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Beware of Hotel, Exhibit & Attendee List Scams

Posted on 1/21/2026
Scam offers to AWP Conference & Bookfair exhibitors and sponsors are on the rise. Individuals or organizations may contact you under the guise that they represent AWP and ask you to verify your exhibit details or personal information, try to sell you

Recognize Braille Literacy Month This January

Posted on 1/6/2026
Braille Literacy Month is observed every January. To recognize this month, AWP has compiled a brief history of braille, as well as online resources for learning more about the braille system, articles from The Writer’s Chronicle...

Recognize Braille Literacy Month This January

Posted on 1/6/2026
Braille Literacy Month is observed every January. To recognize this month, AWP has compiled a brief history of braille, as well as online resources for learning more about the braille system, articles from The Writer’s Chronicle...

Observing Transgender Awareness Week

Posted on 1/6/2026
Transgender Awareness Week takes place on November 13–19 each year, with Transgender Day of Remembrance being held on November 20. AWP is committed to supporting writers and members of all life experiences and backgrounds.

AWP Launches New Video Platform

Posted on 11/11/2025
Exciting news for AWP members: We have launched a brand-new page on the AWP website where we will house member-only video content in one convenient location!

Celebrating Native American Heritage Month

Posted on 11/3/2025
This November, celebrate Native American Heritage Month! AWP champions diversity, recognizes the transformative power of literature, and strives to be an ally in making the world a more equitable and compassionate place.

Watch Out for Fraudulent Emails About #AWP26

Posted on 10/28/2025
Please be advised that AWP will never contact you directly regarding hotel and lodging or about selling our attendee lists.

TWC Live! Literary Agents on Publishing in a Time of Unrest

Posted on 10/28/2025
TWC Live! returns November 13, and this time literary agents will be expanding on June’s Big Conversation in the magazine: “Publishing in a Time of Unrest.”

Exhibitor Scam Alert

Posted on 10/27/2025
Scam offers to AWP Conference & Bookfair exhibitors and sponsors are on the rise.

AWP Member-Only Live Event: Authors’ Rights in the Age of AI

Posted on 10/9/2025
AWP members, you asked for it, and we’re making it happen! Regina Brooks, AWP board member and president of the Association of American Literary Agents, moderates as three invited experts outline the ever-shifting legal landscape...

Holiday Gift Opportunity from AWP: Get 20% Off Minted Designs While Supporting AWP!

Posted on 10/7/2025
AWP is excited to announce a special fundraising partnership with Minted, a creative marketplace where independent artists from around the world sell beautifully designed stationery, art, and home decor.


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New Avenues in Narrative Medicine Through Dominican University’s MFA

Posted on 12/1/2025
In the spring of 2023, I unexpectedly found myself driving back and forth from my home in Sebastopol, California, to San Rafael, where one of my younger brothers was being hospitalized nearby. Each time I took the hospital freeway exit, signs…

Meet Betsida Brooks, Our New Development Manager at AWP!

Posted on 9/15/2025
AWP is excited to welcome our new development manager, Betsida Brooks. Before joining AWP, Betsida worked with various nonprofit organizations where she played a pivotal role in building sustainable funding strategies...

Writing Nature and Place at Fallingwater with Chatham MFA

Posted on 7/28/2025
Chatham University’s MFA program has launched an exciting new partnership with one of the world’s most famous and photogenic houses: Fallingwater.

Writers Find Home and Bear Fruit at DePaul University

Posted on 6/12/2025
Since the late 1990s, DePaul University has held the distinction of being the largest Catholic university in the United States.

Shaping a Collection into a Book

Posted on 5/14/2025
When I was matched in the Writer to Writer program in 2022, I’d been trying to compile a poetry collection for a few years. “Compile” is really the right word.

Creative Writing Blooms in the Prairie at the University of North Dakota

Posted on 5/1/2025
Soon after springtime arrives in Grand Forks and the first prairie flowers break through the cold crust of the earth, flocks of Canada geese return to the coulee on the University of North Dakota campus.

MLA Recognizes Legacy of UNO MFA Poets

Posted on 2/11/2025
In a city of constant juxtaposition like New Orleans, it can be hard to stand out. From world-class celebrations like Mardi Gras to devastating hurricanes (and freak blizzards) . . .

In the Sandbox

Posted on 2/4/2025
The most helpful advice I received during my mentorship with the AWP Writer to Writer program is one that has helped me even recently, while revising my second novel.

Adapting to Change in Anoka-Ramsey Community College’s Creative Writing Program

Posted on 1/6/2025
Higher education is undergoing vast changes, and nowhere is this more evident than at open enrollment community colleges like Anoka-Ramsey Community College.

