Writers Conferences in 2025: Dates, Locations, and Highlights
Becoming a successful writer doesn’t happen overnight; it’s a journey that requires dedication, learning, and taking strategic steps. If reaching bestseller status is your goal, then attending writers conferences in 2025 is the perfect way to achieve all of that and more. These events bring together seasoned authors, well-known publishers, and literary agents to share insider knowledge about the publishing process.
In addition to insightful seminars, writers conferences in 2025 also offer hands-on workshops to help you hone your writing skills. They provide a unique opportunity to network with industry professionals and connect with fellow writers who share your passion.
Don’t miss out on these valuable events! Use our filtering tool to discover the best writers conferences and workshops in 2025 tailored to your goals.
Writers’ Workshop Program provides writers at all stages of development with opportunities to explore the craft of writing. Each workshop has its own focus and application requirements. Enrollment is limited to twelve participants per workshop to ensure individual attention.
This year’s seminar marks the 42nd year of creating world-class literary programs in this subtropical island city. To commemorate the occasion, they’re bringing together what may be their most accomplished roster yet, for a one-of-a-kind event celebrating Black Literature in America.
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
From $330
The Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway does not have an application process; everyone is welcome. They believe that every writer, whether they are just getting started or already have publications or an MFA, can improve their craft with rigorous instruction and a supportive community. Experienced writers may wish to register for an advanced workshop or try a new genre.
Colrain Classic
$1,000
The Colrain Manuscript Classic is a highly focused 4-day conference designed for poets with manuscripts in progress. The Classic features in-depth pre-conference work and candid, realistic evaluation, and feedback from nationally-known poets, editors and publishers. In preparation, participants work at home on pre-conference assignments and then, in the workshop, review, arrange, and winnow their work based on the pre-conference work.
Each day will feature a craft talk by one of the faculty members and participants will split into small groups where they will dissect the art and craft of writing through lectures, writing exercises, and class discussions. They won’t be reading and critiquing manuscripts, but rather closely examining elements of craft with the intention of allowing participants to see their work with deeper insight while also generating new material.
The Writers in Paradise Conference features professional writers at the top of their form, spending quality time with motivated and talented participants seeking an intimate, unhurried climate for learning…in paradise.
Tupelo’s online conference model offers an intimate group of poets the chance to meet with faculty in small groups and build a writing community with one another. The faculty are three of the most experienced editors, mentors, poets, publisher, and spirit guides in the country: Jeffrey Levine, Publisher & Artistic Director of Tupelo Press, Kristina Marie Darling, Editor-in-Chief of Tupelo Press and Tupelo Quarterly, and Veronica Golos, Editor of 3:A Taos Press.
National Cowboy Poetry Gathering
From $25
Whether you prefer watching performers on stage or on screen, or whether it’s your first Gathering or your 40h, the 2025 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering will have something for everyone. Join them as they take a look at life in the West across the generations.
The annual Winter Conference for children’s book writers and illustrators is back! Highlights include: industry panels, one-on-one manuscript and portfolio critiques, the popular Portfolio Showcase for illustrators, deep-dive creative labs taught by established authors, illustrators, editors and art directors, and two brand new programs that give participants unprecedented access to the children’s publishing industry!
The acclaimed Todos Santos Writers Workshop celebrates its 12th year in the pueblo magico of Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, MX, with classes in Fiction, Memoir, Poetry, and Strategies in Storytelling, featuring individual conferences and craft talks with guest authors.
This will be the 21th Celebration of Craft, Commerce, and Community for all writers. Attendees will join 100+ presenters and fellow writers from across the country and around the world at this year’s event. The SFWC events are consistently rated among the top writers’ conferences anywhere.
FUSE exists to rewire the way undergraduate editors connect in a field that never stays still. As such, the 2025 FUSE Conference is all about defining what current means to you: as a publisher, an editor, a creative writer.
This is a special two-day online “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries & pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
The Creativity Workshop in New York will help you become more creative in your personal and professional life. They use many techniques in creative writing memoir, art, photography, storytelling, mapmaking, mindfulness, and guided visualization to help you explore your inner creativity.
