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PPWC 2025 theme: THE FUTURE IS NOW 

This year, we’re looking at the present and future of publishing.  So look at where you are in your career and where you want to be and let us help you chart your course to the stars. Don’t be a Red Shirt!  Let us help you soar to success!  

Join us May 2-4, 2025

Registration closes April 25, 2025.

 

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Have a workshop idea for conference?

Pitch it before September 29.

The more workshops you can teach, the more likely you’ll be chosen for faculty. We pay travel, hotel, food and conference fees plus a small honorarium, which is scaled to the number of workshops you teach.

Submission Portal

If you submitted last year and want the committee to consider your class again for 2024, contact Karen Fox.

KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

COMING SOON

Avery Flynn  

John Gilstrap

David Slayton

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FEATURED AUTHORS

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Alexandra Diaz

Ricardo Fayet

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Registration opens November 1, 2024 until April 25, 2025.

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Event Schedule

Once registered, login to SCHED to see the conference schedule. 

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Hotel

Colorado Springs Doubletree Hotel – 1775 East Cheyenne Mountain Blvd, Colorado Springs, CO, 80906. 

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Workshops

Join us to learn and network with fellow writers and industry professionals. 

Workshops are subject to change.

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FAQ

A 3-day fiction-writing conference for writers of all levels, indie and traditionally published, featuring a variety of craft and business workshops, acquiring editors/agents and well-known authors across a variety of genres.

Members receive 10% off the following prices:
Early Bird $485 Nov 1 – Jan 15 
Regular $525 Jan 16 – Mar 31 
Late $549 April 1 – April 25

Video recordings of up to half our workshops will be available this year. Prices are $98.00 with conference, $124.00 on-site, and $224.00 without attending conference.

Yes, there is a payment plan option. Please visit our registration site for more details.

Your conference registration fee includes all meals starting Friday lunch to Sunday lunch, Saturday night’s banquet, access to 60 workshops, three bestselling keynotes, pitch sessions with acquiring agents and editors, read & critique sessions, Saturday night costume photo session prints, Zeb’s Lounge, author and faculty book signing and a host of goodies in your conference bag. 

Each meal offers a meat or vegetable option. Allergy/special diet meals are available.

TBD

We recommend you dress in layers for your own comfort. Business casual if you have a pitch appointment.

You’re welcome to bring your Nasa T-shirts, Jedi robes, your Star Trek uniforms and any and all other space-related outfits. Whovians are always welcome so don’t forget your sand shoes, bowtie, sonic screwdriver, or your fez!