kelleytjansson

Here are a few writing events that I’ve found in the Northeast.  Feel free to send me info on others.

Connecticut:

• The Big Book Giveaway, Mohegan Sun, (TBD).
• SCSU MFA Writers’ Conference: A Gaterhing of CT-Region Writers, March 6 & 7, 2015 (New!)
• Mark Twain House Annual Writers Weekend, Hartford, CT, April 17-19, 2015.
• CAPA-U, Hartford, CT, (May TBD?).
• Wesleyan Writers Conference, Middletown, June 10-14, 2015.
• Yale Writers Conference, New Haven, Session I – June 6 – 16,  Session II – June 18 – 21, 2015.  (Application required)
• Yale Publishing Course, New Haven, Leadership Strategies in Magazine Media: July 12-17, 2015, Leadership Strategies in Book Publishing: July 19-24, 2015.
• Fairfield University’s Summer Writers Conference, Enders Island, July 17-21, 2015.  (Application required)
• Unicorn Writers Conference, Portland, August 15, 2015.
• Ridgefield Writers Conference, September 25-26, 2015.  (Application required)
• Westport Writers Workshop (ongoing)

Maine:

• Stonecoast Writers Conference, Freeport, July.
• Maine Crime Wave Conference, Portland, April.
• Writers’ Conference at Ocean Park, Ocean Park, August.

Massachusetts:

• New England Book Festival Convention, Boston, January.
• New England Publishing Conference, Southbridge, April.
• Romance Writers of America – New England Chapter Conference, Burlington, May.
• Society of Children’s Books Writers and Illustrators, Springfield, May.
• Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Salem, May.
• Writer’s Digest Retreat by the Sea, Scituate, June.
• Writers’ Workshop, William Joiner Institute for the Study of War and Social Consequences, Boston, June.
• Juniper Summer Writing Institute, UMASS-Amherst, June.
• Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing, Martha’s Vineyard, July.
• Cape Cod Writers Center Conference, Hyannis, August.
• The Viable Paradise Experience (Science Fiction & Fantasy), Martha’s Vineyard, October.
• Boston Book Festival, Boston, October.
• New England Crime Bake, Dedham, November.

New York:

• Digital Book World, NYC, January.
• Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators – Annual Conference, NYC, February.
• Association of Journalists and Authors Writers Conference, NYC, April.  (note: some events require membership)
• Book Expo America, NYC, May.
• Writers Conference, Hunter College, NYC, June.
• Colgate Writers’ Conference, Hamilton, June.
• Two-Week Summer Intensive in Creative Writing, NYU NYC, June.  (application required)
• New York State Summer Writers Institute, Saratoga Springs, Session I: June-July, Session II: July.  (application required)
• Thrillerfest, NYC, July.
• Writers Digest Conference East, NYC, August.
• Slice Literary Writers’ Conference (by Slice Magazine), Brooklyn, September.
• Brooklyn Book Festival, Brooklyn, September.
• Self-Publishing Book Expo, NYC, November.
• Gotham Writers, NYC, (ongoing)
• Summer Courses at Columbia, NYC.
• Millay Colony for the Arts, Austerlitz.

New Hampshire:

• New Hampshire Writers’ Project: Writers’ Day, Manchester, March 22, 2014.
• Frost Place Conference on Poetry, Franconia, July 13-19, 2014.

Rhode Island:

• Ocean State Summer Writing Conference, Kingston, June 19-21, 2014.
• Rhode Island Authors Expo, Kingston, November.

Vermont:

• Novel Retreat, Vermont College of Fine Arts, May 20-26, 2014.
• Bread Loaf Orion Environmental Writers’ Conference, Ripton, June 9-15.
• Writing in Place: Nature, Food, and Culture, Sterling College, Craftsbury, June 9-20, 2014.
• Green Mountain Writers Conference, Chittenden, July 28 – Aug 1, 2014.
• Vermont College of the Fine Arts Postgraduate Writers’ Conference, Montpelier, August 11-17, 2014.
• Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Ripton, August 13-23.  (Application Required)
• Brattleboro Literary Festival, Brattleboro, October 2-5.