National Conferences and Retreats
January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December
January
January 16-18: Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference
January 17-24: Eckerd College Writers’ Conference
February
February 11-15: San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival
February 12-15: San Francisco Writers Conference
February 15: Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference
February 25-27: Writer’s Symposium by the Sea
March
March 4-7: AWP Conference
March 6-7: Carolina Christian Writers Conference
March 18-22: Algonkian Park Writer Retreat
March 20-22: Virginia Festival of the Book
March 25-27: Oxford Conference for the Book
March 25-29: Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival
March 26-29: Write to Pitch Conference
April
April 9-10: Agnes Scott College Writers’ Festival
April 9-11: Southern Literary Festival
April 17-19: Pikes Peak Writers Conference
April 17-19: Pinnacle Christian Writers Conference
April 19: Sacramento Book Festival
April 24-26: RavenCon
April 24-26: Malice Domestic
April 30 – May 2: Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc., Conference
May
May 6-8: PENCON
May 16-19: Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference
June
June 13: Historical Novel Society Writers Conference
June 13-23: Peripatetic Writing Workshop
June 15-19: Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Conference
June 20: Chicago Writers Association Conference
June 21-26: Santa Barbara Summer Writers Fest
June 21-27: Chesapeake Writers’ Conference
June 26-31: Napa Valley Writers’ Conference
June 29-30: Experience Writing
July
July 8-12: The Antioch Writers’ Workshop
July 12-19: Port Townsend Writers Conference
July 9-12: Public Safety Writers Association Conference
July 14-26: Sewanee Writers Conference
July 24-27: Realm Makers
July 18-20: Sun Valley Writers’ Conference
July 17-19: Mystery Writers Conference
July 23-26: Christian Writers Conference
July 27-31: One Story Writer’s Conference
July 30 – August 1: Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference
July 30 – August 2: Cape Cod Writers Center Conference
August
August: Catamaran Writing Conference
August 1-6: Mayapple Press Writers’ Retreat
August 2-6: Poetry Seminar
August 21-24: Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference
September
September 4-6: American Christian Fiction Writers
September 4-7: WriterCon
September 10-13: Kentucky Women Writers Conference
September 12-14: Alabama Writers’ Conference
September 15-17: Southern California Writers’ Conference
September 24-26: National Federation of Press Women’s Conference
September 26-27: Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers Central Coast Writers’ Conference
September 26-28: Aspen Literary Festival
October
October 3-5: James River Writers Conference
October 4-5: Flathead River Writers Conference
October 6-9: Wildacres Writers Workshop
October 9-11: Desert Nights, Rising Stars
October 16-18: Women Writing the West
October 17-19: Brattleboro Literary Festival
October 18: Chicago Arts & Humanities Festival
October 22-24: Military Writers Society of America Conference
October 24-25: Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference
October 25: Boston Book Festival
November
November 1-3: Jackson Hole Writers Conference
November 5-8: Agent Fest
November 6-7: Cat Writers’ Association Annual Conference
November 7-8: Sanibel Island Writers Conference
November 7-9: NC Writers’ Network Fall Conference
November 15: Baltimore Writers’ Conference
November 16-23: Miami Book Fair
November 18-22: Monterey Writer Retreat
December
December 11-14: Write to Pitch Conference
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