Pubwest
From $450
PubWest is a vibrant, dynamic trade association of small and medium sized book publishers, printers, editors, distributors, graphic designers, binderies, and related service companies. Established in 1977 as the Rocky Mountain Book Publishers Association, PubWest is dedicated to helping member book publishers succeed and has grown to include members in nearly every US state and multiple countries.
The SCWC provides veteran and emerging talent with authoritative feedback to help distinguish those manuscripts that are ready for market consideration. It facilitates well over $4 million worth of first-time authors’ book and screen deals. Offering extended one-on-one evaluation of material and dozens of interactive workshops, the SCWC is among the only conferences specifically tailored to provide comprehensive feedback on writers’ work.
Big Sur Children’s Writers Workshops
From $250
An Exclusive Workshop for Serious Children’s Book Writers. Founded by Andrea Brown, Executive Director and President of the Andrea Brown Literary Agency, Inc. Through these personalized workshops, ABLA and publishing giants have had the good fortune to find new talent.
Don’t miss this chance to boost your children’s book career! Join them online for exclusive industry panels, hands-on sessions diving deep into the craft of writing and illustrating children’s books, and valuable networking with fellow creators. Whether you’re looking to sharpen your skills, gain insider knowledge, or connect with other talented authors and illustrators, this event is for you!
Gotham Writers is a creative home in New York City and online where writers develop their craft and come together in the spirit of discovery and fellowship. They’ve been teaching creative writing since 1993.
UKLA National Conference
£10–£40
This conference is full of workshops that will provide opportunities to engage in different kinds of writing. They will have practical ideas that can be used with children to inspire them to write with pleasure. The conference will reinvigorate your relationship with writing and the ways in which you support the children you work with to become writers themselves.
This is a special one-day in-person “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This is a special two-day online “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
The Bay to Ocean Writer’s Conference offers something for writers at all levels, with special tracks in poetry, beginning fiction, advanced fiction, non–fiction and publishing, marketing and editing.
This is a special one-day in-person “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This is virtual conference for both amateur and professional writers. In addition to the keynote, there will be several other workshops, networking groups, faculty QA, time to meet with agents, editors and mentors, and fellowship time.
The Writer Stuff Writer’s Conference includes a sterling faculty of twelve writing and publishing professionals offering 30 events to enhance your writing skills and advance your marketing expertise.
This is a special one-day in-person “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This is a special one-day in-person “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
The Creativity Workshop in Florence will help you become more creative in your personal and professional life. Many techniques will be used in creative writing memoir, art, photography, storytelling, mapmaking, mindfulness and guided visualization to help you explore your inner creativity.
Founded in 1970 and held every year since, the UND Writers Conference is a three-day event featuring six to eight authors annually. Authors ranging from Gwendolyn Brooks and August Wilson to Tommy Orange and Colson Whitehead, the UND Writers Conference is committed to community outreach, engagement, and finding ways to increase audience access to literature.
The New York Pitch Conference birthed a lot of careers, educated hundreds more, and at a minimum resulted in several score fitted for the brass ring. Its array of programs and methodology provoke aspiring authors into developing, refining, and pitching their novels in such a manner as to greatly increase their chances of becoming published.
SAW are looking forward to once more bringing you a full lineup of workshops to help you on your writing and publishing journey. This will be a full programme and, as requested by members, they will be bringing you a bigger programme of workshops this year.
The Chicago’s Writers Conference is an annual event that provides a platform for writers to connect, learn, and grow. The conference offers a variety of events, including keynote speeches, panel discussions, master classes, pitch sessions with agents/publishers, and live lit.
This is a special ond-day, virtual “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This is a special one-day, in-person “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
The Atlanta Self-Publishing Conference (ASPC) is dedicated to serving self-published authors and the independent publishing market. No matter whether you’re curious about the self-publishing market or you want to learn how to grow your independent author business, their conference will help you launch your career forward.
AWP Nonfiction Intensive
From $65
The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the essential gathering for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers. Join thousands of attendees, explore hundreds of events and exhibitors, and immerse in four days of vital literary community and celebration in Los Angeles!
The AWP Conference & Bookfair
From $100
The AWP Conference & Bookfair is the annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers of contemporary creative writing. It includes thousands of attendees, hundreds of events and book fair exhibitors, and five days of essential literary conversation and celebration.
National Black Writers Conference
From $32
The National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) is one of the major programs of the Center for Black Literature. It was founded by John Oliver Killens in 1986 at Medgar Evers College in Brooklyn, New York. It is held during the last weekend of March each year.
The Power of Narrative Conference
$99-$289
Attendees for this conference come from across the United States and from many nations; they identify as writers, visual media creators, audio journalists, or all three. They work on every imaginable platform, from newspapers to magazines, books to the web, podcasts to multimedia, sometimes pushing the boundaries with innovative start-ups.
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This annual conference tbrings together undergraduate writers and poets from across North America and beyond to present their work and learn from some of the most important writers in contemporary literature.
The Las Vegas Writers Conference is dedicated to helping writers of all genres improve their craft, sharpen their business skills, and network with publishing professionals. This year’s conference will draw virtual attendees from around the world. Pitch sessions with literary agents and editors are included in the price of registration. Writers will have the opportunity for one-on-one mentoring sessions with faculty members and other published authors.
The Chanticleer Authors Conference is unique and progressive. It’s designed to share insight and knowledge about the marketing and business side of being an author and/or a publisher. It’s dedicated to professional authors, offering them a chance to learn everything about the industry.
This is a special two-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
The Creativity Workshop in New York will help you become more creative in your personal and professional life. They use many techniques in creative writing memoir, art, photography, storytelling, mapmaking, mindfulness, and guided visualization to help you explore your inner creativity.
The Liberty States Fiction Writers 14th Annual Conference features a line-up of more published authors and industry professionals who will share their expertise and experience. Located at the Hilton Garden Inn in Hamilton, New Jersey, they offer a full day of education and networking for those who are published or want to be published. Workshops will focus on craft, business, promotion and indie-publishing.
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This year’s conference (featuring in-person and live streamed events) will cover different ways for thinking about story and story sharing, with a focus on social and environmental justice.
This is a special two-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This writing event is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the Event of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that there are limited online “seats” at the event (200 total).
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
A Rally of Writers features up to 16 sessions of Michigan writers, poets, teachers, editors, and publishers discussing every aspect of writing and the publishing business.
This writing event is a wonderful opportunity to get intense instruction over the Event of one day, pitch a literary agent or editor (optional), get your questions answered, and more. Note that there are limited online “seats” at the event (200 total).
The Nebraska Writers Guild offers a three-day conference filled with consultations, publishing panel discussion, and much more.
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
Poetry At Round Up Festival
From $25
Poetry at Round Top is an annual festival presenting the nation’s most exciting and prominent poets over three days of readings, workshops, and conversations on craft. Located on the gorgeous Festival Hill campus between Austin and Houston, in Round Top, Texas, Poetry at Round Top presents an immersion experience like no other poetry conference or festival in the country.
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
Pikes Peak Writers Conference
$499-$505
A 3-day fiction-writing conference for writers of all levels, indie and traditionally published, featuring a variety of craft and business workshops, acquiring editors/agents and well-known authors across a variety of genres.
The Lakefly Writers Conference, organized by the Wisconsin Writers Association, will offer over a dozen workshops on the craft and business of writing designed to inspire and guide your creative journey.
Atlanta Writers Conference
From $50
The goal of the Atlanta Writers Conference is to allow you to meet eight top publishing acquisitions editors and eight literary agents actively seeking new clients. It also helps you get your work ready for them and educate you with workshops and talks by experienced authors and other industry professionals.
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
Nonfiction Writers Conference
$197-$397
Since the Nonfiction Writers Conference began in 2010, their mission has always been to take the traditional writers’ conference experience and deliver it online. This allows more people to attend from around the world, saving valuable time and travel expenses. It also delivers powerful access to speakers during LIVE learning sessions with interactive Q&A.
Storymakers Conference
$205-$305
The Storymakers Guild is a community built by writers for writers. They created the Storymakers Conference with the goal of providing education, support, and a welcoming community for writers at all skill levels and on all publishing paths. Each year they celebrate the accomplishments of the writers in the community at the Whitney Awards Gala.
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This is a special two-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
This is a special one-day “How to Get Published” writing workshop. They’ll discuss your publishing opportunities today, how to write queries and pitches, how to market yourself and your books, what makes an agent/editor stop reading your manuscript, and more.
