WHO: The conference is open to all levels of nonfiction writers, from beginners who are just starting to write flash nonfiction to more advanced writers with a memoir manuscript. Open to writers who are at least 18 years old. Just 20 writers will be accepted.

WHAT: The third annual All Write, Columbia Writers Conference focuses on nonfiction. 2024 faculty will include Donna Kaz and Mardi Jo Link as workshop leaders. Additional faculty will include award-winning authors, editors, agents and marketing experts such as Rahne Alexander, Michele Blankenship, Jen Beagin, Melissa Holbrook Pierson, Priya Doraswamy, Taylor Harris, Vanessa Mártir, Nayt Rundquist, Pramila Venkateswaran, Venise Berry, Lisa Cron and Jennifer Chen. The All Write, Columbia conference is committed to diversity and our faculty reflect an all-encompassing and equal world. Our goal is to challenge, inspire and foster a writer’s community that continues beyond the workshops. Develop both your craft and your creative marketing savvy in this small, focused conference.

WHERE: Workshops, opening reading and other events will be held in person at the Spencertown Academy of Arts. https://spencertownacademy.org/ Guest panelists/authors are zoomed in.

HOW: Tuition: $500 - includes all workshops (plus an individual 45 minute workshop of 15 – 20 pages of your own fiction work); opening night reception, guest author talks, publishing/PR panel, craft workshops, breakfast and lunch on Friday; breakfast, lunch and dinner on Saturday and lunch on Sunday. NOTE: Housing is not provided but we will provide a list of local hotels and discounts. A limited number of partial scholarships will be available for local writers from Columbia and Greene County, NY only.

Schedule (subject to change)

Thursday, November 7 - 6PM to 9PM Opening Reception

Friday, November 8 – Workshops and Craft Talk

Saturday, November 9 Workshops and Creativity Talk

Sunday, November 10 – Workshops, Public Reading, Closing Reception

TO APPLY: Please read these guidelines carefully. Submissions that do not adhere to the guidelines will not be considered for the conference. Submissions will be judged by conference the leader and 20 writers will be selected to participate.

Faculty

Featured Writers Include:

Donna Kaz, Mardi Jo Link, Chloe Caldwell, Lisa Cron, and more.

Location

790 NY-203
Spencertown
New York, United States
12165

Kaz Conference Writing Workshop

The Kaz Conference Writing Workshop is the home of small, focused virtual and in person writing cohorts and conferences in nonfiction, playwriting/screenwriting, poetry and fiction. The Kaz Conference Writing Workshop is organized by award winning author and activist Donna Kaz ("UN/MASKED, Memoirs of a Guerrilla Girl On Tour;" "Push/Pushback, 9 Steps to Make a Difference with Activism and Art.") There are Zoom cohorts every other month as well as the annual ALL WRITE, COLUMBIA, WRITERS CONFERENCE -- a 4 day writers conference in Columbia County, NY. All cohorts are small (6-8 in workshops and 16-20 in conferences) and in all creative sessions writers receive feedback on submissions, talks on the practical training of writers and productivity coaching. Because reading and reviewing other work helps to strengthen one’s own writing, peer review is a requirement of all sessions. The Kaz Conference Writing Workshop is committed to diversity and our faculty reflect an all-encompassing and equal world. Our goal is to challenge, inspire and foster a writer’s community that continues beyond the workshops because the stories we tell become the world we live in. UPCOMING: SUMMER 2024 Non Fiction Cohort and ALL WRITE, COLUMBIA in November of ’24. Rolling admissions - Apply now here. https://kazconference.submittable.com/submit I look forward to reading your work.