List of writers' conferences
This is a list of worldwide authors' conferences for writers of all genres.
Europe
Bulgaria
France
Iceland
Ireland
Portugal
United Kingdom
- Festival of Writing, York[6]
- Historical Novel Society Conference, London[7]
- Milford Writer's Workshop, science fiction writers; various locations[8]
- Winchester Writers' Conference, Winchester[9]
- Swanwick Writers' Summer School,[10] UK's longest-running writers' school
- Writers Holiday[11]
North America
Bahamas
- Salt Cay Writers Retreat, Blue Lagoon Island[12]
Canada
- Shuswap International Writers' Festival, Salmon Arm, British Columbia
- Surrey International Writers' Conference, Surrey, British Columbia
- Ontario Writers' Conference, Durham Region, Ontario[13]
Mexico
- San Miguel Writers' Conference and Literary Festival, San Miguel de Allende[14]
United States
A–E
- The Alabama Writers' Conclave, Alabama[15]
- Alabama Writing Workshop, Birmingham, Alabama[16]
- Algonkian Writer Conferences, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and Virginia[17]
- The Aloha Writers Conference, Kapalua, Hawaii and Maui[18]
- American Christian Fiction Writers Conference, location varies[19]
- American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) annual conference, New York City[20]
- Antioch Writers' Workshop, Yellow Springs, Ohio[21]
- Arkansas Writers Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas[22]
- Art of the Wild Writers' Conference, Olympic Valley, California
- Association of Personal Historians conference, location varies, Canada and United States
- Atlanta Writers Conference, Atlanta[23]
- Atlanta Writing Workshop, Atlanta[24]
- Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artists-in-Residence Program, New Smyrna Beach, Florida[25]
- Auburn Writers Conference, Auburn, Alabama[26]
- Author U Extravaganza conference, Denver[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[36]
- BlogU, Baltimore[37]
- Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers Conference, New Smyrna Beach, Florida[38]
- Blue Pen Writers' Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee[39]
- Blue Ridge Writers' Conference, Blue Ridge, Georgia[40]
- Book Passage Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference, Corte Madera, California[41]
- Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, Corte Madera, California[42]
- Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference, Corte Madera, California[43]
- BookBaby Independent Authors Conference, Philadelphia[44]
- Boston Writing Workshop, Boston[45]
- Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury, Vermont
- Broadleaf Writers Conference, Decatur, Georgia[46]
- Business of Pet Writing Conference, New York City[47]
- Business of Writing International Summit, August 1–2, 2014; Louisville, Kentucky[48]
- California Dreamin' Writers' Conference, Brea, California[49]
- Calliope Writing Coach, year round, Salt Lake City[50]
- Cape Cod Writers Center Conference, Cape Cod[51]
- Carolinas Writers Conference, Wadesboro, North Carolina
- Cartersville Area Writers Conference, Cartersville, Georgia[52]
- Castle Rock Writers' Conference, Castle Rock, Colorado[53]
- Chanticleer Authors Conference, Bellingham, Washington[54]
- Chapter One Young Writers Conference, Chicago[55]
- Chesapeake Writing Workshop, Washington, D.C.[56]
- Chicago Writing Workshop, Chicago[57]
- Chuckanut Writers Conference, Bellingham, Washington[58]
- Cleveland Writing Workshop, Cleveland[59]
- Colorado Christian Writers Conference, Estes Park, Colorado
- Colorado Gold Conference, Denver[60]
- Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference, Colrain, Massachusetts
- Community of Writers, Olympic Valley, California
- Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference, Pittsburgh[61]
- Crested Butte Writers Conference, Crested Butte, Colorado[62]
- Crossroads Writers' Conference, Macon, Georgia[63]
- DFW Writers Conference, Dallas-Fort Worth[64]
- Edgar Awards, Varies[65]
- Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, Dayton, Ohio
F–M
- Florida Writing Workshop, Tampa, Florida[66]
- Florida Christian Writers Conference word-weavers
.com ,[67] Leesburg, Florida[68]/floridaevents - The Frost Place Conference on Poetry, Franconia, New Hampshire[69]
