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• Annual Writers Institute

  http://www.dcs.wisc.edu/lsa/writing/awi
  An annual three day conference for fiction and nonfiction writers, held on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Also offers a number of other courses throughout the year, and online.

• Bear River Writers' Conference

  http://www.lsa.umich.edu/bearriver
  Five days of intensive workshops, talks, and readings in Northern Michigan's Hemingway Country. Sponsored by the University of Michigan.

• Book Signing Events

  http://booksigningevent.com/
  Listing of independent bookstore's book signing events.

• Desert Dreams Writers Conference

  http://desertroserwa.org/conferences
  A conference for writers of all levels of experience and various genres featuring in-depth workshops, and hands-on sessions. Sponsored by the Phoenix, Arizona chapter of Romance Writers of America.

• DFW Writers' Conference

  http://dfwcon.org/
  Offers education and a chance to meet with publishing professionals from around the country. Dallas, Texas.

• Hurston-Wright Foundation

  http://www.hurstonwright.org/
  Held in Washington, DC and offering multi-genre writer's workshops for writers of African descent.

• Kauai Writers Conference

  http://www.kauaiwritersconference.com/
  A two day conference on craft and getting published..

• Kentucky Women Writers Conference

  http://womenwriters.as.uky.edu/
  Literary festival for women.

• Lost State Writers Conference

  http://www.loststatewriters.com/
  Writers conference in Greeneville, Tennessee featuring published authors, agents, editors and publishers.

• Mendocino Coast Writers Conference

  http://www.mcwc.org/
  Workshops for writers of all genres. Meet literary agents and publishers, participate in a variety of intensive workshops, one-on-one conferences with writers and agents.

• Napa Valley Writers' Conference

  http://www.napawritersconference.org/
  Annual summer writing program features daily workshops in poetry and fiction, and a series of public readings and lectures.

• National Writers Series

  http://www.nationalwritersseries.org/
  A year-round book festival. Traverse City, Michigan.

• New England Crime Bake

  http://www.crimebake.org/
  Crime Bake is an annual mystery conference in New England, featuring writers, forensics experts, agents and editors. It is sponsored by the Mystery Writers of America and Sisters in Crime.

• New York Pitch Conference

  http://newyorkpitchconference.com/
  Conference and writers workshop is held four times a year and features editors from major publishing houses.

• OC Christian Writers Conference

  http://www.occwf.org/
  Writers conference focused on teaching from experts in the inspirational market. Writers workshops with agents, editors, best-selling authors, producers, and screenwriters.

• Online Backspace Writers Conference

  http://www.backspacewritersconference.com/
  Offers a week-long conference session including workshops and panel discussions.

• Ozark Creative Writers Conference

  http://ozarkcreativewriters.com/
  The official web site of OCW, annual conference in Eureka Springs, Arkansas. Conference and contest information online.

• Santa Barbara Writers Conference

  http://www.sbwriters.com/
  Founded by Barnaby Conrad in 1973, this writers conference is held annually in June..

• Shaw Guides: Guide to Writers Conferences and Writing Workshops

  http://writing.shawguides.com/
  Descriptions of writing conferences, seminars and workshops worldwide. Searchable by location and specialty. Includes calendar of upcoming programs.

• Southampton Writers Conference

  http://www.stonybrook.edu/southampton/mfa/admissions/admissions.html
  Annual summer and winter writers conferences at Stony Brook Southampton provides a forum for authors of all genres to study and discuss the craft of writing.

• Southern California Writers' Conference

  http://www.writersconference.com/
  An annual conference held on the Presidents' Day weekend.

• The New Harmony Project

  http://www.newharmonyproject.org/
  A writers conference that takes place in New Harmony, Indiana in the early summer each year.

• Tin House Summer Writers Workshop

  http://www.tinhouse.com/writers-workshop/program.html
  Tin House Magazine hosts a writing conference every July at Reed College in Portland, Oregon.

• TLA Network - Power of Words Conference

  http://www.tlanetwork.org/conference
  Offers workshops, performances, talking circles, celebrations. Includes narrative medicine, social change, right livelihood (and making a living through the arts), ecological literacy, and engaged spirituality. US based.

• TMCC Writers' Conference

  http://www.tmcc.edu/wdce/programs/writers-conference/
  Offers a one day session, with workshops and panel discussions. Reno, Nevada.

• Travel Classics Writers Conferences

  http://www.travelclassics.com/
  Professional travel writers conferences, held bi-annually in the United States and abroad. Small, exclusive events; top travel, food and wine, and lifestyle magazine editors.

• Wildacres Writing Workshop

  http://www.wildacreswriters.com/
  This workshop offers residential summer writing classes on a not-for-profit basis. It is held annually at Wildacres Retreat in the Blue Ridge mountains of North Carolina.

• Word Harvest - Tony Hillerman Writers Conference

  http://wordharvest.com/
  Conference focuses on mystery with workshops from best-selling authors, book signings, and agent pitch sessions. South-west, US.

• Write-to-Publish Conference

  http://www.writetopublish.com/
  Focused for the Christian market, this annual conference offers classes for beginners through professionals and meetings with editors. Held on the grounds of Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois.

• WriteStuff

  http://writestuffwriters.com/
  Writers conferences and resources for aspiring authors.

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