Care to promote your writing conference?
I'm a big fan of writing conferences. Sure, some meet our personal budget and current needs better than others, and not everyone you encounter leaves you feeling all warm and fuzzy about your future potential, but if you go along with an open mind, the positives far outweigh any negatives.
If you know of a writing conference taking place this year, please share a link to its homepage in a comment. I'll upload it into the main post here.
FEBRUARY
SCBWI Winter Conference
Fri-Sun, February 10-12 2017 - New York, New York
Farpoint Convention
Fri-Sun, February 17-19 2017 - Timonium, Maryland
Sleuthfest
Thurs-Sun, February 23-26 2017 - Boca Raton, Florida
MARCH
Create Something Magical Writers & Readers Conference
Sat-Sun, March 18th - 19th, 2017 - Iselin, New Jersey
The Write Stuff Conference
Thurs-Sat, March 23rd -25th, 2017 - Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
APRIL
Pikes Peak Writers Conference
Fri-Sun, April 28th-30th, 2017 - Colorado Springs, CO
Malice Domestic
Fri-Sun, Apr 28th - April 30th, 2017 - Bethesda, Maryland
MAY
DFW Writer's Conference
Sat-Sun, May 19th - 21st, 2017 - Dallas, Texas
PennWriters Conference
Fri-Sun, May 19th - 21st, 2017 - Coraopolis, Pennsylvania
Balticon
Fri-Mon, May 26th - 29th, 2017 - Baltimore, Maryland
JUNE
Philadelphia Writers' Conference
Fri-Sun, June, 2017 (exact dates tba) - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
SCBWI NJ Chapter - Summer Conference
Sat-Sun, June 3rd - 4th, 2017 - New Brunswick, New Jersey
Deadly Ink
Fri-Sun, June 16th - 18th, 2017 - Rockaway, New Jersey
JULY
IWWG Summer conference
Fri-Fri, July 7th - 14th, 2017 - Allentown, Pennsylvania
Shore Leave
Fri-Sun, July 7th - 9th, 2017 - Maryland
AUGUST
Killer Nashville
Thurs-Sun, August 24th - 27th, 2017 - Franklin, Tennessee
SEPTEMBER
Women Who Write (Men are also welcome at the conference)
Saturday, September, 2017 (exact dates tba) - Madison, New Jersey
OCTOBER
Put Your Heart in a Book
Fri-Sat, October 2017 (exact dates tba) - Iselin, NJ
Magna Cum Murder
Fri-Sun, October 20th -22nd, 2017 - Indianapolis, Indiana
NOVEMBER
Philcon
Fri-Sun, November 10th - 12th, 2017 - Cherry Hill, New Jersey
Crime Bake
Fri-Sun, November 10th - 12th, 2017 - Dedham, Massachusetts
DECEMBER
SOME FUN, CONFERENCE-RELATED LINKS:
10 Things You Shouldn’t Say to an Agent During an In-Person Pitch
The Agent Pitch: 10 Responses You Don't Want to Hear