Conferences

November 11-13, Dedham, Massachusetts Hosted by the New England Chapters of Sisters in Crime and Mystery Writers of America. Features manuscript critiques, agent pitches, master classes, and opportunities to meet…

November 4-6, San Diego, California Approximately 80 classes led by authors, agents, publishers, and publicists. Lajollawritersconference.com

November 3-5, Sanibel Island Workshops in fiction, poetry, songwriting, children’s literature, journalism, screenwriting, creative nonfiction, panels on publishing and editing, concerts. Fgcu.edu/siwc

October 22, Las Vegas Share resources, develop audiences, advance the craft of writing, share the joy of reading. Most events are free and open to the public. Vegasvalleybookfestival.org

October 20-22, Durango, Colorado Three days of telling stories of the women’s West. www2trego@gmail.com womenwritingthewest.org

October 17-23, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada Authors, poets, spoken-word performers, graphic novelists, and readers. Writersfest.bc.ca

October 7-9, Richmond, Virginia Meetings with agents, panel discussions, lectures, first-page critiques, and a pitchapalooza. Jamesriverwriters.org/conference2022

October 6-22, San Francisco Panel discussions, cross-media events, hundreds of readings, plus the now-famous Lit Crawl through the Mission District. info@litquake.org litquake.org

September 16-18, Los Angeles Limited to 150 people, the conference features interactive troubleshooting and read-and-critique workshops. Msg@writersconference.com writersconference.com/la

10th Annual 805 Writers Conference, November 5 & 6, 2022 on the beach at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Ventura, California. Early-Bird Discount starts July 5. Presented by the Writers…