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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The International Dublin Writers’ Festival

The International Dublin Writers’ Festival

AUGUST 14—16, 2026

DUBLIN, IRELAND

This conference will help you to improve your writing craft, self-publish successfully, and plan the marketing necessary for any author to achieve success, whether traditionally published or self-published.
Faculty previous: John DeDakis, Peter Dunne, David Ebenbach, David Ebenbach, Sean Hillen, Joe McClain Jr, Katherine Mezzacappa, Laurence O’Bryan, Louise Phillips, Margaret Skea, Taryn de Vere, Cathleen Young
Genres Offered: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Contact: @email
The Port Townsend Writers Conference

The Port Townsend Writers Conference

JULY 12—19, 2026

PORT TOWNSEND, WA

The Port Townsend Writers’ Conference has been since 1974 at the wild heart of the thriving Pacific Northwest literary scene. With a focus on community and rigorous attention to craft, the conference offers morning workshops, afternoon workshops, residencies, guided freewrites, and a vibrant readings and lectures series presented by vital, contemporary writers.
Faculty: Alice Anderson, Dawn Pichón Barron, Erica Bauermeister, Sayantani Dasgupta, Jonathan Evison, Jamie Ford, Bryan Fry, Brian G. Gilmore, Tessa Hulls, A. Van Jordan, Kate Lebo, Samuel Ligon, Gary Copeland Lilley, Michael McGriff, Matt Morton, Roger Reeves, Claudia Rowe, Elizabeth Thorpe, Jacinda Townsend, Kristen Millares Young, Lidia Yuknavitch, Maya Jewell Zeller
Genres Offered: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Contact: Jordan Hartt @email
Tin House Workshops

Tin House Summer & Winter Workshops

JULY 13—20, 2025, FEBRUARY 21—24, 2025

PORTLAND, OR (IN PERSON & ONLINE)

These weekend workshops combine the rugged beauty of the Oregon Coast with a weekend immersed in all things literary. The program consists of morning workshops with no more than six writers per class, one-on-one meetings with faculty, afternoon craft discussions, and/or generative exercises. Evenings are reserved for conversations by the fire and coastal revelry.
Faculty: Camille Acker, ‘Pemi Aguda, Omar El Akkad, Farah Ali, John Manuel Arias, Kristen Arnett, Olufunke Grace Bankole, KB Brookins, Chen Chen, Franny Choi, Nicole Chung, Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Lucy Corin, Mac Crane, Carla Crujido, Lilly Dancyger, Shira Erlichman, Kali Fajardo-Anstine, Sidik Fofana, Kim Fu, Edgar Gomez, Jean Chen Ho, Talia Lakshmi Kolluri, Nina LaCour, Julián Delgado Lopera, Isle McElroy, Angel Nafis, Diana Khoi Nguyen, Nadia Owusu, Deesha Philyaw, Jake Skeets, Danez Smith, Shruti Swamy, Natalia Sylvester, Lena Khalaf Tuffaha, Jeannie Vanasco, Vanessa Angélica Villarreal, Kawai Strong Washburn
Genres Offered: Fiction, Poetry, Nonfiction
Contact: @email
Tinker Mountain Writers - Hollins University

Tinker Mountain Writers

JUNE 14—19, 2026, FEBRUARY 20—21, 2026

ROANOKE, VA

Since 2005, Tinker Mountain Writers has been nurturing and empowering a wide range of writers through workshops in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction. We gather some of the best teachers of writing, who work alongside you to hone your craft and take your work to the next level.
Faculty: Amanda Cockrell, Kristin Dombek, Dorothy Hassan, Barbara Jones, Barbara Jones, Fred Leebron, Rebecca Lindenberg, James McKean, Dan Mueller, Daniel Mueller
Genres Offered: Fiction, Poetry, Memoir
Contact: @email