The chair of the 2026 Washington Writers Convention, Stephanie Diaz, has supplied NFAA members a ten% low cost for NFAA members; utilizing the code NONFICTION.
That is not sponsored, and an informative put up a couple of author’s convention that members within the Washington DC / Maryland space might discover beneficial.
Discover extra data at their website right here:
The 2026 convention might be held Could 1-2, North Bethesda, Maryland. Our web site is at https://www.
We’ve got featured many nonfiction authors by way of the years as audio system. This 12 months we’re thrilled to announce that husband-and-wife authors Aran Shetterly and Margot Lee Shetterly would be the lunchtime keynote audio system! Margot, founding father of the Human Laptop Mission, is the creator of the New York Instances bestselling Hidden Figures: The American Dream and the Untold Story of the Black Girls Mathematicians Who Helped Win the Area Race. Aran, a journalist and narrative historian, most just lately wrote Morningside: The 1979 Greensboro Bloodbath and the Battle for an American Metropolis’s Soul.
All attendees have the prospect to pitch their work to three brokers. We’ve got many brokers specializing in nonfiction; please see our record at https://www.
Our convention is hosted by the nonprofit Washington Impartial Evaluate of Books. Registration ends April 29, 2026. We’ve got many pitch slots obtainable for nonfiction writers so we’re making a push for extra nonfiction writers to register for 2026. We’re providing a ten% low cost on your members; please use the code NONFICTION. Our registration website is: https://www.zeffy.com/en-US/
Could 1-2, 2026
WHERE
Bethesda North Marriott Resort & Convention Middle
5701 Marinelli Street
Rockville, MD
WHY
Be part of us for the premier writing occasion within the DC space to community with fellow writers, study from publishing professionals throughout panels and workshops, and, most significantly, pitch on to literary brokers!
HOW AGENT PITCHES WORK
How do you select your brokers? How lengthy is every pitch session? What if a selected agent cancels? Please READ THIS CRITICAL INFORMATION IN ITS ENTIRETY to study the whole lot you’ll want to know in regards to the course of!
REGISTRATION
Customary Fee: $429 (consists of three agent-pitch classes). Accessible Mar. 1, 2026, by way of Apr. 27, 2026. Register right here.
WHAT’S INCLUDED?
- Three one-on-one pitch classes with brokers (Tremendous-Early Chicken registrants get 4!).
- Entry to audio system, panels, and workshops on pitching, writing, and publishing. Hear from authors, brokers, editors, and different professionals!
- A finger-food and cash-bar reception on Friday, Could 1st.
- Morning espresso and lunch on Saturday, Could 2nd.
- Need to take a peek at a earlier convention? Take a look at our 2024 video!
LITERARY AGENTS
You’ll discover our record of taking part brokers right here. Examine it ceaselessly for updates!
PANELS AND WORKSHOPS
You’ll discover our record of panelists right here and our panels and workshops right here! And discover the hour-by-hour schedule right here.
BIPOC SCHOLARSHIPS
Once more this 12 months, we’ll offer 5 full convention scholarships to promising BIPOC authors. Purposes are due Jan. 15, 2026. Click on right here to study extra.
REFUND POLICY
We assure a full refund till April 1, 2026. No refunds after that date.
BECOME A SPONSOR
Are you interested by turning into a sponsor? Advantages embrace a desk on the convention, alongside together with your linked emblem on our web site and your advertising and marketing supplies distributed to every attendee in a convention folder. Attain the DC space’s writing neighborhood! Click on right here to grow to be a sponsor.
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