The Festival of Faith & Writing | A three-day celebration of literature and belief in Grand Rapids, Michigan! The Festival of Faith & Writing is first and foremost a party for booklovers. With 150+ different sessions over three days, Festivalgoers have multiple options during almost every hour of the day and can follow their interests into forums […]

ACW’s mentoring retreats feature more than twelve hours of small group and private manuscript consultation work; professional editing and critiquing of your manuscript during the retreat; teaching on how to evaluate, copyedit, and proofread manuscripts; plus the rewriting of your manuscript several times. This is a rare opportunity to have your own mentor/instructor. Only four […]

Inspiring keynotes that will challenge you to “Write His Answer.” A faculty of 53 agents, editors, authors, and other professionals. Eight continuing sessions and 42 workshops to help you grow your writing and marketing skills, Exciting Wednesday early bird learning labs and workshops. Valuable feedback on your work from our faculty in free 15-minute appointments.  If you attend Thursday through Saturday you […]

Sadly, due to the developing situation concerning the COVID-19 coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 Northwest Christian Writers Renewal Conference, scheduled for May 15–16, has been canceled.   2020 Northwest Christian Writers Renewal Conference with Mary DeMuth May 15 - 16, 2020 at Westminster Chapel in Bellevue, WA NCWA Hosts an annual Renewal conference with well-known keynoters, literary agents, acquisitions editors, accomplished […]

Matt Mikalatos, Keynoting:   Matt writes both fiction and nonfiction, including books on evangelism, memoir, and also YA fantasy, with nine books to his name so far including most recently, Good News for a Change: How to Talk to Anyone About Jesus (2018, NavPress) and The Crescent Stone (2018, Tyndale House). He has written for TIME, […]

ACW’s mentoring retreats feature more than twelve hours of small group and private manuscript consultation work; professional editing and critiquing of your manuscript during the retreat; teaching on how to evaluate, copyedit, and proofread manuscripts; plus the rewriting of your manuscript several times. This is a rare opportunity to have your own mentor/instructor. Only four […]