This is a list of worldwide

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s for writers of all genres.

Europe

Bulgaria

* Sozopol Fiction Seminars, Sozopol

France

* Paris Writers Retreat,

Paris Paris () is the Capital city, capital and List of communes in France with over 20,000 inhabitants, largest city of France. With an estimated population of 2,048,472 residents in January 2025 in an area of more than , Paris is the List of ci ...

Iceland

* Iceland Writers Retreat,

Reykjavík Reykjavík is the Capital city, capital and largest city in Iceland. It is located in southwestern Iceland on the southern shore of Faxaflói, the Faxaflói Bay. With a latitude of 64°08′ N, the city is List of northernmost items, the worl ...

Ireland

* BooksGoSocial Dublin Writers Conference – Fiction & Non Fiction,

Dublin Dublin is the capital and largest city of Republic of Ireland, Ireland. Situated on Dublin Bay at the mouth of the River Liffey, it is in the Provinces of Ireland, province of Leinster, and is bordered on the south by the Dublin Mountains, pa ...

Portugal

* Disquiet International Literary Program,

Lisbon Lisbon ( ; ) is the capital and largest city of Portugal, with an estimated population of 567,131, as of 2023, within its administrative limits and 3,028,000 within the Lisbon Metropolitan Area, metropolis, as of 2025. Lisbon is mainlan ...

United Kingdom

* Festival of Writing,

York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...

* Historical Novel Society Conference,

London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolitan area, Its wider metropolitan area is the largest in Wester ...

* Milford Writer's Workshop, science fiction writers; various locations * Winchester Writers' Conference,

Winchester Winchester (, ) is a City status in the United Kingdom, cathedral city in Hampshire, England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government Districts of England, district, at the western end of the South Downs N ...

* Swanwick Writers' Summer School, UK's longest-running writers' school * Writers Holiday

North America

Bahamas

* Salt Cay Writers Retreat, Blue Lagoon Island

Canada

* Shuswap International Writers' Festival, Salmon Arm,

British Columbia British Columbia is the westernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Situated in the Pacific Northwest between the Pacific Ocean and the Rocky Mountains, the province has a diverse geography, with rugged landscapes that ...

* Surrey International Writers' Conference,

Surrey, British Columbia Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is located south of the Fraser River on the Canada–United States border. It is a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver regional district and metropolitan area. Mainly a suburban city, Surr ...

* Ontario Writers' Conference, Durham Region, Ontario

Mexico

* San Miguel Writers' Conference and Literary Festival, San Miguel de Allende

United States

A–E

* The Alabama Writers' Conclave,

Alabama Alabama ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South, Deep Southern regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gu ...

* Alabama Writing Workshop,

Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham ( ) is a city in the north central region of Alabama, United States. It is the county seat of Jefferson County, Alabama, Jefferson County. The population was 200,733 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, making it the List ...

* Algonkian Writer Conferences,

Arizona Arizona is a U.S. state, state in the Southwestern United States, Southwestern region of the United States, sharing the Four Corners region of the western United States with Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. It also borders Nevada to the nort ...

California California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...

Massachusetts Massachusetts ( ; ), officially the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is a U.S. state, state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It borders the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Maine to its east, Connecticut and Rhode ...

, and

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Mid-Atlantic (United States), Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States between the East Coast of the United States ...

* The Aloha Writers Conference , Kapalua, Hawaii and

Maui Maui (; Hawaiian language, Hawaiian: ) is the second largest island in the Hawaiian archipelago, at 727.2 square miles (1,883 km2). It is the List of islands of the United States by area, 17th-largest in the United States. Maui is one of ...

* American Christian Fiction Writers Conference, location varies * American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) annual conference,

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

* Antioch Writers' Workshop,

Yellow Springs, Ohio Yellow Springs is a Village (Ohio), village in northern Greene County, Ohio, United States. The population was 3,697 at the United States Census, 2020, 2020 census. It is part of the Greater Dayton, Dayton metropolitan area and is home to Antioch ...

