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Upcoming Events

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* All events subject to change 

Writing Real Characters

August 21, 2025

6:30 - 8:30pm

Online

Carol Lynch WIlliams will teach an online class, Writing Real Characters.  Carol has more than 30 published books and has been in the writing business for almost 40 years.

The online class is via zoom and is $10 a person.

Virtual Writing Intensive

September 18, 2025

to September 20, 2025

Online

WIFYR's second Virtual Writing Intensive is coming up! Mark your calendar for Sept 18-20, 2025. Join us for three days and learn from the best in the industry.

Here are a few of our presenters:

Joy Peskin (editor)

Kiri Jorgensen (editor)

Paula Weiman (agent)

Mary Kole (author, mentor, editor)

Candace Fleming (author of fiction and nonfiction)

Shawna Tenney (author/illustrator)

Kristyn Crow (author, picture books)

Claudia Mills (author, middle grade)

Lance Larsen (poet laureate)

Emily Feinberg (editor)

Andie Smith (agent)

Learn more >

2026 Conference

June 15, 2026

to June 19, 2026

Draper, UT

Mark your calendars for our 2026 Writing & Illustrating for Young Readers Conference! It will be held in Draper, Utah on June 15-19, 2026. Join our newsletter to keep up to date with announcements regarding the conference and to join us for monthly events with our amazing WIFYR community. Registration opens January 1st.

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