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, Virginia
  • 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, 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, Cleveland
  • Longleaf Writers Conference at Seaside, FL, Seaside, Florida
  • 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, Tennessee
  • NETWO's Annual Spring Writers Roundup, Mount Pleasant, Texas
  • 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
  • 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, 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 Florence
  • Writers in New York
  • Writers in Paradise, St. Petersburg, Florida
  • Writers 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