* Arkansas Writers Conference,

Little Rock, Arkansas Little Rock is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Arkansas, most populous city of the U.S. state of Arkansas. The city's population was 202,591 as of the 2020 census. The six-county Central Arkan ...

* Art of the Wild Writers' Conference, Olympic Valley, California * Association of Personal Historians conference, location varies, Canada and United States * Atlanta Writers Conference,

Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Georgia (U.S. state), most populous city in the U.S. state of Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia. It is the county seat, seat of Fulton County, Georg ...

* Atlanta Writing Workshop,

* Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artists-in-Residence Program, New Smyrna Beach, Florida * Auburn Writers Conference, Auburn, Alabama * Author U Extravaganza conference,

Denver Denver ( ) is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Consolidated city and county, consolidated city and county, the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Colorado, most populous city of the U.S. state of ...

* Authors Combat Academy,

Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, often known as Music City, is the capital and List of municipalities in Tennessee, most populous city in the U.S. state of Tennessee. It is the county seat, seat of Davidson County, Tennessee, Davidson County in Middle Tennessee, locat ...

* Authors Conference Infinity Publishing Gathering of Authors, Valley Forge, Pennsylvania * Authors of the Flathead conference, Kalispell, Montana* * Authors' Salon at Clockwork Alchemy, Burlingame, California* * Avondale Writers Conference, Avondale, Arizona * AWP Conference & Bookfair, North America's largest literary conference; location varies * Backspace Writers Conference * Bear River Writers' Conference, Boyne City, Michigan * Blaze Your Own Trail to Self-Publishing Writers' Conference,

San Diego San Diego ( , ) is a city on the Pacific coast of Southern California, adjacent to the Mexico–United States border. With a population of over 1.4 million, it is the List of United States cities by population, eighth-most populous city in t ...

* BlogU,

Baltimore Baltimore is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Maryland. With a population of 585,708 at the 2020 census and estimated at 568,271 in 2024, it is the 30th-most populous U.S. city. The Baltimore metropolitan area is the 20th-large ...

* Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers Conference, New Smyrna Beach, Florida * Blue Pen Writers' Conference,

Knoxville, Tennessee Knoxville is a city in Knox County, Tennessee, United States, and its county seat. It is located on the Tennessee River and had a population of 190,740 at the 2020 United States census. It is the largest city in the East Tennessee Grand Division ...

* Blue Ridge Writers' Conference, Blue Ridge, Georgia * Book Passage Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference, Corte Madera, California * Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference, Corte Madera, California * Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference, Corte Madera, California * BookBaby Independent Authors Conference,

Philadelphia Philadelphia ( ), colloquially referred to as Philly, is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the List of United States cities by population, sixth-most populous city in the Unit ...

* Boston Writing Workshop,

Boston Boston is the capital and most populous city in the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. The city serves as the cultural and Financial centre, financial center of New England, a region of the Northeas ...

* Bread Loaf Writers' Conference, Middlebury, Vermont *Broadleaf Writers Conference,

Decatur, Georgia Decatur () is a city and the county seat of DeKalb County, Georgia, DeKalb County, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States, part of the Atlanta metropolitan area. With a population of 24,928 in the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, th ...

* Business of Pet Writing Conference,

* Business of Writing International Summit, August 1–2, 2014;

Louisville, Kentucky Louisville is the List of cities in Kentucky, most populous city in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, sixth-most populous city in the Southeastern United States, Southeast, and the list of United States cities by population, 27th-most-populous city ...

* California Dreamin' Writers' Conference, Brea, California * Calliope Writing Coach, year round,

Salt Lake City Salt Lake City, often shortened to Salt Lake or SLC, is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Utah. It is the county seat of Salt Lake County, the most populous county in the state. The city is the core of the Salt Lake Ci ...

* Cape Cod Writers Center Conference,

Cape Cod Cape Cod is a peninsula extending into the Atlantic Ocean from the southeastern corner of Massachusetts, in the northeastern United States. Its historic, maritime character and ample beaches attract heavy tourism during the summer months. The ...

