The 2024 Kauai Writers Conference will be held from November 11 – 17 at the Royal Sonesta Kauai Resort in Lihue, Kauai. Learn from bestselling authors and industry professionals, connect with fellow writers, and pitch your work to top literary agents, all on beautiful Kauai.

The conference is divided into two parts: Master Classes, November 11 – 14, and the conference from November 15 – 17, including panels on the craft and business of writing, agent pitch sessions, publishing industry consultations, and much more.

There are 20 master classes in all, half of which are in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. Take just a morning class, just an afternoon class, or both. Or you can just come to the weekend conference.

Many favorite classes from past years are returning: Revision and Improvement with Nicholas Delbanco, Turning Life into Art with Christina Baker Kline, Meg Wolitzer and Paula McLain, Guiding a Poem to an Ending with Billy Collins, Defining Your Author Brand with Lisa Sharkey, The Hero's Journey in Fiction and Film with Christopher Vogler, among others,

Most of the master classes are new this year: Unputdownable with Ruth Ware, Pens Up Fears Down with Sadeqa Johnson, The Art of Subtext with Joshua Mohr, The Writers Mind with John Searles, Giving Your Work A Certain Shape with Jess Walter, The Art of Suspense with Chris Pavone, The Writers Voice with Tom Perrotta, and many others.

Faculty

Featured Writers Include:

Authors: Billy Collins, Meg Wolitzer, Christina Baker Kline, Nicholas Delbanco, Adrienne Brodeur, Jane Green, Jean Kwok, Laura Lentz, Paula McLain, Joshua Mohr, Priya Parmar, Lauren Groff, Sadequa Johson, Mary Beth Keane, Mark Kurlansky, Zibby Owens, Chris Pavone, Tom Perrotta, John Searles, Jess Walters, Ruth Ware, Amanda Eyre Ward, Rachel Eliza Griffiths, Marie Howe

Literary agents: Ryan Harbage, Barbara Jones, Kirby Kim, Lisa Leshne, Caitlin Mahony, Andy Ross, Wendy Sherman, Andrea Somberg, Michelle Tessler

Publishers: Kevin Larimer, Lisa Sharkey, Heidi Pitlor

Film and TV: Marta F. Kauffman, Amy Ferris, Christopher Vogler

Location

Royal Sonesta Kauai
Lihue
Hawaii, United States
96746

Kauai Writers Conference

The 2024 Kauai Writers Conference will be held from November 11 – 17 at the Royal Sonesta Kauai Resort in Lihue, Kauai. Learn from bestselling authors and industry professionals, connect with fellow writers, and pitch your work to top literary agents, all on beautiful Kauai. The conference is divided into two parts: Master Classes, November 11 – 14, and the conference from November 15 – 17, including panels on the craft and business of writing, agent pitch sessions, publishing industry consultations, and much more.

There are 20 master classes in all, half of which are in the morning and the other half in the afternoon. Take just a morning class, just an afternoon class, or both. Or you can just come to the weekend conference.

Many favorite classes from past years are returning: Revision and Improvement with Nicholas Delbanco, Turning Life into Art with Christina Baker Kline, Meg Wolitzer and Paula McLain, Guiding a Poem to an Ending with Billy Collins, Defining Your Author Brand with Lisa Sharkey, The Hero's Journey in Fiction and Film with Christopher Vogler, among others,

Most of the master classes are new this year: Unputdownable with Ruth Ware, Pens Up Fears Down with Sadeqa Johnson, The Art of Subtext with Joshua Mohr, The Writers Mind with John Searles, Giving Your Work A Certain Shape with Jess Walter, The Art of Suspense with Chris Pavone, The Writers Voice with Tom Perrotta, and many others.