WIFYR All Year List

We're meeting for dinner! This is a great chance get to know each other and hear one another's writing. You'll have a chance to mingle with fellow authors and, if you'd like to, you can share 100 words from your manuscript. 

We have a room set aside that will hold 45 people.  Everyone is responsible for their own meal and drinks.

Please email Cheryl Christensen to RSVP (cherylmosschristensen1@gmail.com). Also let her know if you if you'd like to read your 100 words. 

Join us June 16-20, 2025 in Draper, Utah at our 26th annual writing conference. 

Participants get a mini-MFA-style workshop with a small group of likeminded writers for children and young adults. Heading up the workshops are published authors or editors who read your work and give you feedback. Included in your week are class visits from agents and editors and an individual session with an agent or editor who reads your work beforehand and gives you feedback. 

In the afternoons, you'll attend plenary sessions and choose breakout sessions all taught by industry professionals. (Participants can also choose to do the afternoon sessions without participating in the morning workshops.)

The goal of our conference is to help you get published! We have an amazing community of writers and many of our past participants have made life-long connections and publishing success stories as a direct result of attending the conference. 

Registration opens January 1st. Join us!

Our annual Writing and Illustrating for Young Readers Kick Off! Our presenters are WIFYR friends Candy Fleming and Eric Rohmann. Eric is a Caldecott award-winning illustrator and Candy has published more than 50 fiction and nonfiction books! 

This free event is a great way to start a New Year of writing.