Blue Pen Writers’ Conference

Spend two days immersed in creative energy.

Regardless of your genre or publication goals, the Blue Pen Writers’ Conference can help you elevate your skills and further your career.

Attend workshops on writing, editing, and marketing. Connect with bestselling authors, literary agents, and industry professionals. Explore the creative process and the business of writing, and connect with folks who share your love of storytelling.

Your Registration Includes:

Access to the entire two-day conference
Breakfast and lunch on Saturday and Sunday
A door prize entry
Fun writerly swag

Pitch & Critique Sessions

Skip the slush pile and pitch a literary agent directly. Or receive an expert critique of your query or first ten pages. Add pitch and critique sessions during or after registration.

Keynote Speaker: Silas House

Silas House is the nationally bestselling author of novels including Clay’s Quilt, A Parchment of Leaves, The Coal Tattoo, Eli the Good, Southernmost, and Lark Ascending, a novel set in the near future about a young Appalachian man walking across Ireland with a dog and a mysterious woman after an environmental catastrophe.

The novel was a SIBA bestseller and has also been chosen as a Booklist Editor’s Choice, one of Salon’s favorite books of the year, one of Garden and Gun’s selections for Best Southern Books of 2022, and as a top ten most recommended book by independent booksellers across the entire nation in the monthly Indie Next List.