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Upcoming Writing Conferences / Events

January 2012 - Hawaii International Conference on Arts and Humanities, Honolulu, HI. For more information, go to: http://www.hichumanities.org

February 2012 - Association of Writers and Writing Programs Conference, Washington, DC. For more information, go to: http://www.awpwriter.org/conference



February 2012 - San Diego State University 28th Annual Writer's Conference, San Diego, CA. For more information, go to: http://www.ces.sdsu.edu/writers/speakers.html

February 2012 - San Francisco Writers' Conference "Building Bridges to Better Tomorrows". For more information, go to: http://www.sfwriters.org

February - March 2012 - Florida Christian Writers' Conference, Leesburg, FL. For more information, go to: http://www.flwriters.org
February 2012 - Cowboy Poetry Gathering, Alpine, TX. For more information, go to: http://www.cowboy-poetry.org

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March 2012 - Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, VA. For more information, go to: http://www.vabook.org/index.html

March 2012 - Annual Black Herstory Conference, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. For more information, go to: http://www.blackherstory.org

April 2012 - Gwendolyn Brooks Conference for Black Literature and Creative Writing (Sponsored by Chicago State University), Chicago, IL. For more information, go to: http://www.csu.edu/gwendolynbrooks

April 2012 - Empire State Book Festival, Albany, NY. For more information, go to: http://empirestatebookfestival.wordpress.com

April 2012 - Mount Hermon Christian Writers Conference, Mount Hermon, CA. For more information, go to: http://mounthermon.org/adult/professionals/writers-conference

April 2012 - Annual Philadelphia Book Festival, Philadelphia, PA. For more information, go to: http://libwww.freelibrary.org/bookfestival

April 2012 - Memphis Black Writer's Conference & Southern Film Festival, Memphis, TN. For more information, go to: http://www.angelfire.com/tn/blackwritersconf

April 2012 - Los Angeles Festival of Books, Los Angeles, CA. For more information, go to: http://www.latimes.com/extras/festivalofbooks

April 2012 - The Child & The Book Conference, Olso, Norway. For more information, go to: http://www.hf.uio.no/iln/om-instituttet/arrangementer/child2011

April 2012 - Ontario Writer's Conference, Toronto, Ontario (Canada). For more information, go to: http://www.thewritersconference.com





July 2012 - Harlem Book Fair, West 135th Street, New York, NY. For more information, go to: http://www.harlembookfair.com

July 2012 - Romance Writers of America 31st Annual National Conference, Orlando, FL. For more information, go to: http://www.rwanational.org/cs/conferences_and_events

July 2012 - Hong Kong Book Fair, Hong Kong Convention & Exhibition Center, Hong Kong. For more information, go to: http://hkbookfair.tdctrade.com

August 2012 - Wiallamette Writers' Conference, Portland, OR. For more information, go to: http://www.willamettewriters.com/wwc/3

August 2012 - Bread Loaf Writer's Conference, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT. For more information, go to: http://www.middlebury.edu/blwc

August 2012 - Los Angeles Black Book Expo, Los Angeles, CA. For more information, go to: http://www.labbx.com

August 2012 - Melbourne Writers' Festival, Federation Square, Melbourne, Victoria. For more information, go to: http://www.mwf.com.au/2008/content/mwf_2008_home.asp?

August 2012 - Maui Writers Conference, Maui, HI. For more information, go to: http://www.mauiwriters.com

August 2012 - Tulisoma Book Fair & Arts Festival, South Dallas, TX. For more information, go to: http://www.tulisoma.com



May 2012 - Colorado Christian Writer's Conference, YMCA Estes Park Center, Denver, CO. For more information, go to: http://www.writehisanswer.com

May 2012 - Children's Writers Conference, Toronto, Ontario. For more information, go to: http://www.canscaip.org

May 2012 - Sydney Writers' Festival Sydney New South Wales (Australia). For more information, go to: http://www.swf.org.au

May 2012 - National Black Book Festival, Houston, TX. For more information, go to: http://www.nationalblackbookfestival.com

May 2012 - Book Expo America, New York, NY. For more information, go to: http://www.bookexpoamerica.com

June 2012 - Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference, Homer, AK. For more information, go to: http://writersconference.homer.alaska.edu

June 2012- Wesleyan Writers Conference, Middletown, CT. For more information, go to: http://www.wesleyan.edu/writing/conference

June 2012 - Black Writers' Reunion & Conference, Atlanta, GA. For more information, go to: http://www.blackwriters.org

June 2012 - Write! Canada Conference, Guelph, Ontario. For more information, go to: http://www.writecanada.org

June 2012 - 39th Santa Barbara Writers' Conference, Santa Barbara, CA. For more information, go to: http://www.sbwriters.com
September 2012 - Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza, Brooklyn, NY. For more information, go to: http://www.brooklynbookfestival.org/BrooklynBookFestival/festival.html

September 2012 - Queens Book and Health Fair, Queens, NY. For more information, go to: http://www.queensbookfair.com

September 2012 -Brisbane Writers' Festival, State Library of Queensland, Brisbane (Australia). For more information, go to: http://www.brisbanewritersfestival.com.au

September 2012 - Fall for the Book Festival, George Mason University, 4400 University Drive, Fairfax, VA. For more information, go to: http://www.fallforthebook.org

September 2012 - Zora Neale Hurston Book Festival, Eatonville, FL. For more information, go to: http://www.hurston-wright.org/writers.html

September 2012 - Baltimore Book Festival, Baltimore, MD. For more information, go to: http://www.baltimorebookfestival.com

September 2012 - Library of Congress National Book Festival. For more information, go to: http://www.loc.gov/bookfest

October 2012 - Surrey International Writers' Conference, Surrey BC, Canada. For more information, go to: http://www.siwc.ca

October 2012- Collingswood Book Festival, downtown Collingswood, New Jersey. For more information, go to: http://www.collingswoodbookfestival.com

October 2012 - Keystone Book Festival, Harrisburg, PA. For more information, go to: http://www.keystonebookfestival.org

October 2012 - Southern Festival of Books, Nashville, TN. For more information, go to: http://tn-humanities.org/festival

October 2012 - Twin Cities Book Festival. For more information, go to: http://www.raintaxi.com/bookfest

October 2012 - Glorieta Christian Writer's Conference, Glorieta, NM. For more information, go to: http://www.classervices.com/CS_Glorieta_Conf.html

October 2012 - Texas Book Festival, Austin, TX. For more information, go to: http://www.texasbookfestival.org

October 2012 - Louisiana Book Festival, Baton Rouge, LA. For more information, go to: http://www.louisianabookfestival.org

November 2012 - Miami Book Fair International, Miami, FL. For more information, go to: http://www.miamibookfair.com

November 2012 - Annual New Orleans Book Fair, New Orleans, LA. For more information, go to: http://www.nolabookfair.com

December 2012 - New York Shop and Pitch Writer's Conference (fiction and non-fiction), New York, NY. For more information, go to: http://nycpitchconference.com


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