This year’s festival will feature 145 accomplished presenters from California to Maryland and Rhode Island to Florida, presenting on understanding, writing, teaching, translating, editing and publishing literature. Discover your new favorite writer; peruse the dozens of bookfair tables; get a jump on a new piece of writing; join a discussion on writing programs in the community college, publishing as a small press, nature and eco writing, coming to writing late in life, and so much more.
Registration is also open for bookfair tables (small presses, literary journals, businesses and programs; no individual authors, please). Bring your hardworking crew to this robust conference of hundreds of literary enthusiasts from across the country. We don’t charge a table fee, but ask that all of your table staffers please register. Registration is open until August 1 or all seats are filled. Click here to register.
We hope you find our high quality conference affordable. If you are experiencing economic hardship, we invite you to click “Request a sponsorship.” If you can swing it, please consider clicking “Sponsor a struggling writer.” Here in Youngstown, we understand the importance of lowering barriers.
Free: undergraduate and high school students; those requesting a hardship sponsorship; this year’s planning committee members
Registration closes Sept. 15th.