JANUARY 2012:
Jan. 20-22, 2012 – Writer’s Digest Conference – Sheraton Hotel, New York City. http://www.writersdigestconference.com/
Jan. 27-29, 2012 – San Diego State University Writers’ Conference, Doubletree Hotel, San Diego’s Mission Valley. http://www.ces.sdsu.edu/writers/
FEBRUARY 2012:
Feb. 3-4, 2012 – Cape Fear Crime Festival, Wilmington, NC. http://www.capefearcrimefestival2.com/
Feb. 3-5, 2012 – Love Is Murder Mystery Conference, Chicago, IL. http://www.loveismurder.net/.
Feb. 15-19, 2012 – Savannah Book Festival 2011, Savannah, GA. Free and open to the public. http://www.savannahbookfestival.org/
Feb. 16-19, 2012 – San Francisco Writers Conference – http://www.sfwriters.org/
Feb. 16-19, 2012 – San Miguel Writers Conference, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. http://www.sanmiguelwritersconference.org/
Feb. 17-20, 2012– The Southern California Writers Conference (SCWC) – San Diego http://www.writersconference.com/
Feb. 22-26, 2012 – Fisherman’s Wharf Writers Conference, Algonkian Writers Conference, San Francisco. http://algonkianconferences.com/conferences.htm
Feb 25 Passion and Prose
8:30 to 3:30 at The Westin Long Beach
333 East Ocean Blvd
Long Beach, CA 90802
http://www.passionandprose.org/
Feb. 27-29, 2012 – Writer’s Symposium by the Sea, Point Loma – www.pointloma.edu/writers.com
MARCH 2012:
March 1-4, 2012 – Sleuthfest 2012, Orlando, FL. Florida’s premier mystery writer’s conference. Workshops and expert panels. www.mwaflorida.org/sleuthfest.htm .
March 3-4, 2012 – Whidbey Island Writers Conference, Whidbey Island, WA; http://www.writeonwhidbey.com/
March 10-11, 2012 – The Tucson Festival of Books, University of Arizona campus, Tucson, AZ. Free and just excellent! http://tucsonfestivalofbooks.org/
March 15th – 17th – EPICon Convention
This convention will be hosted at Menger Hotel 204 Alamo Plaza , San Antonio, TX 78205 T: (210) 223-4361 F: (210) 228-0022
March 16-17, 2012 – The Write Stuff, Greater Lehigh Valley Writers Group, Allentown, PA. http://www.glvwg.org/
March 29-April 1, 2012 – Left Coast Crime 2012 annual mystery convention, Sacramento, CA. http://www.leftcoastcrime.org
March 29-April 1, 2012 – The Maine Festival of the Book, featuring some 75 authors. Free! Portland, Maine. Visit http://www.mainereads.org/
March 29 – April – World Horror Convention http://worldhorrorconvention.com/
March 30-31, 2012 – 7th Annual Northern Colorado Writers Conference, Fort Collins Hilton. http://northerncoloradowriters.com/annual-conference-mainmenu-128.html
APRIL 2012:
April 11th – April 15th – Romantic Times (RT) Booklovers Convention
The convention will be hosted at The Hyatt Regency O’Hare Hotel 9300 Bryn Mawr Avenue Rosemont, Illinois, 60018 (847) 696-1234
April 13-14, 2012 – Houston Writers Guild Conference, Sugar Land, Texas. http://www.houstonwritersguild.org/welcome.html
April 14, 2012 – 22nd Annual TMCC Writers’ Conference, Truckee Meadows Community College, Reno, NV. http://www.tmcc.edu/wdce/conferences/writers/
April 16-21, 2012 – Philadelphia Book Festival – Free! http://libwww.library.phila.gov/bookfestival/
April 19-21 – Las Vegas Writers’ Conference, Sam’s Town Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada. http://www.lasvegaswritersconference.com/
April 20-22, 2012 – Missouri Writers Guild’s Write Time! Write Place! Write Now!
April 20-21, 2012 – Kentucky Writers’ Conference and Southern Kentucky Bookfest. – Free! http://www.sokybookfest.org/KYWritersConf
April 21, 2012 – Alabama Book Festival, Montgomery. Free Admission, http://www.alabamabookfestival.org/
April 21-22, 2012 – Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Colorado Springs, Colorado; http://www.pikespeakwriters.com/
April 26-28, 2012 – American Society of Journalists and Authors’ 41st Annual Writers Conference for nonfiction writers in NYC: http://www.asja.org/wc/2011/
April 28, 2012 – Unicorn Writers’ Conference, Portland, CT. http://www.unicornwritersconference.com/
April 27-29, 2012 – Malice Domestic, annual traditional mystery fan convention, in Bethesda, MD. www.malicedomestic.org
MAY 2012:
May 3-5, 2012 – The Oklahoma Writers Federation Story Weavers Conference, Oklahoma City. http://www.owfi.org/conference.php
May 5, 2012: Ontario Writers’ Conference – Garden Hilton Hotel, Ajax, Ontario, Canada. http://thewritersconference.com/Ontario-Writers-Conference.html
May 4-6, 2012 – Tallahassee Book Festival and Writers Conference. http://www.twaonline.org/
May 11-13 – Algonkian Writers Conference, San Fran Write to Market Conference, San Francisco. http://algonkianconferences.com/conferences.htm
May 18-20, 2012 – SC Book Festival, Columbia Metropolitan Convention Center in Columbia, South Carolina. http://www.scbookfestival.org/
May 24-26, 2012 – Backspace Writers Conference, New York City. http://www.backspacewritersconference.com/
JUNE 2012:
June 1 – 2 – Lori Foster Annual Reader & Author Get Together http://www.lorifoster.com/community/readergettogether.php
June 1-3, 2012 – Bloody Words XII, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Includes panels, agents, a short story contest, and forensics. See http://www.BloodyWords2012.com/.
