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Conference 2025 Keynote

Gail Carson Levine

Gail Carson Levine is best known for Ella Enchanted, which won a Newbery honor and was made into a major motion picture. Gail has written twenty-five more books for children. Her latest, Sparrows in the Wind, is a retelling of the myth of the Trojan War. Most of her books are fantasies, but she’s also written historical fiction, poetry, nonfiction, and picture books. Right now, Gail is working on a historical medieval murder mystery that takes place in Winchester, England, in 1277. She and her husband David and their Airedale, Tess, live in Brewster, New York.

Registration Pricing

Attend In-Person

$239 for 2 days

$125 for 1 day

Friday &/OR Saturday conference, including:

  • In-person classes

  • Friday night gala

  • Lunches provided

  • Access to the ANWA Bookstore

  • And more!

Attend Online

$89

Get online access to recorded conference classes and the keynote address, viewable for a month after conference ends. * Some recorded courses are available for a more limited time due to instructor agreements.

Hybrid Add-On

$40

In-Person attendees may add online access to recorded conference classes and the keynote address, viewable for a month after conference ends. * Some recorded courses are available for a more limited time due to instructor agreements.

In-Person Add-Ons

Thursday Workshop

$45

Join us for a BONUS DAY at conference! This is a chance for you to take a dive deep into your manuscript with a mentor (conference faculty) and other writers. You’ll be placed into critique groups, and each person in the group will submit pages ahead of time to read and write down feedback. On the day of the workshop, you’ll discuss everyone’s pages and give and receive helpful feedback. If you want a specific critique group, deadline to register is September 1, 2025.

Pitch Sessions

$20

Pitch your story to a guest agent or Project Manager:

  • Ronald Gerber

  • Victoria Doherty Munro

  • Callie Hansen

Pitch sessions are 10 minutes long.

Query Consults

$25

Get a professional query consult from our guest editors and agents:

  • Ronald Gerber

  • Victoria Doherty Munro

  • Callie Hansen

Consults will cover a ONE-page query letter plus the first page of your manuscript.

Materials are due by midnight (AZ), Sunday, August 17, 2025.

Manuscript Consults

$55

Get a 15-minute professional critique of your ONE-page query letter plus the first TEN pages of your manuscript from a guest agent or Project Manager:

  • Ronald Gerber

  • Victoria Doherty Munro

  • Callie Hansen

Your agent/PM will pre-read the pages prior to your session and provide detailed feedback.

Materials are due by midnight (AZ), Sunday, August 17, 2025.

Writing Coach Sessions

$15

A 15-minute, one-on-one coaching session with one of our amazing faculty:

  • Victorine Lieski

  • M.A. Nichols

B.O.B. Contest

$20

Enter the first 500 words of one or more of your stories into ANWA’s annual Beginning of Book (BOB) contest!

Entries must be original and not previously accepted for publication or production at time of submission.

Submissions due by midnight (AZ), on Monday, July 14, 2025.

Anthology Pre-Order

$14

Pre-order your copy of this year’s Annual Anthology: Unexpected Friends: Middle Grade Tales of Hijinks, Hullabaloo, and Heroism. All profits go toward supporting ANWA.

Online participants add $5 for shipping-and-handling.

Limited copies will be available in the bookstore for $14.

Shirts and Hoodies

$22.50/$39.50

Show your ANWA pride with a 2025 ANWA Writers Conference T-Shirt. Or, even better, be all comfy-cozy with your very own 2025 ANWA Writers Conference Hoodie. Online participants add $5-7 for shipping and handling.

Gala Only Registration

$20

For the first time! You don’t have to attend conference to attend the Friday Night Gala. Even if you can’t attend conference in-person or online, you can still register for the Gala. (The Friday Night Gala is included with in-person conference registration. Attendees may register to bring a guest for a $10 fee.)

Additional Details

Discounts

$20 off registration for ANWA Members.

Registration

Registration opens Saturday, May 17, 2025, at 8 AM Arizona time.

In-person registration closes Thursday, September 11, 2025. 

Policies

No refunds for cancellation will be given after Monday, September 1, 2025. 

Due to instructor agreements, not all classes are recorded and some are available for a more limited time.

Pitch Sessions, Query & Manuscript Consults, and Coaching Sessions are non-refundable.

Thursday Workshop

Join us for a BONUS DAY at conference! This is a chance for you to take a dive deep into your manuscript with a mentor (conference faculty) and other writers. You’ll be placed into critique groups, and each member of the group will submit pages ahead of time to read and write down feedback. On the day of the workshop, you’ll discuss everyone’s pages and give and receive helpful feedback.

Friday Night Gala

ANWA presents the Annual Conference Gala Friday night from 7:00 p.m. to 9 p.m.

Theme: Books and Blockbusters

Come enjoy an evening of casual fun while rubbing shoulders with other authors and our special guests. Dress up as your favorite book or movie character…or not. You’ll fit right in either way.

The Gala is included for all In-Person Attendees.

Conference in-person attendees may register additional Guests: $10

Conference online attendees and General Public: $20

Conference Faculty

The ANWA Writers Conference offers outstanding workshops and writing classes by professionals in the industry.