Writing Conferences

New writers are always asking about writing organizations and conferences in their area. Below is a list of writing conferences in the the greater Central Arkansas area. If you live outside this area and would like to find writing conferences and organizations near you, check Shaw Guides.

March-
Northwest Arkansas Writers Workshop
Fayetteville, Arkansas
http://www.nwawriters.org/

    
March-
MidSouth Conference (scifi)
Memphis, Tennessee
http://www.midsouthcon.org/
 
April-
Arkansas Literary Festival
Little Rock, Arkansas
http://www.arkansasliteraryfestival.org/
 
April/May-
Arkansas Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators Conference
Conway, Arkansas
http://www.arkansasscbwi.org/events.html
 
May-
Oklahoma Writers Federation Inc (OWFI) Conference
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma area
http://www.owfi.org/
 
May-
Books in Bloom (festival)
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
http://www.booksinbloom.org/
  
June-
Arkansas Writers Conference
Little Rock, Arkansas
http://www.arkansaswritersconference.org/
   
September (Labor Day Weekend)-
White County Creative Writers Conference
Searcy, Arkansas
http://www.whitecountycreativewriters.org/
  
September-
Missouri State Poetry Society Annual Conference
Springfield, Missouri
http://www.nfsps.com/mo/
  
October-
Ozark Creative Writers Conference
Eureka Springs, Arkansas
http://www.ozarkcreativewriters.org/
  
October-
Poets Roundtable of Arkansas- National Poetry Day
location varies (somewhere in Arkansas)
http://www.poetsroundtable.com/index.htm
  
October-
Mid-South Poetry Festival
sponsored by the Poetry Society of Tenessee
Memphis, Tennessee
http://poetrysoctn.blogspot.com/
   
November-
Maumelle Writers Conference
Maumelle, Arkansas
http://www.maumellearts.com/
   
The Shaw Guide to writers conferences and workshops:
http://writing.shawguides.com/