WriteOnCon is a three-day online children’s book conference for writers and illustrators of picture books, middle grade, young adult, and even new adult. It was founded in 2010, and has become an annual event. This year the WriteOnCon online conference takes place on Friday, February 9th through Sunday, February 11th, 2018. You can see the … Read more
While you wait for AW’s forums to return after their spiffy upgrade, here’s a contest you can participate in right here. Come up with a writing prompt that your fellow AWers can work on while they wait for the Forums/AW Water Cooler to be back after the upgrade. Keep in mind that we have all … Read more
By Marilyn Henderson You have finished your novel and are attending a writers’ conference hoping to get an agent or editor to read your manuscript. You work your way through the crowd with your gaze focused at name-tag level. Suddenly you spot a gold-bordered tag reserved for editors. Heart pounding, you approach and introduce yourself … Read more
Guest Post by Lynn Alden Kendall Writing speculative fiction—fantasy, alternate history, and science fiction—entails imagining a world as well as a story. Perhaps that’s why SF/F writers and readers attend conventions like FOGcon: to immerse themselves in the world of speculative fiction. FOGcon is a book-oriented SF/F convention held every March at the Walnut Creek Marriott … Read more
Dive Into The World of Thrillers at THRILLERFEST Guest Post, by Alma Katsu If you write commercial fiction and are looking for a great writing conference, I recommend you check out the International Thriller Writers (ITW) annual event, ThrillerFest. It’s a four-day extravaganza held every year in early July in New York City, close to the … Read more
I just got this press release, so I thought I’d pass it along to all of you. ODYSSEY WRITING WORKSHOP ANNOUNCES ITS 18th SUMMER SESSION About Odyssey Since its founding in 1996, Odyssey has become one of the most respected workshops in the fantasy, science fiction, and horror writing community. Odyssey is for developing writers … Read more
By Jessica McCurdy-Crooks What is a Writers’ Conference? This is a gathering of writers, whether amateur or professional, discussing a particular subject or general information about writing, selling a novel, articles or even poetry or fiction readings. There are as many different types of writers’ conferences as there are different types of writers, such as … Read more
By Linda Chiara By nature writers tend to be solitary people. We spend hours alone in front of a computer or in libraries doing research. Oh, sure, sometimes we venture out into the real world and sit in a favorite coffee house sipping on a latte. But rather than truly interacting with others, we find … Read more
By Michele R. Bardsley Writers who seek out critique workshops want to improve their writing. They must. Why else would they allow their works to be judged by other writers? While writers who offer their manuscripts to the group must be mentally prepared to accept criticism, it is the group’s responsibility to make sure opinions … Read more
Hey, AWers! If you write screenplays, this may be for you. From the Good People at BlueCat: Submit your screenplay to BlueCat Screenplay Competition! This year’s submission deadline is November 15, 2011. For more information about BlueCat, please visit www.bluecatscreenplay.com/ ABOUT: BlueCat is an international community that has been discovering and developing writers since 1998. … Read more
