This is a list of worldwide authors' conferences for writers of all genres.

Europe Bulgaria

Sozopol Fiction Seminars, Sozopol

France

Paris Writers Retreat, Paris

Iceland

Iceland Writers Retreat, Reykjavík

Ireland

BooksGoSocial Dublin Writers Conference – Fiction & Non Fiction, Dublin

Portugal

Disquiet International Literary Program, Lisbon

United Kingdom

Festival of Writing, York Historical Novel Society Conference, London Milford Writer's Workshop, science fiction writers; various locations Winchester Writers' Conference, Winchester Swanwick Writers' Summer School, UK's longest-running writers' school Writers Holiday

North America Bahamas

Salt Cay Writers Retreat, Blue Lagoon Island

Canada

Shuswap International Writers' Festival, Salmon Arm, British Columbia Surrey International Writers' Conference, Surrey, British Columbia Ontario Writers' Conference, Durham Region, Ontario

Mexico San Miguel Writers' Conference and Literary Festival, San Miguel de Allende

United States A–E

The Alabama Writers' Conclave, Alabama Alabama Writing Workshop, Birmingham, Alabama Algonkian Writer Conferences, Arizona, California, Massachusetts, and Virginia The Aloha Writers Conference, Kapalua, Hawaii and Maui American Christian Fiction Writers Conference, location varies American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) annual conference, New York City Antioch Writers' Workshop, Yellow Springs, Ohio Arkansas Writers Conference, Little Rock, Arkansas Art of the Wild Writers' Conference, Olympic Valley, California Association of Personal Historians conference, location varies, Canada and United States Atlanta Writers Conference, Atlanta Atlanta Writing Workshop, Atlanta Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artists-in-Residence Program, New Smyrna Beach, Florida Auburn Writers Conference, Auburn, Alabama Author U Extravaganza conference, Denver Authors Combat Academy, Nashville, Tennessee Authors Conference Infinity Publishing Gathering of Authors, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Authors of the Flathead conference, Kalispell, Montana* Authors' Salon at Clockwork Alchemy, Burlingame, California* Avondale Writers Conference, Avondale, Arizona AWP Conference & Bookfair, North America's largest literary conference; location varies Backspace Writers Conference Bear River Writers' Conference, Boyne City, Michigan Blaze Your Own Trail to Self-Publishing Writers' Conference, San Diego BlogU, Baltimore Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers Conference, New Smyrna Beach, Florida Blue Pen Writers' Conference, Knoxville, Tennessee Blue Ridge Writers' Conference, Blue Ridge, Georgia Book Passage Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference, Corte Madera, California Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, Corte Madera, California Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference, Corte Madera, California BookBaby Independent Authors Conference, Philadelphia Boston Writing Workshop, Boston Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury, Vermont Broadleaf Writers Conference, Decatur, Georgia Business of Pet Writing Conference, New York City Business of Writing International Summit, August 1–2, 2014; Louisville, Kentucky California Dreamin' Writers' Conference, Brea, California Calliope Writing Coach, year round, Salt Lake City Cape Cod Writers Center Conference, Cape Cod Carolinas Writers Conference, Wadesboro, North Carolina Cartersville Area Writers Conference, Cartersville, Georgia Castle Rock Writers' Conference, Castle Rock, Colorado Chanticleer Authors Conference, Bellingham, Washington Chapter One Young Writers Conference, Chicago Chesapeake Writing Workshop, Washington, D.C. Chicago Writing Workshop, Chicago Chuckanut Writers Conference, Bellingham, Washington Cleveland Writing Workshop, Cleveland Colorado Christian Writers Conference, Estes Park, Colorado Colorado Gold Conference, Denver Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference, Colrain, Massachusetts Community of Writers, Olympic Valley, California Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference, Pittsburgh Crested Butte Writers Conference, Crested Butte, Colorado Crossroads Writers' Conference, Macon, Georgia DFW Writers Conference, Dallas-Fort Worth Edgar Awards, Varies Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, Dayton, Ohio