- The Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching, Franconia, New Hampshire[70]
- The Frost Place Poetry Seminar, Franconia, New Hampshire[71]
- The Frost Place Writing Intensive, Franconia, New Hampshire[72]
- Golden Crown Literary Society Annual Conference, July/August; various locations
- Hampton Roads Writers' Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia[73]
- Hawaii Writers Conference (formerly the Maui Writers Conference), Maui[74]
- HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers, presented by Hippocampus magazine, August 2015, Lancaster, Pennsylvania[75]
- Historical Novel Society Conference in North America, mid-to-late June, various locations[76]
- Historical Writers of America Conference, August 19–21, 2016, Colonial Williamsburg[77]
- Hollihock Writers Conference, New Bedford, Massachusetts[78]
- Horseback Writing Retreats,[79] Wyoming[80]
- Houston Writers Guild – Annual Writers Conference, April, various locations[81]
- How to Write & Publish Your Book, Mississippi[82]
- Imaginarium, Louisville, Kentucky
- Indiana Faith and Writing Conference, Anderson, Indiana[83]
- Indiana University Writers' Conference, Bloomington, Indiana[84]
- Indiana Writing Workshop, Indianapolis[85]
- Jack London Writers Conference, San Francisco
- Jackson Hole Writers Conference, Jackson Hole
- Judith Briles Unplugged Authors and Writers Conference, August 27–29, 2015, Denver[86]
- Juniper Institute for Young Writers, Amherst, Massachusetts[87]
- Juniper Summer Writing Institute, Amherst, Massachusetts[88]
- Kachemak Bay Writers Conference, Homer, Alaska[89]
- Kauai Writers Conference, November 9–11, 2018, Kapaa, Hawaii and Kauai[90]
- Kentucky Women Writers Conference, Lexington, Kentucky[91]
- Key West Literary Seminar, Key West
- Killer Nashville, last full weekend every August, Nashville, Tennessee[92]
- LA Writers Conference, Los Angeles[93]
- Liberty States Fiction Writers Create Something Magical Conference, Iselin, New Jersey[94]
- Life the Universe & Everything (LTUE), Provo, Utah[95]
- Literary Cleveland Inkubator Conference, Cleveland[96]
- Longleaf Writers Conference at Seaside, FL, Seaside, Florida[97]
- Los Angeles Writers Retreat, Los Angeles[98]
- Mad Anthony Writers' Conference, Hamilton, Ohio[99]
- Malice Domestic, Bethesda, Maryland[100]
- Meet the Publishers!, Tulsa, Oklahoma[101]
- Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, Fort Bragg, California[102]
- Michigan Writing Workshop, Livonia, Michigan[103]
- Minnesota Writing Workshop, Minneapolis[104]
- Mississippi Writers Guild Writers' Conference, Vicksburg, Mississippi[105]
N–Z
- Nashville Writers Conference, Nashville, Tennessee[106]
- NETWO's Annual Spring Writers Roundup, Mount Pleasant, Texas[107]
- New Orleans Genre Writer's Conference, New Orleans[108]
- New York Pitch Conference, New York City[109]
- North Georgia Christian Writers Conference, Toccoa, Georgia[110]
- Northern Colorado Writers Conference, Fort Collins, Colorado[111]
- Northwest Georgia Writers Conference, Calhoun, Georgia[112]
- Oklahoma Writers' Federation, Inc. (OWFI), Oklahoma City[113]
- Ozark Creative Writers Conference, Eureka Springs, Arkansas[114]
- Ozarks Writers League Conference, Missouri[115]
- Philadelphia Writing Workshop, Philadelphia[116]
- Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado
- Pittsburgh Writing Workshop, Pittsburgh[117]
- PublishingGame.com Conference, Boston[118]
- Quills Conference, Salt Lake City[119]
- Read.Write.Share. Writers Weekend, Little Rock, Arkansas[120]
- Red Clay Writers Conference, Kennesaw, Georgia[121]
- River Writing Journeys for Women,[122] Moab, Utah[123]
- Rosemary Beach Spring Writers' Conference, May 11–14, 2011, Rosemary Beach, Florida[124]
- St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference, Grove City, Pennsylvania[125]
- San Diego Writers Festival, April 6, San Diego[126]
- San Francisco Writers Conference, February 14–17, San Francisco[127]
- San Francisco Writing Workshop, San Francisco[128]
- Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Sanibel, Florida[129]
- Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Santa Barbara, California[130]
- Santa Fe Writers Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico
