ALASKA
Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference
Homer, Alaska, May 14-17. 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: Jericho Brown.
Contact: Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference. Erin Coughlin Hollowell.
writersconference.homer.alaska.edu
ARIZONA
Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference
Tempe, Arizona, dates TBD. Hosted by the Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University. Schedule includes craft talks, workshops, panels, and readings. Check website for details on 2022 format and dates.
Contact: Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing, P.O. Box 875002, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287.
480-965-6018.
CALIFORNIA
Digital Author and Indie Publishing Conference
Van Nuys, California, dates TBD. 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 2022 conference after going virtual in 2021.
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. 17-20. Top authors, agents, and editors meet to discuss fiction, nonfiction, poetry, and specialty writing such as children’s books and travel writing. Other topics include marketing, self-publishing, and internet possibilities and trends. Also offers “speed dating with agents.” Keynote speakers: Charlie Jane Anders,
