List of writers' conferences

This is a list of worldwide authors' conferences for writers of all genres.

Canada

Association of Personal Historians conference – (location varies, USA and Canada)
Shuswap International Writers' Festival – Salmon Arm, British Columbia
Surrey International Writers' Conference – Surrey, British Columbia
Ontario Writers' Conference – Durham Region, Ontario

United Kingdom

Festival of Writing – York^[1]
Historical Novel Society Conference, September, London^[2]
Milford Writer's Workshop – SF writers^[3]
Winchester Writers' Conference – Winchester^[4]
Swanwick writers' summer school^[5] – The UK's longest running writers' school
Writers Holiday^[6]

United States

A–M

The Alabama Writers' Conclave – Alabama^[7]
Algonkian Writer Conferences – Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Virginia^[8]
The Aloha Writers Conference-Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii^[9]
American Christian Fiction Writers Conference – location varies^[10]
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) annual conference – New York City^[11]
Antioch Writers' Workshop – Yellow Springs, Ohio^[12]
Association of Personal Historians conference – (location varies, USA and Canada)
Atlanta Writers Conference – Georgia^[13]
Author U Extravaganza conference – Denver, Colorado^[14]
Authors Combat Academy – Nashville, Tennessee^[15]
Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artists-in-Residence Program – New Smyrna Beach, Florida^[16]
Art of the Wild Writers' Conference – Olympic Valley, California
Association of Personal Historians conference – (location varies, USA and Canada)
Authors of the Flathead conference Kalispell, Montana^[17]
The Auburn Writers Conference – Auburn, Alabama^[18]
Authors Conference Infinity Publishing Gathering of Authors, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania^[19]
Avondale Writers Conference, Avondale, Arizona^[20]
AWP Conference & Bookfair – North America's Largest Literary Conference – Location Varies^[21]
Bear River Writers' Conference, Boyne City, Michigan^[22]
Backspace Writers Conference^[23]
Blaze Your Own Trail to Self-Publishing Writers' Conference, San Diego, California^[24]
BlogU – Baltimore, Maryland^[25]
Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers Conference – New Smyrna Beach, Florida^[26]
Book Passage Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference, Corte Madera, California^[27]
Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, Corte Madera, California^[28]
Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference, Corte Madera, California^[29]
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference – Middlebury, Vermont
Business of Writing International Summit – Louisville, KY August 1–2, 2014^[30]
Business of Pet Writing Conference – New York City^[31]
California Dreamin' Writers' Conference – Brea, California^[32]
Calliope Writing Coach – Salt Lake City, Utah – year round^[33]
Cape Cod Writers Center Conference – Cape Cod^[34]
Carolinas Writers Conference – Wadesboro, North Carolina
Castle Rock Writers' Conference – Castle Rock, Colorado^[35]
Chanticleer Authors Conference – Bellingham, Washington^[36]
Chapter One Young Writers Conference – Chicago, Illinois^[37]
Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference – Colrain, Massachusetts
Colorado Christian Writers Conference – Estes Park, Colorado
Colorado Gold – Denver, Colorado^[38]
The Creative Nonficition Writers Conference, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[39]
Crested Butte Writers Conference – Crested Butte, Colorado^[40]
Crossroads Writers' Conference – Macon, Georgia^[41]
DFW Writers Conference (DFWCon) – Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas^[42]
Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop – Dayton, Ohio
The Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching^[43] – Franconia, New Hampshire
The Frost Place Writing Intensive^[44] – Franconia, New Hampshire
The Frost Place Conference on Poetry^[45] – Franconia, New Hampshire
The Frost Place Poetry Seminar^[46] – Franconia, New Hampshire
Georgia Writers SpringFest Conference Kennesaw, Georgia
Hampton Roads Writers' Conference Virginia Beach, Virginia^[47]
Golden Crown Literary Society Annual Conference – 2014, Portland, OR; 2015, New Orleans, LA; 2015 Alexandria, VA/Washington DC
Hawaii Writers Conference – Maui, Hawaii (formerly the Maui Writers Conference)^[48]
HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers, presented by Hippocampus Magazine – August 2015, Lancaster, Pa.^[49]
Historical Novel Society Conference in North America Mid-to-Late June, Various Locations^[50]
Historical Writers of America Conference, August 19–21, 2016, Colonial Williamsburg, VA^[51]
Hollihock Writers Conference – New Bedford, MA^[52]
Horseback Writing Retreats,^[53] Wyoming^[54]
Houston Writers Guild – Annual Writers Conference April, Various Locations^[55]
How to Write & Publish Your Book – Mississippi^[56]
Indiana Faith and Writing Conference – Anderson, Indiana^[57]
Indiana University Writers' Conference Bloomington, Indiana^[58]
Jack London Writers Conference San Francisco
Jackson Hole Writers Conference – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Kachemak Bay Writers Conferenece – Homer, Alaska^[59]
Judith Briles Unplugged Authors and Writers Conference Denver, Colorado-August 27–29, 2015^[60]
Juniper Institute for Young Writers - Amherst, Massachusetts^[61]
Juniper Summer Writing Institute - Amherst, Massachusetts^[62]
Kauai Writers Conference – Kapaa, Kauai, May 1–3, 2015^[63]
Kentucky Women Writers Conference – Lexington, Kentucky^[64]
Key West Literary Seminar – Key West, Florida
Killer Nashville – Nashville, Tennessee (last full weekend every August)^[65]
LA Writers Conference – Los Angeles, California^[66]
Liberty States Fiction Writers Create Something Magical Conference - Iselin, New Jersey^[67]
Life the Universe & Everything (LTUE) – Provo, Utah^[68]
Los Angeles Writers Retreat^[69]
Mad Anthony Writers' Conference – Hamilton, OH^[70]
Mendocino Coast Writers Conference – Fort Bragg, California^[71]
Mississippi Writers Guild Writers' Conference – Vicksburg, Mississippi^[72]

