CALL FOR WRITERS

2020-2021 WRITING CONFERENCES, LINKS, AND DATES 

SEPTEMBERS

• Independent Authors Book Expo
  September 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Roselle, New Jersey

• ZEE JLF at Boulder
  September 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Boulder, Colorado

• Library of Congress National Book Festival
  September 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Washington, DC, District of Columbia

• Carolina Mountains Literary Festival
  September 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Burnsville, North Carolina

• Fall Into Fiction
  September 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Emeryville, California

• Burlington Book Festival
  September 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Burlington, Vermont

• SCIBA Trade Show
  September 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Pomona, California

• Festival of Women Writers
  September 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Hobart, New York

• Kingston WritersFest
  September 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Ontario, Canada

• The Allegheny Regional Festival of Books
  September 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Bedford, Pennsylvania

• Open Book Festival
  September 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Cape Town, South Africa

• AJC Decatur Book Festival
  Friday, September 4, 2020 to Sunday, September 6, 2020 – Decatur, Georgia

• Printers Row Lit Fest
  Saturday, September 5, 2020 to Sunday, June 7, 2020 – Chicago, Illinois

• Sacramento Black Book Fair
  Friday, September 11, 2020 to Saturday, September 12, 2020 – Sacramento, California

• Calabash International Literary Festival
  Friday, September 11, 2020 to Sunday, September 13, 2020 – Treasure Beach, Jamaica, W.I.

• Digital Book World
  Monday, September 14, 2020 to Thursday, September 17, 2020 – Nashville, Tennesse

• Act Like an Author, Think Like a Business Conference
  Thursday, September 17, 2020 to Saturday, September 19, 2020 – Las Vegas, Nevada

• The Bocas Lit Fest
  Friday, September 18, 2020 to Sunday, September 20, 2020 – Port of Spain, Trinidad & Tobago

• The High Desert Book Festival
  Saturday, September 26, 2020 – Hesperia, California

OCTOBER

• Southern Minnesota Book and Art Festival
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Henderson, Minnesota

• African American Literary Awards Show
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – New York, New York

• Hurston/Wright Legacy Awards Ceremony
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Washington, District of Columbia

• Alaska Book Week
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – , Alaska

• Boston Book Festival
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Boston, Massachusetts

• Twin Cities Book Festival
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Minneapolis, Minnesota

• Vegas Valley Book Festival
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Las Vegas, Nevada

• Books by the Banks
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Cincinnati, Ohio

• Southern Festival of Books
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Nashville, Tennessee

• Texas Book Festival
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Austin, Texas

• Wisconsin Book Festival
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Madison, Wisconsin

• Fall for the Book
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Fairfax, Virginia

• Literary Festival of Charlotte
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Charlotte, North Carolina

• Collingswood Book Festival
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Collingswood, New Jersey

• Morristown Festival of Books
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Morristown, New Jersey

• Virginia Children’s Book Festival
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Farmville, Virginia

• Brattleboro Literary Festival
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Brattleboro, Vermont

• International Festival of Authors
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Toronto, Canada

• Vancouver Writers Fest
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Vancouver, Canada

• Fort Worth BookFest
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Fort Worth, Texas

• Ake Arts and Book Festival
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Ikeja, Nigeria

• Black Ink: A Charleston African-American Book Festival
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Charleston, South Carolina

• Frankfurter Buchmesse (Frankfurt Book Fair)
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Frankfurt, Germany

• The Christian Book Lover’s Retreat
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Charlotte, North Carolina

• Read My World
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Amsterdam, Netherlands

• Sharjah International Book Fair
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

• The Seattle Antiquarian Book Fair
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Seattle, Washington

• Seattle Urban Book Expo
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Seattle, Washington

• Minnesota Black Author’s Expo
  October 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Minneapolis, Minnesota

• South Dakota Festival of Books
  Friday, October 2, 2020 to Sunday, October 4, 2020 – Brookings & Sioux Falls, South Dakota

• West Virginia Book Festival
  Friday, October 2, 2020 to Saturday, October 3, 2020 – Charleston, West Virginia

• Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
  Saturday, October 3, 2020 to Sunday, October 4, 2020 – Los Angeles, California

• Brooklyn Book Festival
  Sunday, October 4, 2020 – Brooklyn, New York

• Wimbledon BookFest
  Thursday, October 8, 2020 to Sunday, October 18, 2020 – London, United Kingdom

• New York Comic Con
  Thursday, October 8, 2020 to Sunday, October 11, 2020 – New York, New York

• The Cavalcade of Authors
  Friday, October 9, 2020 to Sunday, October 11, 2020 – Chicago, Illinois

• Bouchercon, the World Mystery Convention
  Thursday, October 15, 2020 to Sunday, October 18, 2020 – Sacramento, California

• Queen City Book Fair
  Saturday, October 17, 2020 – Charlotte, North Carolina

• National Black Book Festival
  Thursday, October 22, 2020 to Saturday, October 24, 2020 – Houston, Texas

• Louisville Book Festival
  Friday, October 23, 2020 to Saturday, October 24, 2020 – Louisville, Kentucky

NOVEMBER

• Baltimore Book Festival
  November 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Baltimore, Maryland

• Tampa Bay Times Festival of Reading
  November 2020 – Dates to be Announced – St. Petersburg, Florida

• Kentucky Book Fair
  November 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Frankfort, Kentucky

• Louisiana Book Festival
  November 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Baton Rouge, Louisiana

