In today's environment, you will face more obstacles than ever. An aspiring author attempting the breakout novel must not only create a high-concept novel premise, but avoid all the common pitfalls associated with title, opening hook, plot points, character arcs and development, narrative composition, dramatic tension, and more. Our novel writing events are designed to address these matters of literary technique while balancing the writer's goals with the demands of market reality, and where appropriate, the need for platform.

2012 Algonkian Conference Events Open to Application:

- February 22-26, 2012: Fisherman's Wharf WC, CA, $495 - Open to Apps - March 14-18 2012: Algonkian Novel Workshop, $865 - Open To Applications - March 22-25, 2012: New York Pitch Conference, NY, $595 - Open To Apps - May 11-13, 2012: San Fran Write to Market, CA, $295 - Open To Apps - October 25-28, 2012: Niagara Falls Conference, CAN, $495 - Open To Apps

Because Canada Asked For It - New York Comes to Niagara, Oct. 25-28, 2012   Algonkian Niagara Writers Conference New York Comes to Niagara is based on the successful series of Algonkian New York Pitch Conferences. This second ever Canadian event is designed to introduce promising and talented writers to the professionals who can help them achieve their goal of becoming published ..."

New York Pitch Conference OPEN TO APPLICATIONS. Tuition $595 Writers workshop and reality-check their novel before networking their pitch with major publishers such as Scribners, Penguin, Random House, Holt, St. Martins, and more. See New York Pitch Conference NEWS for latest. Book publicity pros and top workshop leaders from Algonkian and the NYWW.

	The Write to Market Conference OPEN TO APPLICATIONS. Tuition $295 A new conference designed by Algonkian to provide writers with all the information, materials, and guided training they must have to successfully avoid or break the rejection cycle. Attendees also receive a pre-event novel analysis by NYC editors as well as the Algonkian 80 page study guide prior to arrival.

Fisherman's Wharf Writers Conference OPEN TO APPLICATIONS. Tuition $495 "From the Heart, but Smart - Premise, Platform, Market and Execution" beside the San Francisco Bay ... Agent sessions With April Eberhart, Amy Burkhart, and Gordon Warnock; structure and narrative workshops with Michael Neff; Short Fiction Workshop, Novel Into Film. Lit biz pros Isabella Michon and David Coley.

	Algonkian Novel Workshops - lodging incl. OPEN TO APPLICATIONS. Tuition $865 Beside the waters of the Potomac, writers go to the fireplace with lots of coffee and hunker down for five days of intensive novel and fiction crafting with Michael Neff, Robert Bausch, Howard Yoon, and Ellen Pepus.