Adriatic Writers Conference

The inaugural 2025 Adriatic Writers Conference was held from May 10 to May 17 at the Hotel Bellevue on Lošinj island in Croatia. Programming included small-group workshops, craft classes, a one-on-one meeting with a writing instructor, master classes, and generative writing sessions for fiction writers and memoirists. The faculty included fiction and creative nonfiction writers Jo Piazza and Kristin Vuković and memoirist Rosie Schaap. The cost of the conference, which included lodging in the conference hotel, daily breakfast, and a welcome and farewell dinner, was $3,500. The cost for guests staying in a shared room, which included all programming except for workshops, was $1,000. Attendees were responsible for transportation costs. To apply, writers submitted a 10-page writing sample via e-mail by January 1, 2025. There was no application fee. Visit the website for more information.

Accessibility accommodations include transportation near the venue; elevators in all multilevel event spaces; accessible sidewalks, pathways, and doorways; accessible bathrooms; accessible parking; an event space with an induction loop for attendees with hearing impairments; assistive listening devices; ASL interpretation; closed captioning for virtual programming; and signage in Braille. Contact Lošinj Hotels concierge Sara Prgić at sara.prgic@jadranka.hr for additional accessibility details.