Longleaf Writers Conference
$1,399
The Longleaf Writers Conference includes a full week of intensive and generative writing workshops, one-day seminars, agent consultations, school outreach programs, and special social events. The conference provides an opportunity for all levels of writers to celebrate writing, to network, and to hone their craft in a beautiful setting among generous and celebrated writers and poets.
This conference’s mission is to advocate for, support, and educate independent publishers and author publishers, and to improve the standards of independent publishing.
Small select groups of conference attendees experience working under the guidance of notable writers. Founded in 2016 as a partnership between the Transylvania County Library and Brevard College, this annual conference consists of writing workshops for select participants and public readings by the workshop leaders free to the community.
The 33rd Annual Pennwriters Conference features three days of workshops, panels, and networking to help you take your writing from concept to finished project — no matter what that finished project is. All three days feature an open attendance slate of one-hour workshops on all things writing. Simply take whichever classes best fit your writing needs. The pre-conference intensive on Thursday features an all-day session with the author of over 70 books, Susan Meier.
Word on the Lake Writers’ Festival’s sessions will include both skill development workshops and open forums with authors based on questions and answers in an intimate setting.
Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference
$350-$500
The Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference has been the place where writers from Alaska and beyond come together to create community and learn how to be better writers.
Write Now!
$119
TAF is committed to educating, mentoring and promoting both aspiring and established writers by connecting them with fellow writers and the vital resources and services available to them. TAF advocates for fair compensation of writers and content creators, as well as the ongoing professional development of those in the writing profession. To those ends, TAF hosts monthly meetings featuring guest speakers presenting on a diverse array of topics, and presents an annual writers conference each spring.
SleuthFest
$425
Sleuthfest features sessions on the craft of writing, marketing, and promoting your work. There are social events to mingle with agents, editors, and your favorite authors. There’s also an auction to purchase great writing stuff from bestselling authors and editors.
The Asian Festival of Children’s Content (AFCC) is the leading festival in Asia for children’s stories and young adult (YA) fiction. Targeted at writers, illustrators, translators, publishers, educators and media professionals, AFCC offers a series of exciting programmes, including panel discussions, presentations, workshops, lectures, masterclasses, networking sessions and public programmes that promote the creation and appreciation of quality children’s literature and YA with a focus on Asian themes.
Poetry by the Sea is a Global Conference that has been created in the spirit of beginning afresh. The conference will literally take place by the sea, in an awe-inspiring landscape, and at Mercy by the Sea, a beautiful retreat center. You will find workshops, seminars, and panels in areas such as craft, subject/topic, and global issues.
North Words Writers Symposium is an annual event that takes place in Skagway, Alaska. It’s a chance for writers to connect with other writers and thinkers in a spectacular, intimate Alaska setting.
The Society for the Study of Midwestern Literature is devoted to the study and production of Midwestern literature in whatever directions the insight, imagination, and curiosity of the members may lead. The SSML annual symposium brings together writers, scholars, and filmmakers to present criticism, poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction.
The Creativity Workshop in New York will help you become more creative in your personal and professional life. They use many techniques in creative writing memoir, art, photography, storytelling, mapmaking, mindfulness, and guided visualization to help you explore your inner creativity.
This conference is all about writing and well-being. It is the 5th annual Conference on Writing and Well-Being to be held in-person in Tucson, Arizona at the University of Arizona. In addition to speeches by prominent figures, and 30+ concurrent sessions on topics ranging from writing assignments to mindfulness, meditation to well-being curricula, inhabiting writing to experiential learning via writing.
The Writer’s Hotel Maine “Mini MFA” is a unique, hybrid, comprehensive writing program. The programming includes thrit TWH two-editor pre-conference Team Reading and the conference, to be held IN-PERSON this year. TWH Directors and Editors Shanna McNair and Scott Wolven read and consult on each writer’s full length manuscript pre-conference in their “TWH Team Reading”.
The Indiana University Writers’ Conference is the second oldest in the United States. 2025 marks the 85th anniversary of the conference which, since its inception, has stood for literary excellence.
The Martha’s Vineyard Summer Writers’ Conference brings together writers from around the world with the central belief that we can all learn from one another. Their program offers week-long classes on the craft of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, evening readings, panel discussions, and individualized manuscript sessions. Attendees study with award-winning visiting authors and poets and celebrate writing on the beautiful island of Martha’s Vineyard.