N–Z

Nashville Writers Conference – Nashville, Tennessee^[73]
NETWO's Annual Spring Writers Roundup – Mt. Pleasant, Texas^[74]
New Orleans Genre Writer's Conference – New Orleans, Louisiana^[75]
Northern Colorado Writers Conference – Fort Collins, Colorado^[76]
NYC Pitch and Shop Writers Conference – New York City
Pikes Peak Writers Conference – Colorado Springs, Colorado
PublishingGame.com Conference – Boston, MA^[77]
River Writing Journeys for Women,^[78] Moab, Utah^[79]
Rosemary Beach Spring Writers' Conference – Rosemary Beach, Florida, May 11–14, 2011^[80]
San Francisco Writers Conference – San Francisco, February 14–17^[81]
Sanibel Island Writers Conference – Sanibel Island, Florida^[82]
Santa Barbara Writers Conference - Santa Barbara, California http://www.sbwriters.com/
Santa Fe Writers Conference – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Scribbler's Retreat Writer's Conference – St. Simons Island, Georgia
Sewanee Writers' Conference – Sewanee, Tennessee
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators – Two per year. Summer – Los Angeles, California // Winter – New York, New York^[83]
SF:SE 2015 – Orlando, Florida^[84]
Southampton Writers Conference – Southampton, New York
Southern California Writers' Conference
Southern Christian Writers Conference – Tuscaloosa, Alabama^[85]
Southern Women Writer's Conference – Berry College, Rome, Georgia
Southwest Christian Writers Conference – Durango, Colorado^[86]
Space Coast Writers' Guild Annual Conference – Melbourne, Florida
Squaw Valley Writer's Conference – Olympic Valley, California
St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference – Grove City, Pennsylvania^[87]
Taos Summer Writers' Conference – Taos, New Mexico^[88]
Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) Writers' Conference – Reno, Nevhttp://ada^[89]
UNF Writers Conference – University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida, August 5–7, 2011^[90]
Unicorn Writer's Conference – Manhattanville College, Purchase, NY^[91]
Wesleyan Writers Conference – Middletown, Connecticut^[92]
West Coast Writers Conference – Los Angeles, West Coast Writers Conference, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, CA, July 20–22, 2012^[93]
Willamette Writers conference – Portland, Oregon, Willamette Writers' annual conference, on the first weekend in August^[94]
Women Writers Conference – Lexington, Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky, September 12–13, 2014^[95]
Women Writing the West Los Angeles [www.womenwritingthewest.org]
WordSmitten Writing Conference – St. Petersburg, Florida^[96]
Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Conference – Salt Lake City, Utah^[97]
Writing By Writers Workshop @ Tomales Bay^[98]
Write-by-the-Lake Annual Writer's Retreat – Madison, Wisconsin^[99]
Write in Atlanta 2011 – Atlanta, Georgia^[100]
Writer's Digest Conference – The Roosevelt Hotel, NYC, NY, August 1–3, 2014^[101]
Writers @ Work – Park City, Utah^[102]
Writers in Florence^[103]
Writers in New York^[104]
Writers in Paradise – St. Petersburg, Florida^[105]
Writers in Paris^[106]
The Writer's Hotel Master Class in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry – New York City^[107]
The Writers' Institute – Madison, Wisconsin^[108]
The Writing Academy – Farmington, Minnesota^[109]
Writing It Real in Port Townsend – Port Townsend, Washington^[110]
Write to Publish Conference – Wheaton, Illinois^[111]
Yale Writers' Conference – New Haven, Connecticut^[112]

International

Disquiet International Literary Program, Lisbon, Portugal^[113]
Iceland Writers Retreat ⎯ Reykjavik, Iceland^[114]
Paris Writers Retreat, the acclaimed professional conference^[115]
Peru, Weaving Words & Women^[116]
Salt Cay Writers Retreat (Salt Cay, Bahamas)^[117]
Sozopol Fiction Seminars – Sozopol, Bulgaria^[118]
BooksGoSocial Dublin Writers Conference – Fiction & Non Fiction – Dublin, Ireland^[119]

Notes

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