General Information

Registration is Closed

Please come to our Festival of Readings.

If you would like to be on the wait list in the rare event of last minute cancellation, please email iyconf@uaa.alaska.edu with your name and cellphone number because we would need an immediate contact point.

There is still room in our post-conference workshop for current conference registrants.

Keynote Speaker:
Barry Lopez

Biography

Barry Lopez

Sponsored by Kachemak Bay Campus - Kenai Peninsula College /UAA

Held in Homer, Alaska, this nationally recognized writing conference features workshops, readings and panel presentations in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and the business of writing.

Location: Homer, Alaska at Land's End Resort

Activities include:

• Daily workshops, panel presentations, readings and craft talks.
• Opening keynote dinner, four luncheons, and more.
Manuscript reviews; optional; additional fee.
• Sessions dedicated to an “open mic” for conference registrants.
Evening readings open to the public; free.
Agent / Editor Consultations; optional.
• Boat Cruise; optional; additional $60 fee.
"First Pages" Session
• Writers' Circles
Post-Conference Workshop

Lower and upper division academic credit is optionally available.


Kachemak Bay Campus - Kenai Peninsula College/UAA
533 E. Pioneer Ave.
Homer AK 99603
907-235-7743
iyconf@kpc.alaska.edu
http://writersconference.homer.alaska.edu