List of writers' conferences

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

Europe

Bulgaria

Sozopol Fiction Seminars – Sozopol^[1]

France

Paris Writers Retreat – Paris^[2]

Iceland

Iceland Writers Retreat – Reykjavík^[3]

Ireland

BooksGoSocial Dublin Writers Conference – Fiction & Non Fiction – Dublin^[4]

Portugal

Disquiet International Literary Program – Lisbon^[5]

United Kingdom

Festival of Writing – 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

Association of Personal Historians conference – location varies, Canada and United States
Shuswap International Writers' Festival – Salmon Arm, British Columbia
Surrey International Writers' Conference – Surrey, British Columbia
Ontario Writers' Conference – Durham Region, Ontario^[13]

United States

A–E

The Alabama Writers' Conclave – Alabama^[14]
Algonkian Writer Conferences – Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Virginia^[15]
The Aloha Writers Conference – Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii^[16]
American Christian Fiction Writers Conference – location varies^[17]
American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) annual conference – New York City, New York^[18]
Antioch Writers' Workshop – Yellow Springs, Ohio^[19]
Art of the Wild Writers' Conference – Olympic Valley, California
Association of Personal Historians conference – location varies, Canada and United States
Atlanta Writers Conference – Atlanta, Georgia^[20]
Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artists-in-Residence Program – New Smyrna Beach, Florida^[21]
The Auburn Writers Conference – Auburn, Alabama^[22]
Author U Extravaganza conference – Denver, Colorado^[23]
Authors Combat Academy – Nashville, Tennessee^[24]
Authors Conference Infinity Publishing Gathering of Authors – Valley Forge, Pennsylvania^[25]
Authors of the Flathead conference – Kalispell, Montana^[26]
Avondale Writers Conference – Avondale, Arizona^[27]
AWP Conference & Bookfair – North America's largest literary conference; location varies^[28]
Backspace Writers Conference^[29]
Bear River Writers' Conference – Boyne City, Michigan^[30]
Blaze Your Own Trail to Self-Publishing Writers' Conference – San Diego, California^[31]
BlogU – Baltimore, Maryland^[32]
Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers Conference – New Smyrna Beach, Florida^[33]
Book Passage Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference – Corte Madera, California^[34]
Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference – Corte Madera, California^[35]
Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference – Corte Madera, California^[36]
BookBaby Independent Authors Conference – Philadelphia, PA^[37]
Bread Loaf Writers' Conference – Middlebury, Vermont
Business of Pet Writing Conference – New York City, New York^[38]
Business of Writing International Summit – August 1–2, 2014; Louisville, Kentucky^[39]
California Dreamin' Writers' Conference – Brea, California^[40]
Calliope Writing Coach – year round; Salt Lake City, Utah^[41]
Cape Cod Writers Center Conference – Cape Cod, Massachusetts^[42]
Carolinas Writers Conference – Wadesboro, North Carolina
Castle Rock Writers' Conference – Castle Rock, Colorado^[43]
Chanticleer Authors Conference – Bellingham, Washington^[44]
Chapter One Young Writers Conference – Chicago, Illinois^[45]
Colorado Christian Writers Conference – Estes Park, Colorado
Colorado Gold – Denver, Colorado^[46]
Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference – Colrain, Massachusetts
The Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania^[47]
Crested Butte Writers Conference – Crested Butte, Colorado^[48]
Crossroads Writers' Conference – Macon, Georgia^[49]
DFW Writers Conference (DFWCon) – Dallas-Fort Worth, Texas^[50]
Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop – Dayton, Ohio

F–M

The Frost Place Conference on Poetry – Franconia, New Hampshire^[51]
The Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching – Franconia, New Hampshire^[52]
The Frost Place Poetry Seminar – Franconia, New Hampshire^[53]
The Frost Place Writing Intensive – Franconia, New Hampshire^[54]
Georgia Writers SpringFest Conference – Kennesaw, Georgia
Golden Crown Literary Society Annual Conference – 2014, Portland, Oregon; 2015, New Orleans, Louisiana; 2015, Alexandria, Virginia and Washington, D.C.
Hampton Roads Writers' Conference – Virginia Beach, Virginia^[55]
Hawaii Writers Conference (formerly the Maui Writers Conference) – Maui, Hawaii^[56]
HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers, presented by Hippocampus Magazine – August 2015, Lancaster, Pennsylvania^[57]
Historical Novel Society Conference in North America – mid-to-late June; various locations^[58]
Historical Writers of America Conference – August 19–21, 2016, Colonial Williamsburg, Virginia^[59]
Hollihock Writers Conference – New Bedford, Massachusetts^[60]
Horseback Writing Retreats^[61] – Wyoming^[62]
Houston Writers Guild – Annual Writers Conference – April; various locations^[63]
How to Write & Publish Your Book – Mississippi^[64]
Indiana Faith and Writing Conference – Anderson, Indiana^[65]
Indiana University Writers' Conference – Bloomington, Indiana^[66]
Jack London Writers Conference – San Francisco, California
Jackson Hole Writers Conference – Jackson Hole, Wyoming
Judith Briles Unplugged Authors and Writers Conference – August 27–29, 2015; Denver, Colorado^[67]
Juniper Institute for Young Writers – Amherst, Massachusetts^[68]
Juniper Summer Writing Institute – Amherst, Massachusetts^[69]
Kachemak Bay Writers Conferenece – Homer, Alaska^[70]
Kauai Writers Conference – May 1–3, 2015; Kapaa, Kauai, Hawaii^[71]
KentuckyWomen Writers Conference – Lexington, Kentucky^[72]
Key West Literary Seminar – Key West, Florida
Killer Nashville – last full weekend every August; Nashville, Tennessee^[73]
LA Writers Conference – Los Angeles, California^[74]
Liberty States Fiction Writers Create Something Magical Conference – Iselin, New Jersey^[75]
Life the Universe & Everything (LTUE) – Provo, Utah^[76]
Los Angeles Writers Retreat – Los Angeles, California^[77]
Mad Anthony Writers' Conference – Hamilton, Ohio^[78]
Mendocino Coast Writers Conference – Fort Bragg, California^[79]
Mississippi Writers Guild Writers' Conference – Vicksburg, Mississippi^[80]