F–M

Florida Writing Workshop, Tampa, Florida Florida Christian Writers Conference , Leesburg, Florida The Frost Place Conference on Poetry, Franconia, New Hampshire The Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching, Franconia, New Hampshire The Frost Place Poetry Seminar, Franconia, New Hampshire The Frost Place Writing Intensive, Franconia, New Hampshire Golden Crown Literary Society Annual Conference, July/August; various locations Hampton Roads Writers' Conference, Virginia Beach, VirginiaHampton Roads Writers Hawaii Writers Conference (formerly the Maui Writers Conference), Maui HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers, presented by Hippocampus magazine, August 2015, Lancaster, Pennsylvania Historical Novel Society Conference in North America, mid-to-late June, various locations Historical Writers of America Conference, August 19–21, 2016, Colonial Williamsburg Hollihock Writers Conference, New Bedford, Massachusetts Horseback Writing Retreats,Horseback Writing Retreats Wyoming Houston Writers Guild – Annual Writers Conference, April, various locations How to Write & Publish Your Book, Mississippi Imaginarium, Louisville, Kentucky Indiana Faith and Writing Conference, Anderson, Indiana Indiana University Writers' Conference, Bloomington, Indiana Indiana Writing Workshop, Indianapolis Jack London Writers Conference, San Francisco Jackson Hole Writers Conference, Jackson Hole Judith Briles Unplugged Authors and Writers Conference, August 27–29, 2015, Denver Juniper Institute for Young Writers, Amherst, Massachusetts Juniper Summer Writing Institute, Amherst, Massachusetts Kachemak Bay Writers Conference, Homer, Alaska Kauai Writers Conference, November 9–11, 2018, Kapaa, Hawaii and Kauai Kentucky Women Writers Conference, Lexington, Kentucky Key West Literary Seminar, Key West Killer Nashville, last full weekend every August, Nashville, Tennessee LA Writers Conference, Los Angeles Liberty States Fiction Writers Create Something Magical Conference, Iselin, New Jersey Life the Universe & Everything (LTUE), Provo, Utah Literary Cleveland Inkubator Conference, ClevelandLiterary Cleveland Inkubator Conference Longleaf Writers Conference at Seaside, FL, Seaside, FloridaLongleaf Writers Conference Los Angeles Writers Retreat, Los Angeles Mad Anthony Writers' Conference, Hamilton, Ohio Malice Domestic, Bethesda, Maryland Meet the Publishers!, Tulsa, Oklahoma Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, Fort Bragg, California Michigan Writing Workshop, Livonia, Michigan Minnesota Writing Workshop, Minneapolis Mississippi Writers Guild Writers' Conference, Vicksburg, Mississippi

N–Z

Nashville Writers Conference, Nashville, TennesseeAnnual Writers Conference focused on screenwriting NETWO's Annual Spring Writers Roundup, Mount Pleasant, TexasAnnual Writers Roundup New Orleans Genre Writer's Conference, New Orleans New York Pitch Conference, New York City North Georgia Christian Writers Conference, Toccoa, Georgia Northern Colorado Writers Conference, Fort Collins, Colorado Northwest Georgia Writers Conference, Calhoun, Georgia Oklahoma Writers' Federation, Inc. (OWFI), Oklahoma City Ozark Creative Writers Conference, Eureka Springs, Arkansas Ozarks Writers League Conference, Missouri Philadelphia Writing Workshop, Philadelphia Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado Pittsburgh Writing Workshop, Pittsburgh PublishingGame.com Conference, Boston Quills Conference, Salt Lake City Read.Write.Share. Writers Weekend, Little Rock, Arkansas Red Clay Writers Conference, Kennesaw, Georgia River Writing Journeys for Women,River Writing Journeys for Women Moab, Utah Rosemary Beach Spring Writers' Conference, May 11–14, 2011, Rosemary Beach, Florida St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference, Grove City, Pennsylvania San Diego Writers Festival, April 6, San Diego San Francisco Writers Conference, February 14–17, San Francisco San Francisco Writing Workshop, San Francisco Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Sanibel, Florida Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Santa Barbara, California Santa Fe Writers Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico Scribblers' Retreat Writers' Conference, St. Simons, Georgia Seattle Writing Workshop, Seattle Sewanee Writers' Conference, Sewanee, Tennessee SF:SE 2015, Orlando Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, two per year, summer in Los Angeles and winter in New York City Southampton Writers Conference, Southampton, New York Southern California Writers' Conference Southern Christian Writers Conference, Tuscaloosa, Alabama Southern Women Writer's Conference, Berry College, Rome, Georgia Southwest Christian Writers Conference, Durango, Colorado Space Coast Writers' Guild Annual Conference, Melbourne, Florida StokerCon, varies Taos Summer Writers' Conference, Taos, New Mexico Tennessee Writing Workshop, Nashville, Tennessee The Writing Academy, Farmington, Minnesota Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) Writers' Conference, Reno, Nevada Tulsa NightWriters Craft of Writing Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma UNF Writers Conference, August 5–7, 2011, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida Unicorn Writer's Conference, Manhattanville University, Purchase, New York VCFA Writers' Conference at CalArts, August 8–14, 2026, Vermont College of Fine Arts, Los Angeles, California Washington Writers Conference, Washington, DC Wesleyan Writers Conference, Middletown, Connecticut West Coast Writers Conference, July 20–22, 2012, Los Angeles Valley College, Los Angeles White County Creative Writers Conference, Searcy, Arkansas Willamette Writers conference, Willamette Writers' annual conference, first weekend in August, Portland, Oregon Women Writing the West, Los Angeles Writeaways, New Mexico, Ireland, France, Italy WordSmitten Writing Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida Write-by-the-Lake Annual Writer's Retreat, Madison, Wisconsin Write in Atlanta 2011, Atlanta Write Stuff, Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Write to Publish Conference, Wheaton, Illinois Writer's Digest Conference, August 1–3, 2014, The Roosevelt Hotel, New York City The Writer's Hotel NYC Writers Conference, New York City The Writers' Institute, Madison, Wisconsin Writers' Police Academy, Green Bay, Wisconsin Writers @ Work, Park City, Utah Writers in FlorenceWriters in Florence Writers in New YorkWriters in New York Writers in Paradise, St. Petersburg, Florida Writers in ParisWriters in Paris Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Conference, Salt Lake City Writing By Writers Workshop @ Tomales Bay Writing It Real in Port Townsend, Port Townsend, Washington Yale Writers' Conference, New Haven, Connecticut

South America Peru

Peru, Weaving Words & Women

See also

African Writers Conference

Notes