* Carolinas Writers Conference,

Wadesboro, North Carolina Wadesboro is a town in and the county seat of Anson County, North Carolina, Anson County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 5,008 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The town was originally found in 1783 as New Town but ...

* Cartersville Area Writers Conference, Cartersville, Georgia * Castle Rock Writers' Conference, Castle Rock, Colorado * Chanticleer Authors Conference,

Bellingham, Washington Bellingham ( ) is the county seat of Whatcom County, Washington, Whatcom County in the U.S. state of Washington (state), Washington. It lies south of the Canada–United States border, U.S.–Canada border, between Vancouver, British Columbia, ...

* Chapter One Young Writers Conference,

Chicago Chicago is the List of municipalities in Illinois, most populous city in the U.S. state of Illinois and in the Midwestern United States. With a population of 2,746,388, as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of Unite ...

* Chesapeake Writing Workshop, Washington, D.C. * Chicago Writing Workshop,

* Chuckanut Writers Conference,

* Cleveland Writing Workshop,

Cleveland Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Cuyahoga County. Located along the southern shore of Lake Erie, it is situated across the Canada–U.S. maritime border and approximately west of the Ohio-Pennsylvania st ...

* Colorado Christian Writers Conference,

Estes Park, Colorado Estes Park () is a statutory town in Larimer County, Colorado, United States. The town population was 5,904 at the 2020 United States census. Estes Park is a part of the Fort Collins, CO Metropolitan Statistical Area and the Front Range Urb ...

* Colorado Gold Conference,

* Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference, Colrain, Massachusetts * Community of Writers, Olympic Valley, California * Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference,

Pittsburgh Pittsburgh ( ) is a city in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania#Municipalities, second-most populous city in Pennsylvania (after Philadelphia) and the List of Un ...

* Crested Butte Writers Conference, Crested Butte, Colorado * Crossroads Writers' Conference,

Macon, Georgia Macon ( ), officially Macon–Bibb County, is a consolidated city-county in Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia, United States. Situated near the Atlantic Seaboard fall line, fall line of the Ocmulgee River, it is southeast of Atlanta and near the ...

* DFW Writers Conference, Dallas-Fort Worth * Edgar Awards, Varies * Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop,

Dayton, Ohio Dayton () is a city in Montgomery County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. It is the List of cities in Ohio, sixth-most populous city in Ohio, with a population of 137,644 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. The Dayton metro ...

F–M

* Florida Writing Workshop,

Tampa, Florida Tampa ( ) is a city on the Gulf Coast of the United States, Gulf Coast of the U.S. state of Florida. Tampa's borders include the north shore of Tampa Bay and the east shore of Old Tampa Bay. Tampa is the largest city in the Tampa Bay area and t ...

* Florida Christian Writers Conference , Leesburg, Florida * The Frost Place Conference on Poetry, Franconia, New Hampshire * The Frost Place Conference on Poetry and Teaching, Franconia, New Hampshire * The Frost Place Poetry Seminar, Franconia, New Hampshire * The Frost Place Writing Intensive, Franconia, New Hampshire * Golden Crown Literary Society Annual Conference, July/August; various locations * Hampton Roads Writers' Conference,

Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Beach (colloquially VB) is the most populous city in the U.S. commonwealth of Virginia. The city is located on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay in southeastern Virginia. It is the sixth-most populous city in the ...

* Hawaii Writers Conference (formerly the Maui Writers Conference),

* HippoCamp: A Conference for Creative Nonfiction Writers, presented by ''Hippocampus'' magazine, August 2015,

Lancaster, Pennsylvania Lancaster ( ) is a city in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, United States, and its county seat. With a population of 58,039 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, it is the List of municipalities in Pennsylvania, eighth-most populous ci ...

* Historical Novel Society Conference in North America, mid-to-late June, various locations * Historical Writers of America Conference, August 19–21, 2016, Colonial Williamsburg * Hollihock Writers Conference, New Bedford, Massachusetts * Horseback Writing Retreats,

Wyoming Wyoming ( ) is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Mountain states, Mountain West subregion of the Western United States, Western United States. It borders Montana to the north and northwest, South Dakota and Nebraska to the east, Idaho t ...

