The 2022 Pennwriters Conference (May 13th-15th, 2022) will feature two keynote speakers, literary agents and publishers, and an assortment of writing workshops and presentations.
LANCASTER, Pa. — For 35 years, writers from Pennsylvania and beyond have been gathering to network and learn about writing and the publishing industry at the annual Pennwriters Conference.
The three-day event, held at the DoubleTree Resort by Hilton in Lancaster, will begin Friday, May 13th, at 9 AM and conclude Sunday, May 15th, at 1 PM. Workshops, presentations and panels will be led by published authors, literary agents, marketing specialists, and publishing industry experts.
The Friday evening keynote speaker will be Jonathan Maberry, a NY Times bestselling suspense novelist, five-time Bram Stoker Award winner, and comic book writer.
The Saturday luncheon keynote speaker will be Jon Sprunk, the author of Book of the Black Earth fantasy series (Blood and Iron, Storm and Steel, Blade and Bone, Sun and Serpent). He also wrote the Shadow Saga (Shadow’s Son, Shadow’s Lure, and Shadow’s Master.). Shadow’s Son was a finalist for the Compton Crook Award and also a nominee for the David Gemmell Award in two categories.
The agents and publishers participating in this year’s conference are Ronald Gerber of Lowenstein Associates, Dawn Dowdle of Blue Ridge Literary Agency, Cathy Teets the President, Headline Books, and Lisa Kastner the Founder and Executive Editor, Running Wild Press.
The Pennwriters Conference will feature 49+ hours of sessions to choose from. The complete workshop listing is available on the Pennwriters website: https://www.pennwriters.org/
There is also a Thursday intensive, at additional cost, with Jonathan Maberry titled:
The Novel: From Idea to Final Draft
So, you want to write a novel. You have a good idea, the storytelling urge, and lots of enthusiasm. So…then what? This full-day intensive is a crash course in the art and science of creating a high-concept novel.
ABOUT PENNWRITERS—The mission of Pennwriters, Inc. is to help writers of all levels, from the novice to the award-winning and multi-published, improve and succeed in their craft. Pennwriters is a not-for-profit organization of more than 420 members from Pennsylvania and beyond and was established in 1988 as a networking organization for published and aspiring writers of all genres. The group offers an annual three-day writers conference and area events both in person and virtual, has a strong internet presence, online classes, and social networks. For more information about Pennwriters and its members, visit www.pennwriters.org.
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