Each year, AWP holds its Annual Conference in a different region of North America in order to celebrate the outstanding authors, teachers, writing programs, literary centers, and small press publishers of that region. The Annual Conference typically features 300 presentations: readings, lectures, panel discussions, and Forums plus hundreds of book signings, receptions, dances, and informal gatherings. The conference attracts more than 5,000 attendees and more than 400 publishers. It’s one of the biggest and liveliest literary gatherings in North America. Join the big literary conversation. Join us at the next Annual Conference.

Mark your calendar now! Here are the locations and dates of our conferences:

2010 Denver, Colorado
April 7-10, 2010
Hyatt Regency Denver & Colorado Convention Center
Headliners, Bookfair, Advertising

2011 Washington D.C.
February 16-19, 2011
Marriott Wardman Park & Omni Shoreham Hotels

2012 Chicago, Illinois
February 22-25, 2012
Hilton Chicago

2013 Boston, Massachusetts
March 6-9, 2013
Sheraton Hotel & Hynes Convention Center

2009 Chicago
February 11-14, 2009
Hilton Chicago
Survey, Headliners, Schedule, Bookfair, Pedagogy Forum

Proposals for Presentations
AWP welcomes proposals for presentation at the conference. Proposals may be submitted between February 1st and May 1st of each year; during that period, a form will appear on this website for submitting your proposal for next year’s conference.

Sponsorship
AWP also welcomes sponsorship and support for the conference. Sponsorship enables AWP to waive or reduce conference registration fees for over one thousand students each year, while such support also helps AWP build a more exciting conference. Contact awp@awpwriter.org if you are interested in becoming a sponsor. 2010 Sponsorship Information (PDF-3.34MB)

Advertising in the Conference Program
If you are interested in advertising in the Annual Conference Program, please contact Sara Flood at advertising@awpwriter.org.

Services for Persons with Disabilities
AWP will make accommodations that allow all our members to participate in the Annual Conference.

Presenters at the conference are asked to bring five copies of their papers for the use of members who wish to follow the written text. Speakers who use handouts should prepare some copies in a large-print format in an easy-to-read font of 14 to 16 points in size.

If you have any particular requests, please make them in writing to Christian Teresi at conference@awpwriter.org no later than the 15th of December.

2010 Sponsors

Major Sponsors

Colorado State University

The University of Colorado, Denver / Copper Nickel

The Poetry Foundation

Literary Partners

The Academy of American Poets

The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses / Small Press Distribution

Blue Flower Arts

Cave Canem

Lighthouse Writers Workshop

The Loft Literary Center

National Endowment for the Arts

The Poetry Society of America

Poets & Writers

Writers in the Schools

Benefactors

Steven Barclay Agency

Bath Spa University, UK, Creative Writing Centre

The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University

University of Montana

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Wilkes University Low Residency MA/MFA Program in Creative Writing

Patrons

Antioch University, Los Angeles

University of Colorado Boulder

Columbia College Chicago, Fiction Writing Department and Story Week

Emerson College, Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing

The International Center for Creative Writing Research

New England College, MFA Program in Poetry

University of North Carolina Wilmington MFA Program

Southern New Hampshire University

Tupelo Press

West Chester University Poetry Conference, and WCU Poetry Center

The Writer's Center

Sponsors

Adelphi University MFA in Creative Writing

The University of Alabama Creative Writing Program

Austin Community College

Chatham University

Elixir Press

George Mason University MFA in Creative Writing

Georgia College & State University / Arts & Letters

Longwood University

Ohio University MA and PhD in Creative Writing / New Ohio Review

Texas Tech University

Vanderbilt University

The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing at Arizona State University

Contributors

University of Tampa

Front Range Community College

University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program

The Southern Review

Become a sponsor for our 2010 Conference.
There are five levels
of sponsorship with a
variety of benefits.

Questions about Sponsorship? Contact:
Matt Burriesci,
Associate Director,
at (703) 993-4540

Sponsorship Information (PDF-3.62MB)