* Houston Writers Guild – Annual Writers Conference, April, various locations * How to Write & Publish Your Book,

Mississippi Mississippi ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern and Deep South regions of the United States. It borders Tennessee to the north, Alabama to the east, the Gulf of Mexico to the south, Louisiana to the s ...

* Imaginarium,

* Indiana Faith and Writing Conference,

Anderson, Indiana Anderson is a city in and the county seat of Madison County, Indiana, United States. The population was 54,788 at the 2020 census. It is named after Chief William Anderson. The city is the headquarters of the Church of God and its Anderson ...

* Indiana University Writers' Conference,

Bloomington, Indiana Bloomington is a city in Monroe County, Indiana, United States, and its county seat. The population was 79,168 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the List of municipalities in Indiana, seventh-most populous city in Indiana and ...

* Indiana Writing Workshop,

Indianapolis Indianapolis ( ), colloquially known as Indy, is the List of capitals in the United States, capital and List of municipalities in Indiana, most populous city of the U.S. state of Indiana and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana, Marion ...

* Jack London Writers Conference,

San Francisco San Francisco, officially the City and County of San Francisco, is a commercial, Financial District, San Francisco, financial, and Culture of San Francisco, cultural center of Northern California. With a population of 827,526 residents as of ...

* Jackson Hole Writers Conference, Jackson Hole * Judith Briles Unplugged Authors and Writers Conference, August 27–29, 2015,

* Juniper Institute for Young Writers,

Amherst, Massachusetts Amherst () is a city in Hampshire County, Massachusetts, United States, in the Connecticut River valley. Amherst has a council–manager form of government, and is considered a city under Massachusetts state law. Amherst is one of several Massach ...

* Juniper Summer Writing Institute,

* Kachemak Bay Writers Conference, Homer, Alaska * Kauai Writers Conference, November 9–11, 2018, Kapaa, Hawaii and

Kauai Kauai (), anglicized as Kauai ( or ), is one of the main Hawaiian Islands. It has an area of 562.3 square miles (1,456.4 km2), making it the fourth-largest of the islands and the 21st-largest island in the United States. Kauai lies 73 m ...

* Kentucky Women Writers Conference,

Lexington, Kentucky Lexington is a Consolidated city-county, consolidated city coterminous with and the county seat of Fayette County, Kentucky, United States. As of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census the city's population was 322,570, making it the List of ...

* Key West Literary Seminar,

Key West Key West is an island in the Straits of Florida, at the southern end of the U.S. state of Florida. Together with all or parts of the separate islands of Dredgers Key, Fleming Key, Sunset Key, and the northern part of Stock Island, it con ...

* Killer Nashville, last full weekend every August,

* LA Writers Conference,

Los Angeles Los Angeles, often referred to by its initials L.A., is the List of municipalities in California, most populous city in the U.S. state of California, and the commercial, Financial District, Los Angeles, financial, and Culture of Los Angeles, ...

* Liberty States Fiction Writers Create Something Magical Conference, Iselin, New Jersey * Life the Universe & Everything (LTUE),

Provo, Utah Provo ( ) is a city in and the county seat of Utah County, Utah, United States. It is south of Salt Lake City along the Wasatch Front, and lies between the cities of Orem, Utah, Orem to the north and Springville, Utah, Springville to the south ...

* Literary Cleveland Inkubator Conference,

* Longleaf Writers Conference at Seaside, FL, Seaside, Florida * Los Angeles Writers Retreat,

* Mad Anthony Writers' Conference,

Hamilton, Ohio Hamilton is a city in Butler County, Ohio, United States, and its county seat. Located north of Cincinnati along the Great Miami River, Hamilton is the second-most populous city in the Cincinnati metropolitan area and the List of municipaliti ...

* Malice Domestic,

Bethesda, Maryland Bethesda () is an unincorporated, census-designated place in southern Montgomery County, Maryland, United States. Located just northwest of Washington, D.C., it is a major business and government center of the Washington metropolitan region ...

