List of writers' conferences

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

Europe

Bulgaria

• Sozopol Fiction Seminars, Sozopol

France

• Paris Writers Retreat, Paris

Iceland

• Iceland Writers Retreat, Reykjavík

Ireland

• BooksGoSocial Dublin Writers Conference – Fiction & Non Fiction, Dublin

Portugal

• Disquiet International Literary Program, Lisbon

United Kingdom

• Festival of Writing, York
• Historical Novel Society Conference, London
• Milford Writer's Workshop, science fiction writers; various locations
• Winchester Writers' Conference, Winchester
• Swanwick Writers' Summer School, UK's longest-running writers' school
• Writers Holiday

North America

Bahamas

• Salt Cay Writers Retreat, Blue Lagoon Island

Canada

• Shuswap International Writers' Festival, Salmon Arm, British Columbia
• Surrey International Writers' Conference, Surrey, British Columbia
• Ontario Writers' Conference, Durham Region, Ontario

Mexico

• San Miguel Writers' Conference and Literary Festival, San Miguel de Allende

United States

A–E

• The Alabama Writers' Conclave, Alabama
• Alabama Writing Workshop, Birmingham, Alabama
• Algonkian Writer Conferences, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and Virginia
• The Aloha Writers Conference , Kapalua, Hawaii and Maui
• American Christian Fiction Writers Conference, location varies
• American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) annual conference, New York City
• Antioch Writers' Workshop, Yellow Springs, Ohio
• Arkansas Writers Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas
• Art of the Wild Writers' Conference, Olympic Valley, California
• Association of Personal Historians conference, location varies, Canada and United States
• Atlanta Writers Conference, Atlanta
• Atlanta Writing Workshop, Atlanta
• Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artists-in-Residence Program, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
• Auburn Writers Conference, Auburn, Alabama
• Author U Extravaganza conference, Denver
• Authors Combat Academy, Nashville, Tennessee
• Authors Conference Infinity Publishing Gathering of Authors, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania
• Authors of the Flathead conference, Kalispell, Montana*
• Authors' Salon at Clockwork Alchemy, Burlingame, California*
• Avondale Writers Conference, Avondale, Arizona
• AWP Conference & Bookfair, North America's largest literary conference; location varies
• Backspace Writers Conference
• Bear River Writers' Conference, Boyne City, Michigan
• Blaze Your Own Trail to Self-Publishing Writers' Conference, San Diego
• BlogU, Baltimore
• Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers Conference, New Smyrna Beach, Florida
• Blue Pen Writers' Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee
• Blue Ridge Writers' Conference, Blue Ridge, Georgia
• Book Passage Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference, Corte Madera, California
• Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, Corte Madera, California
• Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference, Corte Madera, California
• BookBaby Independent Authors Conference, Philadelphia
• Boston Writing Workshop, Boston
• Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury, Vermont
• Broadleaf Writers Conference, Decatur, Georgia
• Business of Pet Writing Conference, New York City
• Business of Writing International Summit, August 1–2, 2014; Louisville, Kentucky
• California Dreamin' Writers' Conference, Brea, California
• Calliope Writing Coach, year round, Salt Lake City
• Cape Cod Writers Center Conference, Cape Cod
• Carolinas Writers Conference, Wadesboro, North Carolina
• Cartersville Area Writers Conference, Cartersville, Georgia
• Castle Rock Writers' Conference, Castle Rock, Colorado
• Chanticleer Authors Conference, Bellingham, Washington
• Chapter One Young Writers Conference, Chicago
• Chesapeake Writing Workshop, Washington, D.C.
• Chicago Writing Workshop, Chicago
• Chuckanut Writers Conference, Bellingham, Washington
• Cleveland Writing Workshop, Cleveland
• Colorado Christian Writers Conference, Estes Park, Colorado
• Colorado Gold Conference, Denver
• Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference, Colrain, Massachusetts
• Community of Writers, Olympic Valley, California
• Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference, Pittsburgh
• Crested Butte Writers Conference, Crested Butte, Colorado
• Crossroads Writers' Conference, Macon, Georgia
• DFW Writers Conference, Dallas-Fort Worth
• Edgar Awards, Varies
• Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, Dayton, Ohio

