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 350 presentations: readings, lectures, panel discussions, and Forums plus hundreds of book signings, receptions, dances, and informal gatherings. The conference attracts more than 8,000 attendees and more than 500 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:

2011 Washington D.C.
February 2-5, 2011
Marriott Wardman Park & Omni Shoreham Hotels
Registration, Bookfair, Advertise, Accepted Events, Headliners

2012 Chicago, Illinois
February 29-March 3, 2012
Hilton Chicago

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

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. 2011 Sponsorship Information (PDF-639KB)

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.

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

2011 Sponsors

Major Sponsors

George Mason University MFA in Creative Writing

The George Washington University

Georgia College & State University / Arts & Letters

NEOMFA--The Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts

Steven Barclay Agency

Literary Partners

The Academy of American Poets

Blue Flower Arts

Cave Canem

The Council of Literary Magazines and Presses / Small Press Distribution

Creative Writing at Fairleigh Dickinson University & WAMFEST

The Library of Congress Poetry and Literature Center

The Loft Literary Center

Macondo Writers' Workshop

National Endowment for the Arts

PEN American Center

PEN/Faulkner Foundation

The Poetry Foundation

The Poetry Society of America

Poets House

Split This Rock Poetry Festival

VIDA: Women in the Literary Arts

Wesleyan University Press

Writers in the Schools

Benefactors

Adelphi University MFA in Creative Writing

Jackson Center for Creative Writing at Hollins

Wilkes University Low Residency MA/MFA program

Patrons

Columbia College Chicago, Fiction Writing Department and Story Week

Emerson College, Department of Writing, Literature, and Publishing

MA in Writing Program, The Johns Hopkins University

Minnesota State University, Mankato/Blue Earth Review

University of Notre Dame/Letras Latinas

Southern New Hampshire University

Tupelo Press

Virginia Tech

The Writer's Center

Sponsors

American University

Black Mountain Institute at the University of Nevada Las Vegas

Bowling Green State University Creative Writing Program

Chatham University

Longwood University / Dos Passos Review

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

Creative Writing Program, Roosevelt University

Rutgers-Camden MFA in Creative Writing and StoryQuarterly Magazine

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

Creative Writing at West Virginia University

Contributors

Beltway Poetry Quarterly

Loyola University Maryland

Potomac Review

Saint Joseph's University

Spectrum of Poetic Fire / Black Magnolias Special Issue

The MFA in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

University of Tennessee Knoxville Creative Writing Program

Become a sponsor for our 2011 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-639KB)