Since 1971, Write-to-Publish has been training, inspiring and encouraging writers like you, connecting them with editors to help them improve their craft, with publishers who are looking for good books to publish, and with literary agents who can represent them. No matter where you are in your writing career—beginning the journey to becoming a published writer, exploring the process of becoming a working writer, or an experienced professional desiring to stay connected and growing—the Write-to-Publish Conference is your key to reaching those goals.
The Martha’s Vineyard Summer Writers’ Conference brings together writers from around the world with the central belief that we can all learn from one another. Their program offers week-long classes on the craft of fiction, poetry, and creative nonfiction, evening readings, panel discussions, and individualized manuscript sessions. Attendees study with award-winning visiting authors and poets and celebrate writing on the beautiful island of Martha’s Vineyard.
Juniper Summer Writing Institute
$500-$1,075
The Juniper Summer Writing Institute is an inclusive literary space that welcomes adult writers at all stages of their careers. Writers interested in participating submit an application to their workshop of choice. Acceptance to the Institute is based upon the strength and promise of the writing sample. They operate on a rolling admissions basis.
Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference
$2,450-2,830
The Translators’ Conference aims to strengthen the visibility and access to high-quality literary translations in the United States, and also to acknowledge that translators require the same training and skills as creative writers.
Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference
$2,450-2,830
The 12th annual Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference is a week-long session designed to hone the skills of people interested in producing literary writing about the environment and the natural world.
Join a community of writers, improve your craft, and reimagine how you think about nature. Guided by award-winning instructors, the Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop provides an intimate space to connect with writers, artists, and editors, spark creativity, and renew, illuminate, and deepen your relationship with place. This week-long workshop is cosponsored by the Omega Center for Sustainable Living.
Thrillerfest
From $163
A hub for all mystery and thriller authors, Thrillerfest includes sessions on marketing, publishing, and honing your craft. They even have a Master Craftfest with specialized small sessions in which successful, published authors work with you on your manuscript.
The Creativity Workshop in Barcelona will help you become more creative in your personal and professional life. Many techniques will be used in creative writing memoir, art, photography, storytelling, mapmaking, mindfulness and guided visualization to help you explore your inner creativity.
Disquiet International Literary Program aims to deepen mutual understanding among writers from North America and writers from Portugal. The program takes its inspiration from The Book of Disquiet, the great Lisbon poet Fernando Pessoa’s masterpiece; from the city of Lisbon itself; and from the late Portuguese poet Alberto de Lacerda, who believed above all in the importance of literary community.
Aspen Summer Words Writing Conference
$585-$1,825
Summer Words 2025 will return to Snowmass Village, Colorado, a vibrant community just 9 miles from Aspen, with incredible mountain vistas in addition to 2.8 million adjacent acres of wilderness open for activities and exploration. Snowmass is home to 30+ restaurants, shopping, unique special events and music – all year round.
Since 2003, writers from all over the United States have gathered in their intimate lakeside setting with award-winning authors and teachers to practice the arts of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. They offer five intensive week-long writing workshops and an affordable auditor option.
The Creativity Workshop in Florence will help you become more creative in your personal and professional life. Many techniques will be used in creative writing memoir, art, photography, storytelling, mapmaking, mindfulness and guided visualization to help you explore your inner creativity.
This evolving research network brings writers, readers, publishers, and emerging scholars together to discuss investigations on the nature and forms of information and publishing practices as distinctive modes of social knowledge and cultural production. Conference attendees have a range of session types and presentation options that allow opportunities for networking and learning more about key issues in the industry.
The Chuckanut Writers Conference is an annual conference that aims to inspire and empower writers of various genres and levels of experience. It is presented by Whatcom Community College and Village Books in Bellingham, Washington.
Established in 1968, the Clarion Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers’ Workshop is the oldest workshop of its kind and is widely recognized as a premier proving and training ground for aspiring writers of fantasy and science fiction.
The Creativity Workshop in Prague will help you become more creative in your personal and professional life. Many techniques will be used in creative writing memoir, art, photography, storytelling, mapmaking, mindfulness and guided visualization to help you explore your inner creativity.
