Editors' Conferences and Book Festivals
Last updated 10.12.19; shortened link to this page: bit.ly/bookfests
An excellent general resource (includes events outside the US as well): Conferences for Editors Facebook group
Some major regional & national conferences for editors (all but Red Pencil are annual)
Editorial Freelancers Association, (EFA), Chicago, August 21-23, 2019
Red Pencil 2019: Voice & Voices (organized by the Northwest Editors Guild; biennial), Seattle, September 21, 2019
Build a Better Freelancer, St. Louis, MO, October 11-13, 2019
ACES: The Society for Editing, Salt Lake City, Utah, April 30-May 2, 2020 [a Eugene editor who attended ACES 2019 said it was "well worth it"]
Some major regional (& a few national) festivals for book readers
Get Lit!, Spokane, WA, April 22-28, 2019
Bay Area Book Festival, Berkeley, May 4-5, 2019
Book Expo America, New York City, May 27-31, 2019 (actually for booksellers, but pretty stupendous for anyone book-connected)
National Book Festival, Washington, DC, August 31, 2019
Florence (OR) Festival of Books, September 2019
Portland (OR) Book Festival, November 2019; produced by Literary Arts, which presents many other literary events in Portland throughout the year
Wild Arts Festival, Portland, OR, mid-November
Tucson Festival of Books, March 2020 [dates to come]
Some major regional conferences for writers (most are annual)
San Francisco Writers Conference, February 13-15, 2020
Association of Writers & Writing Programs, San Antonio, TX, March 4-7, 2020
Wordcrafters in Eugene, spring 2020
Oregon Writers Colony spring conference/retreat at Sylvia Beach Hotel, Newport, OR, April
Terroir Creative Writing Festival, McMinnville, OR, April
Write to Publish (organized by Ooligan Press), Portland, OR, April
Willamette Writers Conference, Portland, OR, August
Pacific Northwest Writers Association, Seattle, September
Writing for Change, September
Additionally, many Northwest towns and cities host festivals of local authors at holiday time, in late November and December.
For additional literary events/venues in Eugene/Springfield, click here [link TK **].
Sources of (more) affordable lodgings at conference/festival sites
- Airbnb
- Hostels
- TrustedHousesitters.com
- Booking hotel via a conference (usually discounted rates) and sharing with other editor(s)