* Meet the Publishers!, Tulsa, Oklahoma * Mendocino Coast Writers Conference, Fort Bragg, California * Michigan Writing Workshop, Livonia, Michigan * Minnesota Writing Workshop, Minneapolis * Mississippi Writers Guild Writers' Conference, Vicksburg, Mississippi

N–Z

* Nashville Writers Conference,

* NETWO's Annual Spring Writers Roundup, Mount Pleasant, Texas * New Orleans Genre Writer's Conference, New Orleans * New York Pitch Conference,

* North Georgia Christian Writers Conference, Toccoa, Georgia * Northern Colorado Writers Conference, Fort Collins, Colorado * Northwest Georgia Writers Conference, Calhoun, Georgia * Oklahoma Writers' Federation, Inc. (OWFI), Oklahoma City * Ozark Creative Writers Conference, Eureka Springs, Arkansas * Philadelphia Writing Workshop,

* Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado * Pittsburgh Writing Workshop,

* PublishingGame.com Conference,

* Quills Conference,

* Read.Write.Share. Writers Weekend,

* Red Clay Writers Conference, Kennesaw, Georgia * River Writing Journeys for Women, Moab, Utah * Rosemary Beach Spring Writers' Conference, May 11–14, 2011, Rosemary Beach, Florida * St. Davids Christian Writers' Conference, Grove City, Pennsylvania * San Diego Writers Festival, April 6,

* San Francisco Writers Conference, February 14–17,

* San Francisco Writing Workshop,

* Sanibel Island Writers Conference, Sanibel, Florida * Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Santa Barbara, California * Santa Fe Writers Conference, Santa Fe, New Mexico * Scribblers' Retreat Writers' Conference, St. Simons, Georgia * Seattle Writing Workshop, Seattle * Sewanee Writers' Conference, Sewanee, Tennessee * SF:SE 2015, Orlando, Florida, Orlando * Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, two per year, summer in

and winter in

* Southampton Writers Conference, Southampton, New York * Southern California Writers' Conference * Southern Christian Writers Conference, Tuscaloosa, Alabama * Southern Women Writer's Conference, Berry College, Rome, Georgia * Southwest Christian Writers Conference, Durango, Colorado * Space Coast Writers' Guild Annual Conference, Melbourne, Florida * StokerCon, varies * Taos Summer Writers' Conference, Taos, New Mexico * Tennessee Writing Workshop,

* The Writing Academy, Farmington, Minnesota * Truckee Meadows Community College (TMCC) Writers' Conference, Reno, Nevada * Tulsa NightWriters Craft of Writing Conference, Tulsa, Oklahoma * UNF Writers Conference, August 5–7, 2011, University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida * Unicorn Writer's Conference, Manhattanville University, Purchase, New York * Washington Writers Conference, Washington, DC * Wesleyan Writers Conference, Middletown, Connecticut * West Coast Writers Conference, July 20–22, 2012, Los Angeles Valley College,

* White County Creative Writers Conference, Searcy, Arkansas * Willamette Writers conference, Willamette Writers' annual conference, first weekend in August, Portland, Oregon * Women Writing the West,

* Writeaways, New Mexico, Ireland, France, Italy * WordSmitten Writing Conference, St. Petersburg, Florida * Write-by-the-Lake Annual Writer's Retreat, Madison, Wisconsin * Write in Atlanta 2011,

* Write Stuff, Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania * Write to Publish Conference, Wheaton, Illinois * Writer's Digest Conference, August 1–3, 2014, The Roosevelt Hotel (Manhattan), The Roosevelt Hotel,

* The Writer's Hotel NYC Writers Conference,

* The Writers' Institute, Madison, Wisconsin * Writers' Police Academy, Green Bay, Wisconsin * Writers @ Work, Park City, Utah * Writers in Florence * Writers in New York * Writers in Paradise, St. Petersburg, Florida * Writers in Paris * Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Conference,

* Writing By Writers Workshop @ Tomales Bay * Writing It Real in Port Townsend, Port Townsend, Washington * Yale Writers' Conference, New Haven, Connecticut

South America

Peru

* Peru, Weaving Words & Women

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