend every August; Nashville, Tennessee[86]
- – Los Angeles, California[87]
- Liberty States Fiction Writers Create Something Magical Conference – Iselin, New Jersey[88]
- Life the Universe & Everything (LTUE) – Provo, Utah[89]
- Literary Cleveland Inkubator Conference - Cleveland, Ohio[90]
- Longleaf Writers Conference at Seaside, FL Seaside, Florida[91]
- Los Angeles Writers Retreat – Los Angeles, California[92]
- – Hamilton, Ohio[93]
- - Tulsa, Oklahoma[94]
- Mendocino Coast Writers Conference – Fort Bragg, California[95]
- Michigan Writing Workshop – Livonia, Michigan[96]
- Minnesota Writing Workshop – Minneapolis, Minnesota[97]
- – Vicksburg, Mississippi[98]
N–Z[]
- – Nashville, Tennessee[99]
- – Mt. Pleasant, Texas[100]
- – New Orleans, Louisiana[101]
- – Toccoa, Georgia[102]
- – Fort Collins, Colorado[103]
- Northwest Georgia Writers Conference Calhoun, Georgia[104]
- – New York City, New York[105]
- – Oklahoma City, Oklahoma[106]
- – Eureka Springs, Arkansas[107]
- Philadelphia Writing Workshop – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania[108]
- Pikes Peak Writers Conference – Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Pittsburgh Writing Workshop – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania[109]
- – Boston, Massachusetts[110]
- – Salt Lake City, Utah[111]
- – Little Rock, Arkansas[112]
- – Kennesaw, Georgia[113]
- River Writing Journeys for Women[114] – Moab, Utah[115]
- – May 11–14, 2011; Rosemary Beach, Florida[116]
- – Grove City, Pennsylvania[117]
- – February 14–17; San Francisco, California[118]
- San Francisco Writing Workshop – San Francisco, California[119]
- Sanibel Island Writers Conference – Sanibel Island, Florida[120]
- – Santa Barbara, California[121]
- – Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Scribbler's Retreat Writer's Conference – St. Simons Island, Georgia
- Seattle Writing Workshop – Seattle, Washington[122]
- Sewanee Writers' Conference – Sewanee, Tennessee
- SF:SE 2015 – Orlando, Florida[123]
- Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators – two per year: summer – Los Angeles, California; winter – New York City, New York[124]
- – Southampton, New York
- – Tuscaloosa, Alabama[125]
- – Berry College, Rome, Georgia
- – Durango, Colorado[126]
- – Melbourne, Florida
- Squaw Valley Writer's Conference – Olympic Valley, California
- – Taos, New Mexico[127]
- Tennessee Writing Workshop – Nashville, Tennessee[128]
- – Reno, Nevada[129]
- – Tulsa, Oklahoma[130]
- – August 5–7, 2011; University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida[131]
- Unicorn Writer's Conference – Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York[132]
- – Middletown, Connecticut[133]
- – July 20–22, 2012; Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, California[134]
- - Searcy, Arkansas[135]
- – Willamette Writers' annual conference; on the first weekend in August; Portland, Oregon[136]
- Women Writing the West – Los Angeles, California[137]
- – St. Petersburg, Florida[138]
- – Madison, Wisconsin[139]
- – Atlanta, Georgia[140]
- Write Stuff �� , Bethlehem, Pennsylvania[141]
- – Wheaton, Illinois[142]
- – August 1–3, 2014; The Roosevelt Hotel, New York City, New York[143]
- – New York City, New York[144]
- – Madison, Wisconsin[145]
- – Green Bay, Wisconsin[146]
- – Park City, Utah[147]
- Writers in Florence[148]
- Writers in New York[149]
- – St. Petersburg, Florida[150]
- Writers in Paris[151]
- The Writing Academy – Farmington, Minnesota[152]
- – Salt Lake City, Utah[153]
- [154]
- – Port Townsend, Washington[155]
- – New Haven, Connecticut[156]
South America[]
Peru[]
- Peru, Weaving Words & Women[157]
See also[]
Notes[]
- ^ ekf
.bg /sozopol - ^ pariswritersretreat
.com - ^ icelandwritersretreat
.com - ^ thebookpromoter
.com /conference - ^ disquietinternational
.org - ^ writersworkshop
.co .uk /events .html - ^ hns-conference
.org .uk - ^ milfordsf
.co .uk - ^ writersconference
.co .uk - ^ swanwickwritersschool
.org .uk - ^ writersholiday
.net - ^ saltcaywritersretreat
.com - ^ ontariowritersconference
.com - ^ sanmiguelwritersconference
.org - ^ alabamawritersconclave
.org - ^ alabamawritingworkshop
.com - ^ algonkianconferences
.com - ^ alohawritersconference
.com - ^ acfw
.com - ^ asja
.org - ^ antiochwritersworkshop
.com - ^ arkansaswritersconference
.com - ^ atlantawritersconference
.com - ^ atlantawritingworkshop
