Conferences

Winter, Spring, Summer, or Fall, city or country, national or international, find the writing conference you desire. Our selective, searchable list of conferences features many of our published authors.


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Bay Area Book Festival

Bay Area Book Festival

MAY 31—JUNE 1, 2025

BERKELEY, CA (IN PERSON & ONLINE)

The Bay Area Book Festival is a two-day event complete with literary sessions presenting top authors from this region, the nation, and the world, along with an outdoor fair with hundreds of literary exhibitors. The Festival kicked off in 2015 with the mission to create a free, inclusive, world-class literary event in the Bay Area. Since then, the Festival has welcomed more than 800 authors and is approaching 100,000 attendees.
Faculty: Judith Butler, MK Chavez, micha cárdenas, Tara Dorabji, Kinsale Drake, Rosa Kwon Easton, Huda Fahmy, Garrett Felber, Roxane Gay, Carolina Ixta, David Jay, Tomas Moniz, Viet Thanh Nguyen, Clare Osongco, john a powell, Greg Sarris, Kim Shuck, Gene Luen Yang
Genres Offered: Fiction, Poetry, Science Fiction, Memoir, History, Philosophy
Contact: @email
Book Passage Mystery Writers’ Conference

Book Passage Mystery Writers’ Conference

JULY 18—AUGUST 20, 2025
CORTE MADERA, CA

The four-day Book Passage Mystery Writers’ Conference has a strong tradition of great authors and teachers. It covers everything mystery writers need—from developing ideas and writing skills to finding a publisher.
Faculty: Cara Black, Rhys Bowen, Susan Breall, Tony Broadbent, Elvis Chan, Joe Clifford, Michael Connelly, Brian Copeland, Samantha Downing, George Fong, Rachel Howzell Hall, Naomi Hirarhara, Laurie R. King, Jon Lindstrom, Tim Maleeny, Kelli Stanley
Genres Offered: Fiction, Mystery
Contact: @email.
Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

AUGUST 13—23, 2025
RIPTON, VT

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, founded in 1926 and boasting a rich literary and intellectual tradition, gathers together emerging writers to work closely with a diverse and talented faculty. For ten days in August, conference attendees experience the intensity—and challenge—of working under the guidance of notable writers.
Faculty: Laura van den Berg, Christopher Castellani, Camille T. Dungy, Stacey D’Erasmo, Danielle Evans, Elisa Gabbert, Amina Gautier, Ishion Hutchinson, Mat Johnson, Victor LaValle, Claire Messud, Marie Mutsuki Mockett, Valzhyna Mort, Tomás Q. Morín, V. Penelope Pelizzon, Carl Phillips, Paisley Rekdal, Carter Sickels, Paul Yoon
Genres Offered: Fiction, Nonfiction, Poetry
Contact: @email
Free Expressions Seminars: Breakout Novel Intensive

Virtual Breakout Novel Intensive

MARCH 18—APRIL 22, 2025, NOVEMBER 11—DECEMBER 16, 2025

ONLINE

This workshop is as ideal for those just beginning a new project as it is for those embarking on a revision of a completed work. While writers at all level of craft are welcome, we assume a basic understanding of fiction craft.
Faculty: Donald Maas, Lorin Oberweger, Veronica Rossi, Brenda Windberg
Genres Offered: Fiction
Contact: Lorin Oberweger @email