Each year, AWP holds its Annual Conference & Bookfair 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. Here is a directory of past AWP Conferences:

2011	Washington, D.C.
2010	Denver, Colorado
2009	Chicago, Illinois
2008	New York, New York
2007	Atlanta, Georgia
2006	Austin, Texas
2005	Vancouver, British Columbia
2004	Chicago, Illinois
2003	Baltimore, Maryland
2002	New Orleans, Louisiana
2001	Palm Springs, California
2000	Kansas City, Missouri
1999	Albany, New York
1998	Portland, Oregon
1997	Washington, D.C.
1996	Atlanta, Georgia
1995	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1994	Tempe, Arizona
1993	Norfolk, Virginia
1992	Minneapolis, Minnesota
1991	Miami, Florida
1990	Denver, Colorado
1989	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1988	San Francisco, California
1987	Austin, Texas
1986	Chicago, Illinois
1985	San Diego, California
1984	Savannah, Georgia
1983	St. Louis, Missouri
1982	Boston, Massachusetts
1981	Seattle, Washington
1980	San Antonio, Texas
1979	Nashville, Tennessee
1978	San Francisco, California

Contact
For registration or general conference inquiries, contact conference@awpwriter.org.
For inquiries about the bookfair, contact bookfair@awpwriter.org

2012 Sponsors

Major Sponsors

Poetry Foundation

Roosevelt University MFA in Creative Writing

Writing Program, The School of the Art Institute of Chicago

Ashland University MFA Program
River Teeth | Ashland Poetry Press

Bath Spa University Creative Writing Centre

Columbia College Chicago Fiction Writing Department & Story Week

Columbia College Chicago Poetry & Nonfiction Programs

Hollins University: Jackson Center for Creative Writing

NEOMFA | Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing

Northwestern University: MA/MFA Creative Writing / Creative Writing Major / Northwestern University Press / triquarterly.org

University of Tampa Low-Res MFA in Creative Writing

Literary Partners

Academy of American Poets

Blue Flower Arts

Cave Canem

The Center for Fiction

The Council of Literary Magazines & Presses / Small Press Distribution

The Loft Literary Center

Macondo Writers' Workshop

National Book Critics Circle

National Endowment for the Arts

Poetry Society of America

Poets House

VIDA: Women in Literary Arts

Wesleyan University Press

Writers in the Schools

Benefactors

Emerson College MFA in Creative Writing

Rosemont College

Wilkes University Low Residency MA/MFA Program in Creative Writing

Patrons

The University of Illinois Creative Writing Program / Ninth Letter

Adelphi University MFA in Creative Writing

Antioch University Los Angeles MFA Program

Chatham University MFA in Creative Writing Programs

George Mason University MFA in Creative Writing

Goddard College Low-Residency MFA in Creative Writing

Graduate Program for Writers University of Illinois at Chicago

Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis

University of Miami MFA in Creative Writing

Miami University & Miami University Press

University of Michigan MFA in Creative Writing

Minnesota State University, Mankato / Blue Earth Review

University of Nebraska MFA in Writing

University of New Orleans

University of North Carolina Wilmington MFA Program

MFA in Creative Writing, University of Notre Dame

Red Hen Press

Southern New Hampshire University

Vanderbilt University / Nashville Review

Water~Stone Review & MFA Programs at Hamline University

Sponsors

Arkansas Writers MFA Program, University of Central Arkansas

Bowling Green State University Creative Writing Program

The City University of New York

DePaul University MA in Writing and Publishing

Georgia College & State University / Arts & Letters

Longwood University / Dos Passos Review

Marquette University

University of Missouri-St. Louis MFA Program

New York University

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

Old Dominion University

Prairie Schooner / University of Nebraska Lincoln

The MFA Program at Purdue University

Sewanee Writers' Conference

Spalding University's Brief-Residency MFA in Writing Program

Vermont College of Fine Arts

Virginia Commonwealth University

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

Writer's Studio Program, The University of Chicago Graham School of Continuing Liberal and Professional Studies

Contributors

Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada Las Vegas

Eastern Kentucky University Brief Residency MFA

The Creative Writing Program at Emory University

Hofstra University

Knox College

Motionpoems

Murray State University MFA Program

Queens University of Charlotte MFA Program

Saint Joseph's University

University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program

The MFA in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

Split This Rock Poetry Festival

Washburn University

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