June 1-3, 2012 – Wyoming Writers Conference, Casper, Wyoming. Presentations, workshops, agent pitch sessions, and open mic readings. http://www.wyowriters.org/conference.html
June 7-8, 2012: 8th annual Clarksville Writers’ Conference, Austin Peay State University, Clarksville, Tennessee. Workshops on writing and publishing. http://www.artsandheritage.us/writers/
June 8-10, 2012: 64th annual Philadelphia Writers’ Conference, Holiday Inn Historic District, Philadelphia, PA. More info to come soon at www.pwcwriters.org
June 8-12, 2012 – Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, Lands End Resort, Homer, Alaska. http://writersconference.homer.alaska.edu/
June 9-14, 2012 – Santa Barbara Writers Conference, Santa Barbara, CA. http://www.sbwriters.com/
June 12-16, 2012 – Western Writers of America convention, Albuquerque, New Mexico. http://www.westernwriters.org/
June 22-24, 2012 – Writers’ League of Texas Agents Conference, Hyatt Regency, Austin, Texas. http://www.writersleague.org/38/Agents-Conference
June 22-24, 2012 – RomCon in Denver, CO. Crowne Plaza, Denver International Airport. http://www.romcon2012.com
June 25- 28, 2012 – Romance Writers of America Annual Conference, Anaheim, California. http://www.rwa.org/cs/conferences_and_events
June 28-30, 2012 – Jackson Hole Writers Conference, Jackson Hole, Wyoming. http://www.jacksonholewritersconference.com/
JULY 2012:
July 11-14, 2012 – Thrillerfest & Craftfest – International Thriller Writers annual conference, New York, NY. http://www.thrillerfest.com/
July 12 – 15 2012 – Comic Con San Diego http://www.comic-con.org/cci/
July 7-13, 2012 – Antioch Writers’ Workshop, Yellow Springs, Ohio. http://www.antiochwritersworkshop.com/
July 12-15, 2012 – Public Safety Writers Conference, Las Vegas NV. Open to those writing fiction or nonfiction about or for any public safety field. Conference speakers include a coroner, fire fighters, police officers, and others in the writing field. http://www.policewriter.com/.
July 22-27, 2012 – Napa Valley Writers’ Conference – http://www.napawritersconf.org
AUGUST 2012:
Aug. 3-5, 2012 – UNF Writers Conference – University of North Florida, Florida Writers Association, http://www.unfwritersconference.com/
August 8th – 12th Authors After Dark Convention
The convention will be hosted at Royal Sonesta Hotel 300 Bourbon Street New Orleans, LA 70130 Tel: 504-586-0300 Fax: 504-586-0335
Aug. 16-19, 2012 – Sunshine Coast Festival of the Written Arts – Sechelt, BC, Canada. http://www.writersfestival.ca/
Aug. 19-22, 2012 – Pacific Northwest Writers Association summer conference, Bellevue, Washington, http://pnwa.org/
August 30 – September 3 2012 – The 70th World Science Fiction Convention http://chicon.org/
August 31 – September 3, 2012 Dragon Con Atlanta http://www.dragoncon.org/
SEPTEMBER 2012:
Sept. 16-18 – Fall in Love with Writing: A Conference for All Genres and Awards Banquet, Albuquerque, NM
Sept. 21-23, 2012 – The Southern California Writers Conference (SCWC) – Los Angeles http://www.writersconference.com/
Sept 20-22, 2012 – Hampton Roads Writers Conference, Virginia Beach, VA – http://www.hamptonroadswriters.org/2012conference.php
Sept. ?? – Writers’ Police Academy, Jamestown NC. Hands-on, interactive and educational experience for writers — all aspects of law enforcement and forensics. http://www.writerspoliceacademy.com/.
Sept. or Oct.? – Central Ohio Fiction Writers Conference – http://www.cofw.org/conference.html
Sept. or Oct. ? – Moonlight and Magnolias conference in Atlanta, Georgia; http://www.georgiaromancewriters.org/mm-conference/
OCTOBER 2012:
Oct. 4-7, 2012 – Bouchercon Crime Fiction Convention, Cleveland, Ohio. http://www.bouchercon2012.com/.
Oct. 6-7, 2012 – Write on the Sound – Edmonds, WA – http://www.ci.edmonds.wa.us/ArtsCommission/wots.stm
Oct. 19-21, 2012 – Surrey International Writers Conference, Surrey, BC, Canada. http://www.siwc.ca/
Oct. 27 – Boston Book Festival – free and excellent! http://www.bostonbookfest.org/
October 27-30, 2012: Algonkian Writers Niagara Falls Conference, Niagara Falls, CAN, http://algonkianconferences.com/conferences.htm
Oct. ?? – Florida Writers Conference http://floridawriters.net/
Oct ?? – South Carolina Writers Workshop, Myrtle Beach, SC – http://www.myscww.org/conference/
Oct. ?? – Emerald City Writers’ Conference (Romance Writers of America), Bellevue, Washington, http://www.gsrwa.org/conference.php
NOVEMBER 2012:
Nov. 1-4, 2012– World Fantasy Convention: http://www.wfc2012.org/
Nov. 2-4, 2012 _ The La Jolla Writers Conference, San Diego – http://www.lajollawritersconference.com/
November 9th – November 11th – Readers & Ritas
This convention will be hosted at Hilton Garden Inn 705 Central Expressway South, Allen, TX 75013
Nov. ?? The New England Crime Bake Conference, Dedham, Mass. http://www.crimebake.org/
DECEMBER 2012:
