Writefest

A Festival for Writers Presented by Houston Writers' Guild and Writespace
April 30 - May 6, 2018
Winter Street Studios, Houston, TX

Agents and Editors at Writefest!

Get your pitches ready--we are offering pitch sessions with agents and editors this year at Writefest! We have over twenty agents, acquisitions editors, and literary journal editors in attendance this year who are available to meet with you one-on-one on Friday and Saturday.

​To find out more, visit our Pitch Sessions page.

WORKSHOPS

•Workshops Mon-Thurs led by top-notch local and national writers and editors
• Options include fiction, speculative fiction, flash fiction, creative nonfiction, and novel writing

SOCIAL EVENTS

• Meet the Agents panel at Brazos Bookstore
​• Saturday Night Social at Holler Brewing

PRESENTATIONS

• Presentations by literary journal editors, book editors, and agents on submission practices, writing strategies, and getting work accepted
• Presentations by writers and local writing groups

PANELS

• Panels on a variety of topics, including diversity, cross-genre, gender, and new experimental forms
• Panels on publishing and book marketing
• Genre-specific roundtable discussions

Writefest 18 Sponsors and Partners
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Writefest 18 Indiegogo Supporters

Thank you to everyone who donated to our Indiegogo campaign! We couldn't have done it without you!
Steven Garcia
Sara Garza
Paula Bates
CatheyN
Tex Thompson
Janice Simon
Abigail Emery
Jim Matej
Leigh Allen
Viintha Rajan
Cynthia Marple
Ellen Seaton
Karen Abercrombie 
Manon Lavoie 
Melanie Ormand 
Monica D Yancey
Robert Hawkins
Alberto Navarro
Isobella Jade
Lee Steiner
Thomas H McNeely
Diane Prokop
Dorothy Gibbons
​Thirteenthcubed
​Abigail Emery
Jennifer Walker
Qui-Phiet Tran
Fernanda Brady
Gay Yellen
Kenny Little 
Ross Andrews
Steve Pagan 
Rosa Glenn Reilly
Catherine Vouvray
Mark Andersen
Skicat
Jennie Bennett
Catherine Vouvray
Elizabeth White
Russell Ward
Cindy Childress
David Moore
Kathryn Diaz
Lia Woodall

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Mary M Harlan
Myrea Schmidt
Writers' League of Texas
Aparna Asthana
Leslie Archibald
Marian Szczepanski
Stellar Communications Houston
Amy B Archambault
Jeannette Harris
Jennifer Kapral
Jennifer Walker
Karen Vine
Lauren Gammon
Kristin Ellison
Leigh Owen
Susan Guthrie Dunn
Jeannette Harris
Eberle Knight
Molly Yingling
Virginia Lynn
​Lisa Mann
​Anonymous