- Scribblers' Retreat Writers' Conference, St. Simons, Georgia
- Seattle Writing Workshop, Seattle[131]
- Sewanee Writers' Conference, Sewanee, Tennessee
- SF:SE 2015, Orlando[132]
- Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, two per year, summer in Los Angeles and winter in New York City[133]
- Southampton Writers Conference, Southampton, New York
- Southern California Writers' Conference
- Southern Christian Writers Conference, Tuscaloosa, Alabama[134]
- Southern Women Writer's Conference, Berry College, Rome, Georgia
- Southwest Christian Writers Conference, Durango, Colorado[135]
- Space Coast Writers' Guild Annual Conference, Melbourne, Florida
- StokerCon, varies[136]
- Taos Summer Writers' Conference, Taos, New Mexico[137]
- Tennessee Writing Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee[138]
- The Writing Academy, Farmington, Minnesota[139]
- Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) Writers' Conference, Reno, Nevada[140]
- Tulsa NightWriters Craft of Writing Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma[141]
- UNF Writers Conference, August 5–7, 2011, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida[142]
- Unicorn Writer's Conference, Manhattanville University, Purchase, New York[143]
- VCFA Writers' Conference at CalArts, August 8–14, 2026, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California[144]
- Washington Writers Conference, Washington, DC[145]
- Wesleyan Writers Conference, Middletown, Connecticut[146]
- West Coast Writers Conference, July 20–22, 2012, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles[147]
- White County Creative Writers Conference, Searcy, Arkansas[148]
- Willamette Writers conference, Willamette Writers' annual conference, first weekend in August, Portland, Oregon[149]
- Women Writing the West, Los Angeles[150]
- Writeaways, New Mexico, Ireland, France, Italy[151]
- WordSmitten Writing Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida[152]
- Write-by-the-Lake Annual Writer's Retreat, Madison, Wisconsin[153]
- Write in Atlanta 2011, Atlanta[154]
- Write Stuff, Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania[155]
- Write to Publish Conference, Wheaton, Illinois[156]
- Writer's Digest Conference, August 1–3, 2014, The Roosevelt Hotel, New York City[157]
- The Writer's Hotel NYC Writers Conference, New York City[158]
- The Writers' Institute, Madison, Wisconsin[159]
- Writers' Police Academy, Green Bay, Wisconsin[160]
- Writers @ Work, Park City, Utah[161]
- Writers in Florence[162]
- Writers in New York[163]
- Writers in Paradise, St. Petersburg, Florida[164]
- Writers in Paris[165]
- Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Conference, Salt Lake City[166]
- Writing By Writers Workshop @ Tomales Bay[167]
- Writing It Real in Port Townsend, Port Townsend, Washington[168]
- Yale Writers' Conference, New Haven, Connecticut[169]
South America
Peru
- Peru, Weaving Words & Women[170]
See also
Notes
- ↑ Elizabeth Kostova Foundation
- ↑ Paris Writers Retreat
- ↑ icelandwritersretreat
.com - ↑ thebookpromoter
.com /conference - ↑ Disquiet International
- ↑ 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 - ↑ www
.bluepenbooks .com /writers-conference - ↑ www
.blueridgewritersconference .com - ↑ "Book Passage - Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference". bookpassage.com. Archived from the original on July 3, 2007.
- ↑ "Book Passage -". bookpassage.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006.
- ↑ "Book Passage -". bookpassage.com. Archived from the original on November 10, 2006.
- ↑ BookBaby's first-ever #IndieAuthorCon
- ↑ thebostonwritingworkshop
.wordpress .com - ↑ broadleafwriters
.com - ↑ petwritingconference
.com - ↑ businessofwritingsummit
.com - ↑ caldreaminwriters
.com - ↑ calliopewritingcoach
.com - ↑ capecodwriterscenter
.org - ↑ cartersvilleareawritersgroup
.com - ↑ douglascountylibraries
.org /Events /WritersConference - ↑ chantireviews
.com /chanticleer-conference - ↑ chapteroneconference
.com - ↑ chesapeakewritingworkshops
.com - ↑ Writing Workshop of Chicago
- ↑ 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 - ↑ "Edgar® Awards Info & Database | MWA Presents The Edgar® Awards".
