Writer’s Conferences, Workshops and Seminars

Attending writer’s conferences, workshops and seminars are a fantastic way to network with other authors, hone your literary skills, find agents and publishers and get inspired to take your vision to the next level. Scan through this invaluable list, you’re sure to find an event near you.

To your success,

Joe Elliot

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Abroad Writers Conference
True networking opportunities await you, in an intimate size conference and workshop setting with leading authors and agents. Conferences in 2007: Czech Republic & Thailand.

Antioch Writers' Workshop
Antioch Writers' Workshop, July 7-13, 2007. Fiction, nonfiction, memoir, scriptwriting, poetry. Accessible faculty, intensive seminars, manuscript critiques, agent meetings. Come join our community of writers.

Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat & Literary Festival
Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat & Literary Festival, a five-day celebration of words, stories and ideas. June 24 to 28, 2007 • Aspen, Colorado

Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artist-in-Residence Program
Interdisciplinary community dedicated to providing talented individuals an opportunity to work and collaborate with some of the world’s most distinguished visual, literary, and performing artists.

Atlantic Writers Workshop
Unleash your creativity and sharpen your skills in fiction and memoir with weekly New York City classes and excursions to Mexico and New England.

Backspace Writers Conference
2007 Backspace Writers Conference, May 31 & June 1, 2007, NYC, Algonquin Hotel. Panels, Author Spotlights, Workshops, Free Two-Page Critiques.

Central Ohio Writers of Literature for Children
One-day conference for writers and illustrators of children's books. Nationally-acclaimed, published authors, hands-on workshops, "pitch" sessions with a literary agent, manuscript/portfolio evaluations. 4/28/07. Columbus, Ohio.

Circle Of Writers Workshops and Retreats
Circle of Writers offers unique creative writing workshops and retreats for beginning and experienced writers in Vermont, Connecticut, Mexico and Costa Rica.

Colgate Writers’ Conference
The Colgate Writers' Conference offers daily workshops of ten or fewer participants, personal consultations, craft talks, panel discussions, readings, and informal conversations. 6/17-23/2007

ClarityWorks Writing Retreats and Writers Workshops
Inspire your writing, enrich your life. Peggy Tabor Millin’s Writing Retreats in the Carolinas support women in freeing their creative voices and developing fearless writing.

Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference
Bring your completed manuscript or manuscript-in-process to the decision-makers. The first poetry conference realistically designed to set poets on a path towards book publication.

Creative Writing in Oaxaca
Full eight-night workshop-retreat in Oaxaca, Mexico, for writers of fiction, poetry, memoir, personal writing and essay. 12-15 participants. 2007: February, June and July.

Creativity Workshop: Writing, Drawing, Story Telling and Personal Memoir
A workshop for writers, artists, and performers to explore the processes of their creative expression and to develop and share work-in-progress.

Express Yourself...Authors' Conference
Nurture your book to its full potential by learning to "Express Yourself...". Seminars, workshops, and discussions that will expand your creativity and marketing skills.

Flathead River Writers Conference
An exciting, affordable Montana October weekend packed with enough speakers, panels, workshops and one-on-one meetings with presenters to keep you inspired and writing for months.

GCLS Literary Convention
The Golden Crown Literary Society is proud to host the Third annual GCLS Literary Conference in Atlanta, Georgia, June 7-10, 2007.

Gotham Writers' Workshop - WritingClasses.com
The professional writers of New York's leading creative writing school offer comprehensive workshops online and in NYC in more than a dozen forms of writing.

Honeysuckle Hill Writing Workshop
Workshops dedicated to teaching the craft of fiction-writing fundamentals and giving students the freedom to write and be published in any genre. Glen Arm, Maryland.

Iowa Summer Writing Festival
An opportunity for you to share your work in a community setting. 130 weekend and one-week workshops for writers of all levels. Iowa City, Iowa.

Fifth House Lodge Retreat
Fifth House Lodge, a retreat for writers in Maine's breathtaking lake and mountain country, offers writing workshops and retreat space for writers.

John Fox and The Institute for Poetic Medicine
We offer workshops that provide a non-judgmental and nurturing place to express your life, your whole self within the healing container of reading and writing poems.

Lisa Alpine
A master writing teacher, Lisa Alpine teaches a myriad of diverse (from Travel Writing to Book Birthing) writing workshops in the San Francisco Bay Area.

Lost Art of Personal Writing
Write for yourself, to communicate, to publish, it all begins with personal writing. Come to LaPosada in Winslow, Arizona, for a relaxing, informative writing experience.

Manhattanville Summer Writers' Week
Annual Writer's Week in June features workshops with well-known published authors. On Manhattanville College's beautiful suburban campus, 30 minutes from New York City. 6/25-29/2007.

Margaret Irby Writing Workshops
Nurture your creativity with gifted writing teacher Margaret Irby at this one-week fall workshop in the magical city of Paris, France. October 12-18, 2009.

Maui Writers Conference
Do you want to get published? The Maui Writers Conference sponsors the world's premier writing and publishing events. Meet dozens of top agents and editors.

Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference
On the lake at Bemidji State University. Small group workshops for all levels: Poetry, Novice Poetry, Novice Multi-genre, Symbolic Modeling and, Creative Nonfiction. 6/17-22/2007 Bemidji, Minnesota.

Nightwriters in California and Tuscany
May 6 - 11: Five days of writing, reflecting and sharing your work with author/instructor Phyllis Theroux at the famed Bishop's Ranch in Healdsburg, California.

Northern Colorado Writers Conference
This second annual event features 16 workshops, 10 speakers, editor panel, keynote dinner, free trade show, and networking opportunities. March 23-24, 2007. Fort Collins Hilton.

Odyssey: The Summer Fantasy Writing Workshop
Six-week summer workshop for serious writers of fantasy, science fiction, and horror. Prestigious faculty of award-winning authors. 6/11-7/20/2007 • Saint Anselm College, Manchester, NH.

Patchwork Farm Retreat
1- to 8-day writing retreats taught by Patricia Lee Lewis, based on the Amherst Writers & Artists method. Massachusetts, Texas, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Ireland, Scotland, Mexico, Wales.

Progoff Intensive Journal Program
Nationwide and year-round writing workshops for self-development. A powerful technique to spur creativity and overcome writers' block, endorsed by Judy Collins and Donald Spoto.

Publishing Game/Expertizing Workshops
Fern Reiss's Publishing Game and Expertizing.com Workshops: Publish a book and achieve fame for your expertise in these award-winning workshops!

Sewanee Writers' Conference & Young Writers' Conference
The Sewanee Writers’ Conference offers a twelve-day opportunity to talk to and learn from some of America’s best working writers. Please apply to join us.

San Francisco Writers Conference
"One of the finest Writer's Conferences in the country." Writing (and publishing!) taught by bestselling Authors, Literary Agents and Editors from top publishing houses.

San Miguel Conference & Workshops
The second annual conference features keynote addresses, panels, contests, open mike readings plus 20+ instructional breakout sessions. February 24-25, 2007 • San Miguel de Allende, Mexico.

Santa Barbara Writers Conference
30 different craft-based workshops with top authors and agents, speakers, panels, late-night critique sessions, receptions and closing dinner, opportunities to pitch your projects. June 22-29, 2007.

The Algonkian Writer Workshops
A single best way to craft the novel? Pitch the novel? Become published? Yes. Algonkian small-group conferences provide the finest agents, editors, and syllabus.

The Iowa Young Writers' Studio
Share your work, practice your craft, and improve your writing this summer with other young writers from across the country. Iowa City • 6/17-6/30 and 7/8-21/2007.

The Writers Studio
Our students publish and win awards. Classes Online and in NYC begin March 21st. Praised by NY Times. Tutorials available.

Tin House Summer Writers Workshop
One-week writing intensive featuring workshops, readings, seminars, panels, mentorships. Prestigious faculty of writers of fiction, nonfiction and poetry. Reed College, Portland, July 8-15, 2007.

Tuscany Writers Conference

Escape to the Tuscany Writers Conference in Lucca, Italy, April 22-28, 2007. Writing workshops, influential publishing professionals, local food & wine!

Wesleyan Writers Conference
51st year • For new writers, established writers, and everyone interested in the writer’s craft. Includes seminars, informal workshops, manuscript consultations with faculty, writing time.

Whidbey Island Writers Conference
Feast on the years of experience offered by presenters specifically selected for their talent, passion for writing, and desire to share their gifts with you.

Will Rogers Writers' Workshop
Draw inspiration from an iconic figure and learn more ways to improve and market your work from outstanding speakers and workshop leaders. 3/15-17/2007. Oklahoma City.

Write From the Heart Seminars & Coaching
Creative Writing and Publishing Coach: Study with one of the country's leading writing coaches and bestselling author of 30-plus books. Study with the best.

Write on the Sound Writers' Conference and Pre-Conference
Limited to 200 attendees, the conference provides a wide variety of workshop sessions and the opportunity to network with aspiring and published authors.

Writers Retreat Workshop (WRW)
Internationally acclaimed Writers Retreat Workshop, selected by USA Weekend as a learning “vacation that can change your life". Described as a "writers boot-camp." Limited Registrations.

Writers Studio at UCLA Extension
Participate in the four-day intensive Writers Studio and attend in-class and online courses at the most comprehensive writing program in the United States.

Writing It Real in Port Townsend
Receive hands-on, professional guidance in writing and publishing creative non-fiction, fiction and poetry in an inspiring, historic, seaport setting. 6/21-25/2007 • Harborside Inn, Port Townsend, Washington.

Writing the Breakout Novel with Donald Maass
Writing The Breakout Novel with powerhouse New York literary agent, Donald Maass. Intensive, hands-on workshops for intermediate and advanced fiction writers.

Yellowstone Nature Writers' Field Conference
This 5-day workshop seeks literary inspiration through Yellowstone Park exploration and expert guidance from accomplished nature writers and publishers. January 28–February 3, 2007.

Yosemite Writers Conference
Learn-Connect-Sell. Writer-friendly conference is your chance to meet top editors, agents and magazine and book publishing professionals at one of the world's most beautiful settings.