N–Z

Nashville Writers Conference – Nashville, Tennessee^[81]
NETWO's Annual Spring Writers Roundup – Mt. Pleasant, Texas^[82]
New Orleans Genre Writer's Conference – New Orleans, Louisiana^[83]
Northern Colorado Writers Conference – Fort Collins, Colorado^[84]
New York Pitch Conference – New York City, New York^[85]
Pikes Peak Writers Conference – Colorado Springs, Colorado
PublishingGame.com Conference – Boston, Massachusetts^[86]
River Writing Journeys for Women^[87] – Moab, Utah^[88]
Rosemary Beach Spring Writers' Conference – May 11–14, 2011; Rosemary Beach, Florida^[89]
St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference – Grove City, Pennsylvania^[90]
San Francisco Writers Conference – February 14–17; San Francisco, California^[91]
Sanibel Island Writers Conference – Sanibel Island, Florida^[92]
Santa Barbara Writers Conference – Santa Barbara, California^[93]
Santa Fe Writers Conference – Santa Fe, New Mexico
Scribbler's Retreat Writer's Conference – St. Simons Island, Georgia
Sewanee Writers' Conference – Sewanee, Tennessee
SF:SE 2015 – Orlando, Florida^[94]
Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators – two per year: summer – Los Angeles, California; winter – New York City, New York^[95]
Southampton Writers Conference – Southampton, New York
Southern California Writers' Conference
Southern Christian Writers Conference – Tuscaloosa, Alabama^[96]
Southern Women Writer's Conference – Berry College, Rome, Georgia
Southwest Christian Writers Conference – Durango, Colorado^[97]
Space Coast Writers' Guild Annual Conference – Melbourne, Florida
Squaw Valley Writer's Conference – Olympic Valley, California
Taos Summer Writers' Conference – Taos, New Mexico^[98]
Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) Writers' Conference – Reno, Nevada^[99]
UNF Writers Conference – August 5–7, 2011; University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida^[100]
Unicorn Writer's Conference – Manhattanville College, Purchase, New York^[101]
Wesleyan Writers Conference – Middletown, Connecticut^[102]
West Coast Writers Conference – July 20–22, 2012; Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles, California^[103]
Willamette Writers conference – Willamette Writers' annual conference; on the first weekend in August; Portland, Oregon^[104]
Women Writers Conference – September 12–13, 2014; Lexington, Kentucky^[105]
Women Writing the West – Los Angeles, California^[106]
WordSmitten Writing Conference – St. Petersburg, Florida^[107]
Write-by-the-Lake Annual Writer's Retreat – Madison, Wisconsin^[108]
Write in Atlanta 2011 – Atlanta, Georgia^[109]
Write Stuff – Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania^[110]
Write to Publish Conference – Wheaton, Illinois^[111]
Writer's Digest Conference – August 1–3, 2014; The Roosevelt Hotel, New York City, New York^[112]
The Writer's Hotel Master Class in Fiction, Nonfiction & Poetry – New York City, New York^[113]
The Writers' Institute – Madison, Wisconsin^[114]
Writers' Police Academy – Green Bay, Wisconsin ^[115]
Writers @ Work – Park City, Utah^[116]
Writers in Florence^[117]
Writers in New York^[118]
Writers in Paradise – St. Petersburg, Florida^[119]
Writers in Paris^[120]
The Writing Academy – Farmington, Minnesota^[121]
Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Conference – Salt Lake City, Utah^[122]
Writing By Writers Workshop @ Tomales Bay^[123]
Writing It Real in Port Townsend – Port Townsend, Washington^[124]
Yale Writers' Conference – New Haven, Connecticut^[125]

South America

Peru

Peru, Weaving Words & Women^[126]

Notes

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List of writers' conferences

Europe

Bulgaria

France

Iceland

Ireland

Portugal

United Kingdom

North America

Bahamas

Canada

United States

A–E

F–M

N–Z

South America

Peru

See also

Notes