Join AWP in celebrating a century of Black History Month.
Happy reading, happy writing, and happy holidays from TWC!
Join us for a Black History Month event on February 19, 2026, with authors Sharon G. Flake, Amber McBride, and Carole Weatherford. Moderated by Carla Du Pree. Moderated by Carla Du Pree.
Read how Spalding MFA students and alumni create a unique virtual community of their own.
We are thrilled to announce the faculty and student fellows for the #AWP26 Tribal Colleges & Universities Fellowship Program! Learn more about the fellows and the program.
We are thrilled to announce the faculty and student fellows for the #AWP26 HBCU Fellowship Program! Learn more about the fellows and the program.
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Posted on 1/26/2026 TLDR: Your Checklist for Buzz Books Official Book Discovery • Download the FREE ebook sampler on NetGalley or on your preferred ebook platform • Subscribe to our free Buzz Books Official Substack here • Join us for the Spring/Summer ‘26 Buzz Books
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
Posted on 2/2/2026 Join The Writer’s Desk for a special live event this Black History Month! “The Stories We Carry: Writing Remembrance, Radiance & Resilience” premieres on February 19 with authors...
Posted on 2/1/2026 2026 marks one hundred years of formally celebrating Black History Month, which was established as Negro History Week by Dr. Carter G. Woodson. Please join AWP in celebrating Black History Month this February. AWP is committed to...
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...
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.
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!
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.
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.
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.”
Posted on 10/27/2025 Scam offers to AWP Conference & Bookfair exhibitors and sponsors are on the rise.
Posted on 2/1/2026 The lives of writers have long been romanticized by the rest of the world. Hemingway in a Parisian café. Austen at her desk in the sitting room. My life, I think, doesn’t lend to glamorization…
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…
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...
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.
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.
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.
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.
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) . . .
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.
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.
Join the Writing Institute for a free fiction seminar on Zoom!
Join us for this five-week online nonfiction workshop. Write to inspiring prompts, get insightful feedback and connect with a supportive community.
Join us for this five-week online poetry workshop. Write to inspiring prompts, get insightful feedback and connect with a supportive community.
Join us for this two-day online workshop and recharge your creativity, connect with the Tinker Mountain community of writers, and reframe your work.
Each year, the Right to Write Awards support one or two BIPOC or Veteran writers by covering full tuition funding for Monthly Mentorship.
Join us on February 25 for an intimate virtual evening with celebrated author Courtney Maum and three emerging writers from our community.
Visit us at Booth 733 to find out more about our residency programs, fellowships, conferences and festivals, and more!
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.
Gotham’s Nonfiction Writers Conference will take place March 21-22, 2025.
Writing workshop-retreat in a beautiful Tuscan villa.
A five-day intensive on the art of writing short fiction.
A five-day intensive in the art of memoir writing.
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.
Writing workshop-retreat in beautiful adobe outside Santa Fe, New Mexico.
A two-day multi-genre conference for writers at all levels featuring publishing professionals.
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!
Come to beautiful Skagway, Alaska to improve your writing with keynote author Willy Vlautin and an elite faculty that cares about your work.
Four-day writers' conference in beautiful Homer, Alaska
Indulge yourself (and your muse!) with this unique opportunity to focus on your writing at historic Weymouth, home to writers for over a century.
Spend an inspirational week at the base of Tinker Mountain on the campus of Hollins University, learning, writing and connecting with fellow writers.
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.
COMING SOON: August 9-14, 2026 in Grafton, VT. Combine an extended writing retreat with a relaxing summer vacation in the picturesque mountains...
Choose to attend 1, 2 or all three days: community creative lab Thursday, writing workshops Friday, author presentations Saturday.
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