This is a list of worldwide authors' conferences for writers of all genres. Europe Bulgaria Sozopol Fiction Seminars – Sozopol France Paris Writers Retreat – Paris Iceland Iceland Writers Retreat – Reykjavík Ireland BooksGoSocial Dublin Writers Conference – Fiction & Non Fiction – Dublin Portugal Disquiet International Literary Program – Lisbon United Kingdom Festival of Writing – York Historical Novel Society Conference – September, London Milford Writer's Workshop – science fiction writers; various locations Winchester Writers' Conference – Winchester Swanwick Writers' Summer School – the UK's longest-running writers' school Writers Holiday North America Bahamas Salt Cay Writers Retreat – Salt Cay, Bahamas Canada Shuswap International Writers' Festival – Salmon Arm, British Columbia Surrey International Writers' Conference – Surrey, British Columbia Ontario Writers' Conference – Durham Region, Ontario Mexico San Miguel Writers' Conference & Literary Festival – San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato United States A–E The Alabama Writers' Conclave – Alabama Alabama Writing Workshop – Birmingham, Alabama Algonkian Writer Conferences – Arizona, California, Massachusetts, Virginia The Aloha Writers Conference – Kapalua, Maui, Hawaii American Christian Fiction Writers Conference – location varies American Society of Journalists and Authors (ASJA) annual conference – New York City, New York Antioch Writers' Workshop – Yellow Springs, Ohio Arkansas Writers Conference – Little Rock, Arkansas Art of the Wild Writers' Conference – Olympic Valley, California Association of Personal Historians conference – location varies, Canada and United States Atlanta Writers Conference – Atlanta, Georgia Atlanta Writing Workshop – Atlanta, Georgia Atlantic Center for the Arts Master Artists-in-Residence Program – New Smyrna Beach, Florida The Auburn Writers Conference – Auburn, Alabama Author U Extravaganza conference – Denver, Colorado Authors Combat Academy – Nashville, Tennessee Authors Conference Infinity Publishing Gathering of Authors – Valley Forge, Pennsylvania Authors of the Flathead conference – Kalispell, Montana* Authors' Salon at Clockwork Alchemy - Burlingame, California* Avondale Writers Conference – Avondale, Arizona AWP Conference & Bookfair – North America's largest literary conference; location varies Backspace Writers Conference Bear River Writers' Conference – Boyne City, Michigan Blaze Your Own Trail to Self-Publishing Writers' Conference – San Diego, California BlogU – Baltimore, Maryland Blue Flower Arts Winter Writers Conference – New Smyrna Beach, Florida Book Passage Children's Writers & Illustrators Conference – Corte Madera, California Book Passage Mystery Writers Conference – Corte Madera, California Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference – Corte Madera, California BookBaby Independent Authors Conference – Philadelphia, PA Boston Writing Workshop