- ↑ floridawritingworkshops
.com - ↑ word-weavers
.com /floridaevents - ↑ 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
- ↑ "Literature and Landscape of the Horse Retreat". www.pagelambert.com. Archived from the original on February 19, 2009.
- ↑ houstonwritersguild
.org /annual-conference - ↑ writeandpublishyourbook
.net - ↑ anderson
.edu /ifwc - ↑ indiana
.edu /~writecon - ↑ Indiana Writing Workshop
- ↑ The Book Shepherd
- ↑ "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 - ↑ www
.eventeny .com /events /malicedomestic35-5568 / - ↑ jespiddlin
.com /publishers - ↑ www
.mcwc .org - ↑ michiganwritingworkshop
.com - ↑ minnesotawritingworkshop
.com - ↑ mississippiwritersguild
.com - ↑ Annual Writers Conference focused on screenwriting
- ↑ Annual Writers Roundup
- ↑ darkoakwritercon
.com - ↑ newyorkpitchconference
.com - ↑ floridacwc
.net - ↑ northerncoloradowritersconference
.com - ↑ www
.nwgawriterscon .com - ↑ owfi
.org - ↑ ozarkcreativewriters
.com - ↑ ozarkswritersleague
.info /conferences - ↑ philadelphiawritingworkshop
.com - ↑ pittsburghwritingworkshop
.com - ↑ publishinggame
.com /workshops .htm - ↑ quillsconference
.com - ↑ rwsweekend
.org - ↑ redclaywritersconference
.org - ↑ River Writing Journeys for Women
- ↑ "A River of One's Own 2014". www.pagelambert.com. Archived from the original on November 7, 2013.
- ↑ conferenceforwriters
.com - ↑ stdavidswriters
.com - ↑ sandiegowritersfestival
.com - ↑ sfwriters
.org - ↑ writingworkshopsanfrancisco
.com - ↑ fgcu
.edu /siwc - ↑ sbwriters
.com - ↑ theseattlewritingworkshop
.com - ↑ sfse2015
.com - ↑ scbwi
.org - ↑ scwconference
.com - ↑ southwestchristianwriters
.org - ↑ https://www.stokercon2024.com/.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ↑ taosconf
.unm .edu - ↑ tennesseewritingworkshop
.com - ↑ wams
.org - ↑ "Writers Conference - EPIC (Educational Programs Inspiring the Community) - Truckee Meadows Community College".
- ↑ tulsanightwriters
.org - ↑ unfwritersconference
.com - ↑ unicornwritersconference
.com - ↑ www
.vcfa .edu /sections /vcfa-writers-conference - ↑ washingtonindependentreviewofbooks
.com /page /the-2025-washington-writers-conference - ↑ wesleyan
.edu /writing /conference - ↑ wcwriters
.com - ↑ whitecountycreativewriters
.org - ↑ willamettewriters
.com /wwc /3 - ↑ womenwritingthewest
.org - ↑ writeaways
.com - ↑ wordsmitten
.com /writingworkshop .htm - ↑ "Home".
- ↑ writeinatlanta
.com - ↑ "Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group - the Write Stuff Writer's Conference". Archived from the original on December 13, 2016. Retrieved December 18, 2016.
- ↑ writetopublish
.com - ↑ writersdigestconference
.com - ↑ writershotel
.com - ↑ "Home".
- ↑ writerspoliceaademy
.com - ↑ writersatwork
.org /wp - ↑ Writers in Florence
- ↑ Writers in New York
- ↑ writersinparadise
.com - ↑ Writers in Paris
- ↑ wifyr
.com - ↑ Writing By Writers
- ↑ "Sheila Bender's Writing It Real - 2011 Conference Info". Archived from the original on February 19, 2011. Retrieved January 26, 2011.
- ↑ Yale Summer Session
- ↑ "Join Page Lambert on this Cultural Immersion Into the Heart of Peru". Archived from the original on October 21, 2019. Retrieved September 18, 2023.