Writers Conference Spotlights: Kentucky Writing Workshop (Feb. 6, 2015) and Tennessee Writers Conference (Feb. 7, 2015)
If you live anywhere near the MidSouth, there are two great February 2015 writing conferences coming up that I have been asked to speak at. The first is the Kentucky Writing Workshop on Feb. 6 in Louisville, KY, and the second is the Tennessee Writers Conference on Feb. 7 in Nashville, TN. There are multiple literary agents at both events taking pitches, and both are one-day events. More details below about both...
LOUISVILLE DETAILS
The Kentucky Writing Workshop is in Louisville on Friday, Feb. 6, 2015, at the Holiday Inn Louisville East. It is an all-day event from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are sessions on Book Publishing Options Today, How to Find & Pitch an Agent, How to Market Yourself and Your Books, and How to Get Published Today.
All details are on the website, such as what genres/categories each attending literary agent represents. There are at least 4 literary agents attending the events to meet writers and take pitches:
- Alice Speilburg of Speilburg Literary
- Natalia Aponte of Aponte Literary
- Brent Taylor of Triada US Literary
- Victoria Lea of Aponte Literary
NASHVILLE DETAILS
The Tennessee Writers Conference is in Nashville on Saturday, Feb. 7, 2015, at the Hyatt Place Nashville / Brentwood. It is an all-day event from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. There are sessions on Book Publishing Options Today, How to Find & Pitch an Agent, How to Market Yourself and Your Books, and How to Get Published Today.
All details are on the website, such as what genres/categories each attending literary agent represents. There are at least 4 literary agents attending the events to meet writers and take pitches:
- Lauren MacLeod of The Strothman Agency
- Greg Daniel of Daniel Literary
- Brent Taylor of Triada US Literary
- Julie Gwinn of The Seymour Agency
- Cate Hart of Corvisiero Literary
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- Feb. 11, 2017: Writers Conference of Minnesota (St. Paul, MN)
- Feb. 16–19, 2017: San Francisco Writers Conference (San Francisco, CA)
- Feb. 24, 2017: The Alabama Writers Conference (Birmingham, AL)
- Feb. 25, 2017: Atlanta Writing Workshop (Atlanta, GA)
- March 25, 2017: Michigan Writers Conference (Detroit, MI)
- March 25, 2017: Kansas City Writing Workshop (Kansas City, MO)
- April 8, 2017: Philadelphia Writing Workshop (Philadelphia, PA)
- April 22, 2017: Get Published in Kentucky Conference (Louisville, KY)
- April 22, 2017: New Orleans Writers Conference (New Orleans, LA)
- May 6, 2017: Seattle Writers Conference (Seattle, WA)
- May 19–21, 2017: PennWriters Conference (Pittsburgh, PA)
- June 24, 2017: The Writing Workshop of Chicago (Chicago, IL)
- Aug. 18–20, 2017: Writer's Digest Conference (New York, NY)