Take a look at the top-notch workshops and events. Sessions include both skill development workshops, open forums, Blue Pencil sessions with authors based on questions and answers in an intimate setting.
FRIDAY May 15th, 2026 >> Full Schedule
SATURDAY May 16th, 2026 >> Full Schedule
9:00 AM-
9:45 AM
10:00 AM-
11:15 AM
10:00 AM-
11:15 AM
Plotting Fiction from Your Real Life. How To Do It, Step-By-Step
Prestige Seymour Room
Michael Slade
10:00AM-
11:15AM
11:45 AM-
Rhetorical questions – Writing To Persuade On Page & in Person
Prestige Hudson Room
Charlie Demers
11:45AM-
1:00PM
Marketing for Beginners: A Somewhat Almost Useful Marketing Guide for Authors
Prestige Seymour Room
Andrew Buckley
2:30 PM-
3:45 PM
2:30 PM-
3:45 PM
2:30 PM-
5:05 PM
MASTERCLASS – Roadmap to an (almost) Perfect Flash Fiction Story
Prestige Balmoral Room
Finnian Burnett
3:50 PM-
5:05 PM
3:50 PM-
5:05 PM
7:00 PM-
Saturday Night Vibe including Banquet and Contest Awards
Prestige Ballroom
SUNDAY May 17th, 2026 >> Full Schedule
10:15 AM-
11:00 AM
PANEL : Survival of the Arts
OCC Room 130
11:05 AM-
12:20 PM
11:05 AM-
12:20 PM
11:05 AM-
12:20 PM
12:25 PM –
1:40 PM
Killers And Their Motives. Cops And Their Clues. Lawyers And Their Trials
OCC Room 134
Michael Slade
12:25 PM-
1:40 PM
12:25 PM-
2:40 PM
1:45 PM-
2:40 PM
1:45 PM-
2:40 PM
2:40 PM-
3:00 PM
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