Gateway to Publishing Conference and Convention Coming in June

Gateway to Publishing Conference & Convention Coming in June

Gateway to Publishing Conference & Convention or Gateway Con is a conference for writers and a convention for readers. St. Louis Writers Guild's new annual writers conference. The weekend long event will take place at the Renaissance Hotel in St. Louis, MO and feature multiple workshop tracks for writers, a book fair, and events for readers.

Gateway Con

June 16 – 18, 2017

Renaissance Hotel near St. Louis Lambert International Airport

www.Stlwritersguild.org/gatewaycon.html

Though St. Louis Writers Guild is presenting this writer’s conference, they are not the only group involved in the event. St. Louis Writers Guild has partnered with the St. Louis Press Club, St. Louis Publishers Association, Sisters in Crime Greater St. Louis Chapter, and Missouri Romance Writers of America will be holding workshops at Gateway Con. 

The Speakers appearing at Gateway Con are on the website, though the list is not complete. Between the literary agents, publishers, editors, and authors who will be appearing at both the writers track and reader events, Gateway Con will feature a large faculty. Expect the lit of speakers to grow in the next month. Plus Gateway Con will have a number of writer panels featuring a large number of authors adding even more people to the faculty. 

To name just a few of the authors who will be appearing at both the Writer's Conference and the Reader's Convention - Hugo, Nebula, and Arthur C. Clarke award winning author Ann Leckie, New York Times bestselling author Angie Fox, New York Times bestselling author Eileen Dryer, Midwest Book Award and Gold IPPY winning author Cynthia Graham.  

Writers! To register for the Writer's Conference please visit the registration page - Gateway Con Writer's Conference. 

The Writer's Conference at Gateway Con will feature, networking, critiques, Master Classes, workshops on a variety of writing and marketing topics, plus pitch sessions with literary agents and publishers. To learn everything available at Gateway Con please visit the website. A complete schedule will be posted before the conference. 

Authors! To register for the Author Hall and book fair at Gateway Con please visit the registration page - Gateway Con Author Hall.

The Author Hall at Gateway Con is a book fair that is free for the public to attend. Tables are available for reservation. Authors can sell their books at a great book fair being held over the weekend. To learn more and get all your questions answered visit the website. 

Gateway to Publishing Conference & Convention is set to be a great weekend for writers and readers. A fun event unlike anything else. Check out what they are planning and if you're looking for a good conference and don't want to pay that big conference price, consider Gateway Con. 

Visit the Gateway to Publishing Conference & Convention website for all the information about the event and to register for the Writer's Conference or the Author Hall. 

www.stlwritersguild.org/gatewaycon.html 

The Writers' Lens will be there and we'll let you know how it goes. 

Gateway to Publishing 

Conference & Convention 

June 16 - 18, 2017 

presented by St. Louis Writers Guild

www.stlwritersguild.org 

@stlwritersguild 

@gatewayconstl 

A New Writer’s Conference is Coming in 2017!

A New Writer’s Conference is Coming in 2017!

Gateway Con – the Gateway to Publishing Conference and Convention presented by St. Louis Writers Guild will take place June 16-18, 2017!

A conference for writers and convention for readers.

There’s a new road on the path to publishing… the Gateway to the West is now the gateway to the publishing industry.

St. Louis Writers Guild is bringing a new twist to the traditional writer’s conference, by adding a reader’s convention and book fair to the mix. They are expanding the traditional writer’s conference, meaning next June, the Renaissance Hotel will be taken over by all things literary.

The first annual Gateway to Publishing Conference and Convention will feature a writer’s conference with multiple writing workshop tracks, pitch sessions with publishers and literary agents, critique sessions, master classes, and more. One cool feature, if a conference attendee is published, they can have their book sold at the book fair while they are at the workshops.

The Reader’s Convention and Book Fair will feature a weekend-long book store run by the Independent Bookstore Alliance. A Hall of Authors, with books from across the region. Books by the speakers and authors of the conference faculty as well as from SLWG members. Best of all the reader events will be free and open to the public.

St. Louis Writers Guild, founded in 1920, has a long tradition of holding writer’s conferences. In the 1940’s they held the regions preeminent writer’s conference, and recently, beyond aiding with such events like the Missouri Writers Guild conference, the Big Read Festival, and other large scale writing events, the organization has held Writers in the Park. Now in its seventh year, this free-to-attend festival of the writer, has been an overwhelming success. Now St. Louis Writers Guild is turning its sights to helping writers get informed about the publishing industry and maybe even find an agent or publisher.

St. Louis Writers Guild is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization with the mission to further Missouri's literary heritage, connect, support, and promote writers and literary organizations in the community.

To learn more about St. Louis Writers Guild’s Gateway to Publishing Conference and Convention, or as it’s become affectionately known – Gateway Con – visit www.stlwritersguild.org/gatewaycon.html

Follow them online as well on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram - @GatewayConStL

To learn more about St. Louis Writers Guild, visit www.stlwritersguild.org and follow them on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram @stlwritersguild and check out #SLWG

Save the date, and more information is coming soon!

Gateway Con

Gateway to Publishing Conference and Convention

June 16-18, 2017

Renaissance Hotel in St. Louis, MO

(Across from the STL Lambert International Airport)