Falling for Books Through George Mason Creative Writing

Posted on 11/1/2024
Last month, George Mason University’s creative writing community wrapped on the twenty-sixth annual Fall for the Book literary festival.

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Writer's Calendar

Reflection and Refraction in Personal Narratives

Feb
17
Event Date: 2/17/2026 - 3/17/2026

Join us for this five-week online nonfiction workshop. Write to inspiring prompts, get insightful feedback and connect with a supportive community.

What's Form Got to Do With It?: A Poetry Workshop

Feb
18
Event Date: 2/18/2026 - 3/18/2026

Join us for this five-week online poetry workshop. Write to inspiring prompts, get insightful feedback and connect with a supportive community.

Tinker Mountain Writers' Workshop Winter Recharge

Feb
20
Event Date: 2/20/2026 - 2/22/2026

Join us for this two-day online workshop and recharge your creativity, connect with the Tinker Mountain community of writers, and reframe your work.

Friends & Features: Know the Novelists

Feb
25
Event Date: 2/25/2026

Join us on February 25 for an intimate virtual evening with celebrated author Courtney Maum and three emerging writers from our community.

Meet Write On at AWP!

Mar
05
Event Date: 3/5/2026 - 3/7/2026

Visit us at Booth 733 to find out more about our residency programs, fellowships, conferences and festivals, and more!

Get Away to Write - Florida

Mar
09
Event Date: 3/9/2026 - 3/14/2026

March 9-14, 2026 in New Smyrna Beach, FL. Escape the cold to write in Florida. Spend an inspiring week working on your poetry or prose.

The Gotham Writers Nonfiction Conference

Mar
09
Event Date: 3/21/2026 - 3/22/2026
Apply by 3/9/2026

Gotham’s Nonfiction Writers Conference will take place March 21-22, 2025.

Writeaway in Italy

Mar
10
Event Date: 4/10/2026 - 4/17/2026
Apply by 3/10/2026

Writing workshop-retreat in a beautiful Tuscan villa.

Writing and Appreciating the Short Story: A Fiction Intensive

Mar
16
Event Date: 3/16/2026 - 3/20/2026

A five-day intensive on the art of writing short fiction.

Writing it True: Crafting Memoir with Depth and Discovery

Mar
16
Event Date: 3/16/2026 - 3/20/2026

A five-day intensive in the art of memoir writing.

March 2026 Atlanta Self-Publishing Conference

Mar
28
Event Date: 3/28/2026

A conference created by and for indie authors focused on how to build your audience and sell more books, with talks by experts and pre-conf bonuses.

Writeaway in New Mexico

Apr
17
Event Date: 5/17/2026 - 5/24/2026
Apply by 4/17/2026

Writing workshop-retreat in beautiful adobe outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Writing On The Door: Your Writing Life

Apr
24
Event Date: 4/24/2026 - 4/25/2026

A two-day multi-genre conference for writers at all levels featuring publishing professionals.

2026 Washington Writers Conference

Apr
27
Event Date: 5/1/2026 - 5/2/2026
Apply by 4/27/2026

Don't miss your chance to connect with fellow writers, editors, and publishing pros and to PITCH YOUR PROJECT ONE-ON-ONE to literary agents!

North Words Writers Symposium

May
15
Event Date: 5/26/2026 - 5/29/2026
Apply by 5/15/2026

Come to beautiful Skagway, Alaska to improve your writing with keynote author Willy Vlautin and an elite faculty that cares about your work.

Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference

May
15
Event Date: 5/16/2026 - 5/19/2026
Apply by 5/15/2026

Four-day writers' conference in beautiful Homer, Alaska

Weymouth Writeaway

Jun
06
Event Date: 7/6/2026 - 7/13/2026
Apply by 6/6/2026

Indulge yourself (and your muse!) with this unique opportunity to focus on your writing at historic Weymouth, home to writers for over a century.

Tinker Mountain Writers' Summer Workshop

Jun
14
Event Date: 6/14/2026 - 6/19/2026

Spend an inspirational week at the base of Tinker Mountain on the campus of Hollins University, learning, writing and connecting with fellow writers.

Writeaway in France

Aug
04
Event Date: 9/4/2026 - 9/11/2026
Apply by 8/4/2026

Why write at home when you can write in a castle? Find your je ne sais quoi at Chateau du Pin in the Loire Valley of France.

Get Away to Write - Vermont

Aug
09
Event Date: 8/9/2026 - 8/14/2026

COMING SOON: August 9-14, 2026 in Grafton, VT. Combine an extended writing retreat with a relaxing summer vacation in the picturesque mountains...

Washington Island Literary Festival

Sep
17
Event Date: 9/17/2026 - 9/19/2026

Choose to attend 1, 2 or all three days: community creative lab Thursday, writing workshops Friday, author presentations Saturday.

 

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