WRITERS CONFERENCES
LISTINGS ARE FOR INFORMATION ONLY. PLEASE CHECK THEM OUT YOURSELF
Jan 27-29
Feb 9-11 Feb 16-19 Feb 16-19
Feb 17-20
2017
Genre LA Speculative Fiction Conference, Doubletree Hotel, Los Angeles CA( presented by West Coast Writers Conferences)
PubWest 2017, Benson Hotel, Portland OR San Francisco Writers Conference, Mark Hopkins Hotel, San Francisco CA
Savannah Book Festival, around Savannah’ s historic Telfair, Wright, and Chippewa Squares, Savannah GA
Southern California Writers Conference, Crowne Plaza Hanalei, San Diego, California
WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND WRITERS CONFERENCES
WRITING CONFERENCES ARE EXTRAORDINARILY
VALUABLE.
AS WRITERS, WE WORK IN A CREATIVE FIELD AND WE CAN SIT AT A KEYBOARD AND WRITE A BOOK-- THAT’ S A GIVEN.
Feb 17-18 Feb 23-26
22nd Annual South Coast Writers Conference, Gold Beach OR SleuthFest 2017, Embassy Suites, Boca Raton FL
Feb 26- Mar 3 Writers Winter Escape Cruise 2017, Departs from Miami FL to Cozumel MX and Nassau, Bahamas
Mar 14-16 Mar 23-25
The London Book Fair, Olympic, London, UK The Write Stuff Writers Conference, Best Western, Bethlehem PA
Mar 25 Unicorn Writers Conference, Reid Castle— Manhattanville College, Purchase NY
Apr. 20-22
Las Vegas Writers Conference, Sams Town, Las Vegas NV
May 5-6 Northwest Christian Writers Renewal, Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA
May 2-7 May 5-6
Romantic Times Booklovers Convention, Hyatt Regency, Atlanta GA Idaho Writers Premier Writers Conference, The Boise Centre, Boise, ID
BUT, WITHOUT TRAINING AND GUIDANCE, OUR PATH TO SUCCESSFUL PUBLISHING CAN BE FAR LONGER( IF AT ALL) THAN IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN WITH OUTSIDE EXPERT HELP.
WE OPEN OURSELVES TO LEARNING BY TRIAL AND ERROR, WHICH CAN COST TIME, MONEY AND BE A REAL EGO BEATING.
BY ATTENDING CONFER-
ENCES YOU NOT ONLY LEARN ABOUT THE CRAFT AND BUSINESS OF WRIT- ING, BUT MAKE INVALU- ABLE CONTACTS..
May 14-21
Seaside Writers Conference, The Academic Village, Seaside FL
WINTER 2017
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