The ASLE Biennial Conference is organized by the Association for the Study of Literature and Environment (ASLE). It’s a gathering of scholars, writers, and environmentalists who explore the connections between literature and the environment. The conference features keynote speeches, panel discussions, workshops, and paper presentations. The theme for the 2025 conference is “Erosion – Creimeadh”. This theme invites participants to consider how literature and culture can address environmental erosion and degradation.
The UK’s Great International Creative Writing Conference is a place to share creative and critical work, to explore creative writing, and to discuss those explorations with creative writing colleagues from around the world. Each year the conference welcomes creative writers from all over the world–many of whom work in universities and colleges, or are undertaking graduate degrees in creative writing.
The Tin House Summer Workshop is a weeklong intensive that consists of curated workshops with limited participants (eight to ten per class), one-on-one meetings with faculty and industry guests, craft lectures, author conversations, generative exercises, and readings.
Sewanee Writers Conference
$2,000
Offering workshops in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and playwriting, the Conference invites talented writers to come to Sewanee each summer to learn from each other in a welcoming and supportive environment.
The Canterbury Arts Conference welcomes artists in all disciplines and media, academics and students, historians, and other professionals. Participants have the opportunity to share and publish research and network with peers. The conference includes creative writing and visual art workshops, as well as presentations of art in a variety of media.
The Imaginarium Convention, now in its 10th year, is a unique event for writers and storytellers of all genres, including filmmakers, game developers, artists, musicians, poets, cosplayers, and many other creatives, and their fans. The convention features three days of extensive panel and workshop programming, an expo, a film festival, live entertainment, literary and film awards, cosplay, and much more!
The Sun Valley Writers’ Conference strives to bring together readers, writers, and artists of diverse ages, backgrounds, and experiences to be informed, enlightened, challenged, and inspired by a world-class literary program in the great outdoors.
The Napa Valley Writers’ Conference has provided literary fellowship and a craft-focused experience among the foothills and vineyards that have made this region famous. It features a faculty as renowned for the quality of their teaching as for their work. Small workshops foster an unusual rapport between faculty writers and conference participants, who find the Napa Valley experience nurturing and challenging. The conference is suited to experienced writers, but enthusiastic beginners are also encouraged to apply.
The Macondo Writers Workshop is an association of socially-engaged writers working to advance creativity, foster generosity, and serve the community. Founded in 1995 by poet and writer Sandra Cisneros and named after the town in Gabriel García Marquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude, the workshop gathers writers from all genres who work on geographic, cultural, economic, gender, and spiritual borders.
The Taos Writers Conference, organized by SOMOS, is an annual event held in Taos, New Mexico. It offers a range of workshops, intensives, and roundtable discussions for writers of all genres, including poetry, memoir, prose fiction, and publishing. The conference features keynote readings, faculty readings, and lunch roundtable discussions with local experts.
Confluence–SFF
TBA
The Confluence conference has been an annual event since 1988. It’s held in Pittsburgh, PA, and focuses on science fiction, fantasy, and horror literature and art. The name “Confluence” is derived from the city’s location at the confluence of three rivers.The event includes panel discussions, talks, poetry readings, filk concerts, and a video room, among other activities.
This is the perfect way to begin your journey as a freelance writer, staff journalist, fiction or nonfiction author, public relations writer, social media expert, editor, and more. Classes are designed for beginners and professionals alike. You’ll have opportunity to meet one-on-one with a publishing professional to pitch your manuscript, get feedback, get advice, or just chat.
The Creativity Workshop in New York will help you become more creative in your personal and professional life. They use many techniques in creative writing memoir, art, photography, storytelling, mapmaking, mindfulness, and guided visualization to help you explore your inner creativity.
The Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference is a vibrant gathering that offers morning workshops in a wide range of genres. Afternoons are packed with craft seminars, panels, one-on-one consultations, and open mics; and every evening offers an opportunity to enjoy the camaraderie and connection that make this conference, in the words of one participant, “life changing.”
The National Book Club Conference places readers in an upscale, intimate environment with some of their favorite authors–and introduces attendees to new talent to add to their reading lists. The panel discussions on how to publish your book, the dynamics of the publishing industry and Black women’s health lend invaluable information that is lasting.
