The 38th Annual Pennwriters Conference is coming your way!
Registration is now open for the three-day conference at the Pittsburgh Airport Marriott (and for the intensives held the day before the conference).
From the event listing:
“The conference begins at 9:00 am on May 17 and runs through Sunday, May 18.
Overview
Our conference pricing structure offers three-day, two-day, and single-day prices. The base conference fee includes the following, based on your choice of days:
- Friday Networking Luncheon
- Friday Keynote Dinner with Natalie Richards
- Friday Night Read & Critique (Small fee for non-members)
- Saturday General Meeting with Breakfast
- Saturday keynote lunch with Brent Maguire
- Saturday night social (Edgar Allen Poe Night)
- Pitch appointments with agents (first registered, first assigned)
You can enhance your conference experience with this add-on item:
Thursday, May 15th Pennwriters will offer three workshops. Follow this link for details: PreCon Intensive 2025.
One morning session followed by a choice of one of two afternoon sessions. Select one, or pair an afternoon session with the morning intensive.
Lunch will be offered on Thursday for an additional fee.
All authors are invited to contact the 2025 Bookseller, Mystery Lovers Bookshop. Find their forms at this link: Link
If you would like to place an ad in the Conference Program, follow this link: Link”
For more information, visit: https://pennwriters.org/
The WCoNA Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia® recently announced the shortlist for its Book of the Year. "This year's shortlist Read more
"A beautiful, poetic, ethereal read, The Shoemaker is the story of a great-grandfather and great-grandson connected by blood and by Read more
From August 7 – 10, PulpFest will be returning to the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel Pittsburgh – Cranberry in Mars, Read more
About the Author: Israel Centeno was born in 1958 in Caracas, Venezuela, and currently lives in Pittsburgh, he is a Read more
"Roots. The point of origin, the source of life. Buried in earth and history, they are links to the unseen. Read more
"Our annual flagship conference, this year featuring keynote speaker Sarah Elaine Smith, poet and author of the acclaimed novel Marilou Read more
From Judith R. Robinson, a Pittsburgh poet and artist who was recently awarded 1st prize for her poem “A Stream Read more
From the Publisher: The Paper Boy is a young adult paranormal novel from Josiah Golojuh. Get ready for a story Read more
From the Publisher: "When a mysterious woman blackmails Vic and Em into leaving our world through The Door in the Read more
A Thrilling Lost Chapter of Mob Rule From the Publisher: "Western Pennsylvania’s New Kensington was in the grips of Mafia Read more
From the Publisher: "When her father pulls her out of high school to care for her invalid mother and little Read more
"Have you bookmarked your calendars? The Greater Pittsburgh Festival of Books returns on May 31, 2025! Join us for a Read more
From the Publisher: "J.New Books proudly presents How to Live Like Li Po in Pittsburgh, the first-ever essay collection by acclaimed Read more
Pittsburgh has been known as a Steel Town, a Sports Town, and an Eds & Meds Town; we believe it's Read more
Join us for a special evening with Emily Wilson, acclaimed translator of The Iliad and The Odyssey, hosted by the International Poetry Forum at Carnegie Read more
"Clary is the Whitman of West Virginia, honoring the laborers, the precious encounters, the deeper wisdoms. He understands intimately that Read more
Brockport, PA — The WCoNA Writers Conference of Northern Appalachia® (here and after WCoNA) is pleased to announce its longlist Read more
Most importantly: Where are you located, what are your hours, and do you have a particular focus in terms of the Read more
This just in from our friends at WCoNA: "To provide additional preparation time, we’ve extended the deadline to submit a Read more
One of our favorite local authors, Joshua David Bellin (author, most recently, of MYRIAD) just let us know that he's Read more
