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We also host the Atlanta Writers Conference twice each year, where our members can receive literary agent and publisher feedback about their work, take the next big step toward achieving agent representation and book deals, and learn even more about the writing craft and the publ
Writers seeking agents, publishers, manuscript feedback, craft and publishing knowledge, or industry networking · November 6-7, 2026
From atlantawritersclub.org/conference ↗About this program
Our 35th Atlanta Writers Conference will be held in-person (with an option to participate virtually for agent/editor meetings, lightning pitch critiques, and author coaching) at the Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel on November 6-7, 2026 with agent/editor critique and pitch meetings, professional consulting about legal and marketing/PR issues, a two-hour workshop on your book's first five pages, two Q&A panels, emailed pre-conference edits, a book fair, a Friday night mixer with musical entertainment, two days of educational talks and networking, and more!
Twenty guest agents and editors plan to be in-person at the hotel. The November 6-7, 2026 Atlanta Writers Conference offers you in-person/virtual meetings with literary agents and acquisitions editors, a critique panel for "lightning pitches," and professional consulting about legal and marketing/PR issues, along with a host of other in-person activities.
Access to 30 publisher acquisitions editors and literary agents seeking every major fiction genre and nonfiction topic, as well as graphic novels and picture books. Critiques of manuscript samples by the publishers and agents, with work submitted a month in advance. Pitches to the publishers and agents with query letters you will bring for their review (or submit ahead of time if you will be virtual).
The Atlanta Writers Conference is presented exclusively for members of the Atlanta Writers Club. If you are not a current member, you can join/renew as part of your Conference registration, you do not need to do this as a two-step process.
Questions
Who is the Atlanta Writers Conference presented for?
The Atlanta Writers Conference is presented exclusively for members of the Atlanta Writers Club. If you are not a current member, you can join/renew as part of your Conference registration, you do not need to do this as a two-step process.
How many agents and editors will be available?
Access to 30 publisher acquisitions editors and literary agents seeking every major fiction genre and nonfiction topic, as well as graphic novels and picture books.
Can I participate if I cannot travel to Atlanta?
with an option to participate virtually in these meetings if you are unable to travel to Atlanta
Who do I contact with questions?
Atlanta Writers Conference Director and AWC Executive Director George Weinstein at awconference@gmail.com
Details
- Who
- Writers seeking agents, publishers, manuscript feedback, craft and publishing knowledge, or industry networking
- When
- November 6-7, 2026
- Where
- Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel (with an option to participate virtually for some meetings)
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