• York Book Expo
  November 2020 – Dates to be Announced – York, Pennsylvania

• Portland’s Book Festival
  November 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Portland, Oregon

• Bluffton Book Festival
  November 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Bluffton, South Carolina

• National Book Awards
  November 2020 – Dates to be Announced – New York, New York

• Belize Writers’ Conference
  Wednesday, November 4, 2020 to Monday, November 9, 2020 – Ambergris Caye, Belize

• National Black Writers Conference
  Wednesday, November 11, 2020 to Saturday, November 14, 2020 – Brooklyn, New York

• Miami Book Fair International
  Sunday, November 15, 2020 to Sunday, November 22, 2020 – Miami, Florida

• Mosaic Literary Conference
  Saturday, November 21, 2020 – Bronx, New York

• Kingston Book Festival
  Wednesday, November 25, 2020 to Sunday, November 29, 2020 – Kingston, Jamaica, W.I.

DECEMBER

• Abantu Book Festival
  December 2020 – Dates to be Announced – Soweto, South Africa

JANUARY

• Tampa Bay Black Heritage Festival
  January 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Tampa, Florida

• ZEE Jaipur Literature Festival
  January 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Jaipur, India

• Sunshine State Book Festival
  January 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Gainesville, Florida

• F.R.E.S.H. Book Festival
  Thursday, January 7, 2021 to Saturday, January 9, 2021 – Daytona Beach, Florida

• ALA Midwinter Meeting
  Friday, January 22, 2021 to Tuesday, January 26, 2021 – Indianapolis, Indiana

• Rancho Mirage Writers Festival
  Friday, January 29, 2021 to Sunday, January 31, 2021 – Rancho Mirage, California

FEBRUARY

• The Hampton Roads Indie Author Book Festival
  February 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Hampton, Virginia

• Detroit Book City
  February 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Detroit, Michigan

• African American Children’s Book Fair
  Saturday, February 6, 2021 – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

       MARCH

• Virginia Festival of the Book
  March 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Charlottesville, Virginia

• Black Writers On Tour
  March 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Los Angeles, California

• Paris Book Fair
  March 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Paris, France

• Southwest Florida Reading Festival
  March 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Fort Myers, Florida

• Tucson Festival of Books
  March 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Tucson, Arizona

• New York Antiquarian Book Fair
  March 2021 – Dates to be Announced – New York, New York

• Venice Book Fair and Writers Festival
  March 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Venice, Florida

• Children’s Africana Book Awards Festival
  March 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Washington, District of Columbia

• North Texas Teen Book Festival
  March 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Irving, Texas

• London Book Fair
  Monday, March 9, 2020 to Wednesday, March 11, 2020 – London, United Kingdom

• AWP Conference
  Wednesday, March 3, 2021 to Saturday, March 6, 2021 – Kansas City, Missouri

• Dahlonega Literary Festival
  Friday, March 5, 2021 to Saturday, March 6, 2021 – Dahlonega, Georgia

• Southern Kentucky Bookfest
  Friday, March 26, 2021 to Saturday, March 27, 2021 – Bowling Green, Kentucky

APRIL

• Alabama Book Festival
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Montgomery, Alabama

• Newburyport Literary Festival
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Newburyport, Massachusetts

• Oxford Conference for the Book
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Oxford, Mississippi

• Ohioana Book Festival
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Columbus, Ohio

• Virgin Islands Literary Festival and Book Fair
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands

• The Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Brampton, Ontario, Canada

• San Antonio Book Festival
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – San Antonio, Texas

• Annapolis Book Festival
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Annapolis, Maryland

• OE Book Fair
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Tampa, Florida

• Florida Antiquarian Book Fair
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – St. Petersburg, Florida

• Sydney Writers’ Festival
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Sydney, Australia

• Six Bridges Book Festival
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Little Rock, Arkansas

• National Hispanic Cultural Center Children's Bilingual Book Festival
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Albuquerque, New Mexico

• Tampa Bay Black Authors Expo
  April 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Tampa, Florida

• Bologna Children’s Book Fair
  Monday, April 12, 2021 to Thursday, April 15, 2021 – Bologna, Italy

MAY

• Black Pack Party
  May 2021 – Dates to be Announced – New York, New York

• Book Expo America
  May 2021 – Dates to be Announced – New York, New York

• PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature
  May 2021 – Dates to be Announced – New York, New York

• Greensboro Bound Literary Festival
  May 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Greensboro, North Carolina

• Books in Bloom Literary Festival
  May 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Eureka Springs, Arkansas

• Yallwest Santa Monica Book Festival
  May 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Santa Monica, California

• Gaithersburg Book Festival
  May 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Gaithersburg, Maryland

• BookCon
  May 2021 – Dates to be Announced – New York, New York

• Bay Area Book Festival
  May 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Berkeley, California

• Great American Book Festival
  May 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Rapid City, South Dakota

• LitUp Festival
  May 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Independence, Missouri

• Go On Girl! Book Club Author Awards Weekend
  Thursday, May 20, 2021 to Sunday, May 23, 2021 – Los Angeles, California

JUNE

• Greater St. Louis Book Fair
  June 2021 – Dates to be Announced – St. Louis, Missouri

• The Bronx Book Festival
  June 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Bronx, New York

• Nantucket Book Festival
  June 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Nantucket, Massachusetts

JULY

• South Florida Book Festival
  July 2021 – Dates to be Announced – Fort Lauderdale, Florida

• Black Authors & Readers Rock
  Friday, October 1, 2021 to Saturday, October 2, 2021 – Oxon Hill, Maryland

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