With a rich literary and intellectual tradition, the 99th annual Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference brings together emerging writers to work closely with a diverse and talented faculty. For ten days in August, you’ll experience the intensity—and challenge—of working under the guidance of notable writers, including MacArthur Fellows, U.S. poets laureate, and recipients of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
The Killer Nashville International Writers’ Conference was created in 2006 by author/filmmaker Clay Stafford in an effort to bring together forensic experts, writers, and fans of crime and thriller literature.
Whatever stage of your writing career you are in, Bouchercon can be a good fit for you. If you are unpublished but are writing in the fields of mystery/suspense/thriller/crime, you will get to meet many authors in your field. You will also get to know readers who might some day be reading yours books.
Milford is a gathering of authors who write speculative fiction (in its widest sense). It is not a school for beginners; there are no “teachers” or “students.” It is not an elitist in-group. Invitations are extended to any SF author, from relative newcomers to those who may only dimly recall what rejection slips look like. Generally, the workshop includes some writers who have not attended a previous Milford event, and they are particularly welcome. The main language for the conference is English, so all work must be submitted for critique in English.
This conference aims to gather readers and writers of all genre fiction; including mystery, suspense, romance, thriller, horror, sci-fi, fantasy and paranormal, etc.
This conference has one of the strongest list of writers you will ever find at a conference, with a list of agents, editors and publisher representatives ready to guide you forward! Combined with educational sessions and workshops.
The Travel & Words Conference is produced by Explorer Media & Marketing to build productive connections between travel journalists and destination marketers.
This conference aims to inspire fresh intellectual and artistic engagement with a range of relevant texts, while extending ongoing experimentations in western literature and transcending the boundaries of literary genres and temporal contexts.
The Writing Sisters Summit was born in 2018 as a way for writers of color to come together and share what they have learned about the craft and business of writing and help mentor less-experienced writers on their journey to become published authors.
Haiku North America (HNA) is a biennial conference celebrating haiku poetry. It brings together haiku poets, translators, scholars, editors, and publishers for five days of papers, panels, workshops, readings, performances, book sales, cultural outings, and socialization
The conference, held over 3 days, features over 30 workshops, sessions and panel discussions for all levels and interests. A limited admission of approximately 250 attendees makes WOTS the perfect place to spark your creativity, share ideas, receive up-to-date publishing industry information and network with other writers.
The James River Writers Conference is an annual gathering that usually takes place in Richmond, Virginia, and attracts prize-winning authors and highly regarded editors and literary agents from around the country to share their wisdom about writing and publishing.
Ozark Creative Writers, Inc. is a nonprofit organization guided by a volunteer board of directors and officers, dedicated to presenting one of the oldest and best writing conferences in the region featuring bestselling authors, literary agents, editors, and publishers, and media specialists.
Participants come to Iota to study all forms of short prose writing, including essays, prose poems, short stories, flash fiction and nonfiction, micro essays, and much more. “Short” is a relative term, of course, and our students work onsite on pieces that vary in length from flash to novellas. The conference is generative, and we know that some pieces begun at Iota have grown into much longer projects once the authors got back home.
Jackson Hole Writers Conference
From $200
For more than thirty years, diverse groups of passionate professional and novice writers have gathered at the Jackson Hole Writers Conference. While attending workshops and keynote addresses at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts, writers learn about the craft of writing, share ideas, and make new friends while networking with authors, editors and agents from myriad backgrounds.
Surrey International Writers Conference
From $694
The Surrey International Writers’ Conference is a workshop–based conference with a focus on the development of skills and industry-based knowledge. From beginner writers to published writers, this is the place to hone your skills, learn more about publishing markets, and network for future sales.
Share your perspective, expertise, challenges, and successes at the 2025 Medical Writing & Communication Conference. They are seeking content at the applied and strategic levels to address the needs of medical communicators at mid- to advanced level of their careers.
TusCon
From $30
Welcome to TusCon 52, the 52th annual Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Horror convention in Tuscon. Attendees of TusCon are among the most dedicated fans of science fiction, fantasy, and horror and many attendees are professional writers, film producers, artists, and reporters who keep others informed about the goings-on in the industry.
As long as you’re still writing, it’s never too late to learn the ins and outs of the craft. Similarly, you should always strive to form connections with publishers and other authors whenever you can. By attending a writing conference or workshop in 2025, you can do both at the same time! So make sure to mark your calendar and prepare for some of the most important writing events you’ll ever attend.
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