The 2010 Willamette Writers Conference is August 6-8th at the
Portland Airport Sheraton Hotel. The information on this site (bios for speakers and agents) is for the 2009 conference.Conference
registration begins in late April.
Celebrate
You cope all year with the creative isolation that's part of the writer's journey. Our annual conference is an opportunity
for you to meet and exchange ideas with hundreds of other writers, to hone your craft, find expert advice,
sell your work and get your creative juices flowing. Inspiration is what it's all about, and
the inspiration you gain during the Willamette Writer's 2010 conference this August will help fire you up
and carry you through the winter months - and work - ahead. Here, Kate Lee of International Creative Management (ICM) speaks
to our attendees in 2009.
Promote Yourself
Our 2010 conference is now accepting ads for our brochure that reaches 4,000 writers, agents, and
producers. Check out our prices.
Focus
This year's workshops will be so good you will wish you had a clone before it's over. Choose from nearly 100 workshops
conducted by seasoned pros in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting, manuscript editing, publishing, pitching, entering writing contests, research and business. Whether you write self-help books, historic fiction, blockbuster Hollywood screenplays, mysteries, romance, magazine articles, sci-fi, plays, children's books, humor, or simply need help marketing yourself as a professional, you'll find helpful guidance and keen insights at the 2010 Willamette Writer's Conference. To view a PDF of our workshop schedules, click on this link. To view a PDF of our workshops, click on this link.
Achieve
Over 50 literary agents and editors, plus Hollywood film managers, agents and producers, will be on hand to listen to your ideas. We'll be bringing back some of the most respected and reputable names in the industry, plus adding some new, influential guests. They're all looking for the next, breakthrough talent - so don't miss this rare opportunity for getting your work in print or on the big screen. Here, Regina Brooks meets with an attendee.
Archive
Photos
from the 2009 conference are available for viewing on Flickr.
Here,
Julie Fast meets with some students.
Our Own Trailer!
Download and watch this great conference trailer made in 2007 by Retrofit Films. It is a great way to see what people like Mike Rich, Cynthia Whitcomb and our attendees say about the conference. It will "pump you up"!
One of Our Success Stories!
Marc Acito speaks about his success at a conference on this video posted on YouTube. Marc Acito's comic debut novel, How I Paid for College: A Novel of Sex, Theft, Friendship and Musical Theater, won
the Ken Kesey Award for the Novel.
Author Dale E Basye speaks about getting a two book dead from Random House from his pitch at the 2005 Willamette Writers Conference for his novel, Heck: Where the Bad Kids Go.
Author Phoebe Kitanidis speaks about her novel Whisper, coming out in April 2010 from Harper Collins. She met her agent at the
2007 Conference.
The Willamette Writers Conference now has a page on FaceBook! Click on the link and meet others attending the conference.
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You cope all year with the creative isolation that's part of the writer's journey. Our annual conference is an opportunity for you to meet and exchange ideas with hundreds of other writers, to hone your craft, find expert advice, sell your work and get your creative juices flowing. Inspiration is what it's all about, and the inspiration you gain during the Willamette Writer's 2010 conference this August will help fire you up and carry you through the winter months - and work - ahead. Here, Kate Lee of International Creative Management (ICM) speaks to our attendees in 2009.
This year's workshops will be so good you will wish you had a clone before it's over. Choose from nearly 100 workshops conducted by seasoned pros in the areas of fiction, non-fiction, screenwriting, manuscript editing, publishing, pitching, entering writing contests, research and business. Whether you write self-help books, historic fiction, blockbuster Hollywood screenplays, mysteries, romance, magazine articles, sci-fi, plays, children's books, humor, or simply need help marketing yourself as a professional, you'll find helpful guidance and keen insights at the 2010 Willamette Writer's Conference. To view a PDF of our workshop schedules, click on this link. To view a PDF of our workshops, click on this link.
Over 50 literary agents and editors, plus Hollywood film managers, agents and producers, will be on hand to listen to your ideas. We'll be bringing back some of the most respected and reputable names in the industry, plus adding some new, influential guests. They're all looking for the next, breakthrough talent - so don't miss this rare opportunity for getting your work in print or on the big screen. Here, Regina Brooks meets with an attendee.
Photos from the 2009 conference are available for viewing on Flickr. Here, Julie Fast meets with some students.
The Willamette Writers Conference now has a page on FaceBook! Click on the link and meet others attending the conference.