Atlanta Writers Conference

The fall 2026 Atlanta Writers Conference, sponsored by the Atlanta Writers Club, will be held on November 6 and November 7 at the Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel. The conference includes a book fair featuring attendees’ books; presentations on the craft and business of writing; a legal issues seminar; professional consultations with an attorney and a book publicist; agent and editor pitch sessions; manuscript sample critiques; query letter critiques; and Q&A panels for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction writers. Virtual participation will be available for all agent and editor pitch sessions, query letter critiques, and manuscript sample critiques. Participating publishing professionals include literary agents Ritu Anand (D4EO Literary Agency), Rachel Beck (Liza Dawson Associates), Linda Camacho (Gallt & Zacker Literary Agency), Laurie Dennison (Creative Media Agency), Olivia Emerick (Metamorphosis Literary Agency), Kelsey Evans (Rosecliff Literary), Leticia Gomez (Savvy Literary Services), Ginger Hutchinson (Movable Type Management), Chad Luibl (Janklow & Nesbit Associates), Danielle Marshall (Jane Rotrosen Agency), Michelle Richter (Fuse Literary), Rebecca Rodd (Levine, Greenberg, Rostan Literary Agency), Kaitlyn Sanchez (Bradford Literary Agency), Tina Schwartz (Purcell Agency), Bonnie Swanson (FinePrint Literary Management), Ann Leslie Tuttle (Dystel, Goderich & Bourret), Jennifer Udden (Laura Dail Literary Agency), Matthew Valdez (Megibow Literary Agency), and Rebekah Winslow (Doug Grad Literary Agency) and editors Julia DeVarti (Little, Brown), Tara Gavin (Crooked Lane Books), Naomi Goodheart (Random House), Mahito Indi Henderson (Legacy Lit), Jade Hui (Summit Books), Christopher Madden (Woodhall Press), Vickie McEntire (Colorful Crow Publishing), Hannah Pierdolla (St. Martin’s Press), Gray Rinehart (Baen Books), Sharon Salonen (Literary Wanderlust), and Ayesha Shibli (Del Rey Books). The cost of a single event ranges from $50 to $200; the cost of the full conference is $810. Registration for a table to sell merchandise at the book fair is $40. For nonmembers of the Atlanta Writers Club, an additional $60 membership fee is required. Lodging at the conference hotel is offered at a discounted rate of $159 per night until October 15. General registration is rolling through November 7; the deadline to submit a manuscript for critique is October 4. Attendees participating virtually can submit a query letter for critique by November 2 and one for pitch sessions by November 6. Visit the website for more information.

Accessibility accommodations include elevators in all multilevel event spaces; accessible sidewalks, pathways, and doorways; accessible bathrooms; accessible parking; closed captioning for virtual programming; and signage in Braille. Reserved seating and ASL interpretation are available with advance request. Contact the conference director via phone or e-mail by October 17 for requests or additional accessibility details.