Writing Conferences
Information in this section is provided to The Writer by the individual markets and events; for more information, contact those entities directly. These are a sampling of what the industry has to offer. For a complete listing, visit writermag.com.
ALASKA
Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference
Homer, Alaska, May 13-16. Offers daily workshops, readings, and panel presentations in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and the business of writing. Manuscript reviews and academic credit also available. Keynote speaker: Robin Wall Kimmerer.
Contact: Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference. Erin Coughlin Hollowell.
writersconference.homer.alaska.edu
ARIZONA
Left Coast Crime
Tucson, Arizona, March 16-19. An annual event sponsored by mystery fans for readers, writers, librarians, and other mystery and thriller enthusiasts to share their mutual interest in the genre. Guests of Honor: Glen Erik Hamilton, Sujata Massey, and Dru Ann Love.
Contact: Left Coast Crime.
leftcoastcrime.org/2023/index.html
CALIFORNIA
Digital Author and Indie Publishing Conference
Van Nuys, California, dates TBD (virtual). For authors who want to learn about the new publishing paradigms in an increasingly digital world. Industry experts, educators, agents, and publishers make up the list of speakers, who will explain new technologies and methodologies. Presentations on indie publishing, eBooks, A-Books and P-Books, your author platform, and marketing ideas. No decision has been made about the 2023 conference after going virtual in 2022.
Contact: West Coast Writers Conferences, P.O. Box 2267, Redondo Beach, CA 90278.
310-379-2650
wcwriters.com/daisp/index.html
San Francisco Writers Conference
San Francisco, California, Feb. 16-19. Top authors, agents, and editors meet to discuss fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and specialty writing such as children’s books and