F–M

• Florida Writing Workshop, Tampa, Florida
• Florida Christian Writers Conference , Leesburg, Florida
• The Frost Place Conference on Poetry, Franconia, New Hampshire
• The Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching, Franconia, New Hampshire
• The Frost Place Poetry Seminar, Franconia, New Hampshire
• The Frost Place Writing Intensive, Franconia, New Hampshire
• Golden Crown Literary Society Annual Conference, July/August; various locations
• Hampton Roads Writers' Conference, Virginia Beach, Virginia
• Hawaii Writers Conference (formerly the Maui Writers Conference), Maui
• HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers, presented by Hippocampus magazine, August 2015, Lancaster, Pennsylvania
• Historical Novel Society Conference in North America, mid-to-late June, various locations
• Historical Writers of America Conference, August 19–21, 2016, Colonial Williamsburg
• Hollihock Writers Conference, New Bedford, Massachusetts
• Horseback Writing Retreats, Wyoming
• Houston Writers Guild – Annual Writers Conference, April, various locations
• How to Write & Publish Your Book, Mississippi
• Imaginarium, Louisville, Kentucky
• Indiana Faith and Writing Conference, Anderson, Indiana
• Indiana University Writers' Conference, Bloomington, Indiana
• Indiana Writing Workshop, Indianapolis
• Jack London Writers Conference, San Francisco
• Jackson Hole Writers Conference, Jackson Hole
• Judith Briles Unplugged Authors and Writers Conference, August 27–29, 2015, Denver
• Juniper Institute for Young Writers, Amherst, Massachusetts
• Juniper Summer Writing Institute, Amherst, Massachusetts
• Kachemak Bay Writers Conference, Homer, Alaska
• Kauai Writers Conference, November 9–11, 2018, Kapaa, Hawaii and Kauai
• Kentucky Women Writers Conference, Lexington, Kentucky
• Key West Literary Seminar, Key West
• Killer Nashville, last full weekend every August, Nashville, Tennessee
• LA Writers Conference, Los Angeles
• Liberty States Fiction Writers Create Something Magical Conference, Iselin, New Jersey
• Life the Universe & Everything (LTUE), Provo, Utah
• Literary Cleveland Inkubator Conference, Cleveland
• Longleaf Writers Conference at Seaside, FL, Seaside, Florida
• Los Angeles Writers Retreat, Los Angeles
• Mad Anthony Writers' Conference, Hamilton, Ohio
• Malice Domestic, Bethesda, Maryland
• Meet the Publishers!, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, Fort Bragg, California
• Michigan Writing Workshop, Livonia, Michigan
• Minnesota Writing Workshop, Minneapolis
• Mississippi Writers Guild Writers' Conference, Vicksburg, Mississippi

N–Z

• Nashville Writers Conference, Nashville, Tennessee
• NETWO's Annual Spring Writers Roundup, Mount Pleasant, Texas
• New Orleans Genre Writer's Conference, New Orleans
• New York Pitch Conference, New York City
• North Georgia Christian Writers Conference, Toccoa, Georgia
• Northern Colorado Writers Conference, Fort Collins, Colorado
• Northwest Georgia Writers Conference, Calhoun, Georgia
• Oklahoma Writers' Federation, Inc. (OWFI), Oklahoma City
• Ozark Creative Writers Conference, Eureka Springs, Arkansas
• Philadelphia Writing Workshop, Philadelphia
• Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado
• Pittsburgh Writing Workshop, Pittsburgh
• PublishingGame.com Conference, Boston
• Quills Conference, Salt Lake City
• Read.Write.Share. Writers Weekend, Little Rock, Arkansas
• Red Clay Writers Conference, Kennesaw, Georgia
• River Writing Journeys for Women, Moab, Utah
• Rosemary Beach Spring Writers' Conference, May 11–14, 2011, Rosemary Beach, Florida
• St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference, Grove City, Pennsylvania
• San Diego Writers Festival, April 6, San Diego
• San Francisco Writers Conference, February 14–17, San Francisco
• San Francisco Writing Workshop, San Francisco
• Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Sanibel, Florida
• Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Santa Barbara, California
• Santa Fe Writers Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico
• Scribblers' Retreat Writers' Conference, St. Simons, Georgia
• Seattle Writing Workshop, Seattle
• Sewanee Writers' Conference, Sewanee, Tennessee
• SF:SE 2015, Orlando
• Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, two per year, summer in Los Angeles and winter in New York City
• Southampton Writers Conference, Southampton, New York
• Southern California Writers' Conference
• Southern Christian Writers Conference, Tuscaloosa, Alabama
• Southern Women Writer's Conference, Berry College, Rome, Georgia
• Southwest Christian Writers Conference, Durango, Colorado
• Space Coast Writers' Guild Annual Conference, Melbourne, Florida
• StokerCon, varies
• Taos Summer Writers' Conference, Taos, New Mexico
• Tennessee Writing Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee
• The Writing Academy, Farmington, Minnesota
• Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) Writers' Conference, Reno, Nevada
• Tulsa NightWriters Craft of Writing Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma
• UNF Writers Conference, August 5–7, 2011, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida
• Unicorn Writer's Conference, Manhattanville University, Purchase, New York
• VCFA Writers' Conference at CalArts, August 8th-14th, 2026, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California
• Washington Writers Conference, Washington, DC
• Wesleyan Writers Conference, Middletown, Connecticut
• West Coast Writers Conference, July 20–22, 2012, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles
• White County Creative Writers Conference, Searcy, Arkansas
• Willamette Writers conference, Willamette Writers' annual conference, first weekend in August, Portland, Oregon
• Women Writing the West, Los Angeles
• Writeaways, New Mexico, Ireland, France, Italy
• WordSmitten Writing Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida
• Write-by-the-Lake Annual Writer's Retreat, Madison, Wisconsin
• Write in Atlanta 2011, Atlanta
• Write Stuff, Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
• Write to Publish Conference, Wheaton, Illinois
• Writer's Digest Conference, August 1–3, 2014, The Roosevelt Hotel, New York City
• The Writer's Hotel NYC Writers Conference, New York City
• The Writers' Institute, Madison, Wisconsin
• Writers' Police Academy, Green Bay, Wisconsin
• Writers @ Work, Park City, Utah
• Writers in Florence
• Writers in New York
• Writers in Paradise, St. Petersburg, Florida
• Writers in Paris
• Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Conference, Salt Lake City
• Writing By Writers Workshop @ Tomales Bay
• Writing It Real in Port Townsend, Port Townsend, Washington
• Yale Writers' Conference, New Haven, Connecticut

South America

Peru

• Peru, Weaving Words & Women

See also

• African Writers Conference

Notes