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:

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

2011 Washington D.C.
February 2-5, 2011 Date changed!
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.

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

2010 Sponsors

Major Sponsors

The University of Colorado, Denver / Copper Nickel

University of Denver

National Endowment for the Arts

The Poetry Foundation

Literary Partners

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

Poetry Society of America

Poets & Writers

Writers in the Schools

Benefactors

Steven Barclay Agency

Bath Spa University, UK, Creative Writing Centre

Colorado State University

The Jack Kerouac School of Disembodied Poetics, Naropa University

University of Nevada Las Vegas

Wilkes University Low Residency MA/MFA Program in Creative Writing

Patrons

Adelphi University MFA in Creative Writing

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

Goddard College Low Residency MFA/BFA in Creative Writing

The International Center for Creative Writing Research

University of Minnesota Creative Writing Program

Minnesota State University Mankato / Blue Earth Review

University of Missouri

University of Montana

NEOMFA-the Northeast Ohio Master of Fine Arts

New England College, MFA Program in Poetry

University of North Carolina Wilmington MFA Program

University of North Texas

Southern New Hampshire University

Tupelo Press

West Chester University Poetry Conference, and WCU Poetry Center

The Writer's Center

University of Wyoming

Sponsors

The University of Alabama Creative Writing Program

Austin Community College

Chatham University

Columbia College Chicago, English Department, Poetry Program

The CUNY Creative Writing Programs

George Mason University MFA in Creative Writing

Georgia College & State University / Arts & Letters

Hollins University

Institute of American Indian Arts

Longwood University

ModCloth.com

University of Notre Dame Creative Writing Program

NYU Creative Writing Program

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

Sewanee Writers' Conference

Spalding University's Brief Residency MFA in Writing Program

Texas Tech University

Tin House Books

University of Utah

Vanderbilt University

Virginia Commonwealth University MFA in Creative Writing

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

The Water~Stone Review and the MFA Programs at Hamline University

Contributors

University of Tampa

Front Range Community College

Master of Arts in Writing Program, Johns Hopkins University

University of New Orleans

Queens University of Charlotte

Roosevelt University MFA Creative Writing Program

University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program

The MFA in Creative Writing at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Vermont College of Fine Arts MFA in Creative Writing

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)