2019 CREATIVE NONFICTION WRITERS’ CONFERENCE. Join us in Pittsburgh May 23–25 (Memorial Day weekend) for 3 days dedicated to the art of memoir, personal essays, narrative journalism, and more. Craft talks, breakout sessions, publishing advice, and master classes with writers, editors, and agents. Learn more at www.creativenonfiction.org/conference.
3RD ANNUAL TAOS WRITERS CONFERENCE in the beautiful Southwest—Taos, NM, July 12–14. Keynote speaker: poet Arthur Sze (nominated for the Pulitzer Prize). Invited faculty include: William DeBuys, Allegra Huston, Mirabai Starr, Sherwin Bitsui, Linda Lightsey Rice, and many others, with workshops in every genre. Website: www.taoswritersconference.org. Phone: (575) 758-0081.
14TH ANNUAL GOLD RUSH WRITERS CONFERENCE, May 3–5, Mokelumne Hill, CA, invites writers of all levels to join established professionals in workshops, readings, lectures, and panels. Surround yourself with others in a lively and intimate setting to celebrate the joy of the written word. For more information, visit www.goldrushwriters.com.
32ND ANNUAL PENNWRITERS CONFERENCE, May 17–19 at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott. Over 40 workshops, panels, and sessions to choose from. Friday keynote dinner with Jessica Strawser, editor-at-large at Writer’s Digest. Agent/editor pitch appointments and read & critiques with agents, editors & published authors. Three Thursday add-on intensives: The Crafts of Fiction, Marketing, & A Coroner’s insight. Website: www.pennwriters.org.
AERODROME WRITERS CONFERENCE October. Cape May, NJ. Poetry, nonfiction, fiction/playwriting, screenwriting. Published poet. Published novelist. Award-winning and produced playwright/screenwriter. Oscar-winning film producer For more information: aerodromenj@aol.com; (323) 793-2153.
ARE YOU READY FOR SUMMER? The Manhattanville College MFA Program’s Summer Writers’ Week beats the beach. Returning workshop leaders include Split This Rock co-founder Melissa Tuckey and Portland biographer/novelist Michael N. McGregor. Screenwriting and Graphic Narrative workshops, too. June 17–21. Housing available on our beautiful Purchase, NY, campus, 30 minutes from NYC. Visit mvillemfa.com for details or call (917) 323-5239.
BOLDFACE CONFERENCE FOR EMERGING WRITERS: May 20–24. Glass Mountain magazine at the University of Houston announces 10th annual conference for undergraduates and community writers. Featured writers this May: Bryan Washington, Jason Koo, Jessica Wilbanks. (Manuscript consultations available.) Workshops: fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and mixed genre in Spanish. Early Bird! $195 students; $295 community writers. (Meals included!) Visit: www.glassmountainmag.com/events/boldface or e-mail boldfaceconference@gmail.com.
CARNEGIE CENTER’S BOOKS-IN-PROGRESS CONFERENCE will be held in picturesque Lexington, KY, May 30–June 1, with optional pre-conference sessions and a welcome reception. Chris Offutt, widely known for his short stories (Kentucky Straight & Out of the Woods) and novels (Country Dark), will keynote. Offutt has also published 2 memoirs (My Father the Pornographer & No Heroes: A Memoir of Coming Home) and has written episodes for the TV series True Blood and Weeds. Immerse yourself in craft & business workshops led by top writers, editors, and other professionals. Topics include revision, fiction, nonfiction, YA, publishing, and more. One-on-one pitches with literary agents available. Website: www.carnegiecenterlex.org.
JOIN LITERARY AGENTS at a beachfront resort in Belize for manuscript critiques and savvy insights into creating an online presence and successfully marketing your book. The Belize Writers Conference is ideal for writers who understand the importance of becoming authorpreneurs, whether they are self-publishing or seeking an agent. Details: www.joeygarcia.com/events.
JOIN THE 2019 KANSAS AUTHORS CLUB Annual Convention in Wichita, KS, October 4–6. All writers welcome! Check our website for more information: www.kansasauthorsclub.weebly.com.
JOIN US IN SPOKANE, April 22–28, for the Get Lit! Festival. The festival features over 50 authors including Roxane Gay, Kaveh Akbar, Tommy Orange, Leni Zumas, Jess Walter, and Sharma Shields for a week of free and low cost readings, panel discussions, craft classes, and more. Website: www.getlitfestival.org.
SOUTHAMPTON WRITERS CONFERENCE, July 10–21, Southampton, NY. Five and 12-day workshops in fiction, poetry, memoir, TV writing. Melissa Bank, Jericho Brown, Karen E. Bender, Alexander Chee, Billy Collins, Ursula Hegi, Alan Kingsberg, Matthew Klam, Dawn Lundy Martin, Roger Rosenblatt, Frederic Tuten. Scholarships available. No application fee. Website: www.stonybrook.edu/writers. E-mail: christian.mclean@stonybrook.edu.