.com - ^ atlanticcenterforthearts
.org - ^ auburnwritersconference
.org - ^ authoru
.org - ^ authorscombatacademy
.com - ^ authorsconference
.com - ^ authorsoftheflathead
.org /conference .asp - ^ clockworkalchemy
.com - ^ avondalewritersconference
.org - ^ awpwriter
.org /awp _conference /overview - ^ backspacewritersconference
.com - ^ lsa
.umich .edu /bearriver - ^ blazeyourtrailtopublication
.com - ^ bloguconference
.com - ^ blueflowerarts
.com /wwc - ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ [3]
- ^ www
.bookbaby .com /iac-independent-authors-conference / - ^ thebostonwritingworkshop
.wordpress .com - ^ petwritingconference
.com - ^ businessofwritingsummit
.com - ^ caldreaminwriters
.com - ^ calliopewritingcoach
.com - ^ capecodwriterscenter
.org - ^ douglascountylibraries
.org /Events /WritersConference - ^ chantireviews
.com /chanticleer-conference - ^ chapteroneconference
.com - ^ chesapeakewritingworkshops
.com - ^ chicagowritingworkshop
.com - ^ whatcom
.edu /academics /community-continuing-education /chuckanut-writers-conference - ^ clevelandwritingworkshop
.com - ^ rmfw
.org /conference - ^ creativenonfiction
.org /products /creative-nonfiction-writers-conference-three-day - ^ crestedbuttewriters
.org - ^ crossroadscon
.org - ^ dfwcon
.org - ^ floridawritingworkshops
.com - ^ floridacwc
.net - ^ frostplace
.org /conference-on-poetry - ^ frostplace
.org /cpt - ^ frostplace
.org /poetry-seminar - ^ frostplace
.org /writing-intensive - ^ Hampton Roads Writers
- ^ hawaiiwritersconference
.com - ^ conference
.hippocampusmagazine .com - ^ hns-conference
.org - ^ historicalwritersofamerica
.org - ^ hollihock
.org - ^ Horseback Writing Retreats
- ^ [4]
- ^ houstonwritersguild
.org /annual-conference - ^ writeandpublishyourbook
.net - ^ anderson
.edu /ifwc - ^ indiana
.edu /~writecon - ^ indianawritingworkshop
.com - ^ thebookshepherd
.com - ^ "Juniper Institute for Young Writers". www.umass.edu. Retrieved September 29, 2016.
- ^ www
.umass .edu /juniperinstitute - ^ writersconference
.homer .alaska .edu - ^ kauaiwritersconference
.com - ^ kentuckywomenwriters
.org - ^ killernashville
.com - ^ lawritersconference
.org - ^ "Create Something Magical Conference". July 23, 2009. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
- ^ ltue
.net - ^ Literary Cleveland Inkubator Conference
- ^ Longleaf Writers Conference
- ^ "Los Angeles Writers Retreat". Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved May 2, 2014.
- ^ writelikemad
.com - ^ jespiddlin
.com /publishers - ^ www
.mcwc .org - ^ michiganwritingworkshop
.com - ^ minnesotawritingworkshop
.com - ^ mississippiwritersguild
.com - ^ Annual Writers Conference focused on screenwriting
- ^ Annual Writers Roundup
- ^ darkoakwritercon
.com - ^ floridacwc
.net - ^ northerncoloradowritersconference
.com - ^ www
.nwgawriterscon .com - ^ newyorkpitchconference
.com - ^ owfi
.org - ^ ozarkcreativewriters
.com - ^ philadelphiawritingworkshop
.com - ^ pittsburghwritingworkshop
.com - ^ publishinggame
.com /workshops .htm - ^ quillsconference
.com - ^ rwsweekend
.org - ^ redclaywritersconference
.org - ^ River Writing Journeys for Women
- ^ [5]
- ^ conferenceforwriters
.com - ^ stdavidswriters
.com - ^ sfwriters
.org - ^ writingworkshopsanfrancisco
.com - ^ fgcu
.edu /siwc - ^ sbwriters
.com - ^ theseattlewritingworkshop
.com - ^ sfse2015
.com - ^ scbwi
.org - ^ scwconference
.com - ^ southwestchristianwriters
.org - ^ taosconf
.unm .edu - ^ tennesseewritingworkshop
.com - ^ [6]
- ^ tulsanightwriters
.wordpress .com - ^ unfwritersconference
.com - ^ unicornwritersconference
.com - ^ wesleyan
.edu /writing /conference - ^ wcwriters
.com - ^ whitecountycreativewriters
.org - ^ willamettewriters
.com /wwc /3 - ^ womenwritingthewest
.org - ^ wordsmitten
.com /writingworkshop .htm - ^ [7]
- ^ writeinatlanta
.com - ^ [8]
- ^ writetopublish
.com - ^ writersdigestconference
.com - ^ writershotel
.com - ^ [9]
- ^ writerspoliceaademy
.com - ^ writersatwork
.org /wp - ^ Writers in Florence
- ^ Writers in New York
- ^ writersinparadise
.com - ^ Writers in Paris
- ^ wams
.org - ^ wifyr
.com - ^ writingxwriters
.org - ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 19, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ summer
.yale .edu /ywc - ^ (http://www.pagelambert.com/peru.html)
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