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Register Now for #AWP14 in Seattle
 
Early-bird registration ends Thursday, October 31. Conference registration is by credit card only, so log on to our store to secure your place at North America's best-attended and most dynamic literary conference. Also online, you can learn more about our keynote speaker, Annie Proulx, and the conference's other featured presenters, browse our growing list of exhibitors, and see the tentative list of accepted events. The full conference schedule will be available in late October.
 
Book Your Hotel Room
 
Visit our hotel and travel page for information and updates. Our conference hotel, the Sheraton Seattle Hotel, is now sold out but plenty of rooms are still available at our overflow hotels, the Grand Hyatt and Westin Seattle.
 
Reserve a Bookfair Stage Event
 
Host your reading, celebration, or other literary event on one of our three Adelphi University Bookfair Stages, set amid the bustle and excitement of one of the most popular areas of our conference. And don't forget to like our AWP Bookfair Facebook page to receive exhibitor updates directly to your news feed.
 
Bookfair Exhibitors: Purchase Your Space and Add Your Link!
 
Thank you to all the exhibitors who have purchased exhibit space for #AWP14! We encourage you to add your magazine or organization's URL to your Exhibit Space Management page to maximize your visibility on our website and in the bookfair. Over 350 previous conference exhibitors have secured their spaces since our new purchasing system opened on July 1. The system is now open to all exhibitors, and sales will be ongoing until the bookfair sells out.
 
Pledge Your Sponsorship for #AWP14
 
Is your organization or institution interested in reaching over 12,000 AWP conference attendees while underwriting registration costs for our student members? Consider sponsoring #AWP14 in Seattle. Benefits include bookfair exhibit space, complimentary registrations, and conference program advertising. Over eighty writing programs, presses, and arts organizations have already pledged. Contact us to join them. The deadline for pledges is Friday, October 11.
 
Submit Your Nominations for the George Garrett and Small Press Publisher Awards
 
Do you know someone who has shown exceptional generosity to the next generation of writers? Nominate him or her for the 2014 George Garrett Award for Outstanding Community Service in Literature. Also, nominate your favorite literary journal for the 2014 AWP Small Press Publisher Award. Nominations for both awards must be sent by September 15.
 
Nominate Your Students' Works to AWP's Intro Journals Project
 
Program directors, submit your nominations for the Intro Journals Project, a literary competition for the discovery and publication of the best new works by students currently enrolled in AWP member programs, by Monday, December 2. Selected works will appear in Artful Dodge, Colorado Review, Hayden’s Ferry Review, Iron Horse Literary Review, Mid-American Review, Puerto del Sol, Quarterly West, and Tampa Review.
 
Advertise in the AWP Conference Program
 
It's not too early to think about advertising in the 2014 conference program. The November 8 reservation deadline will be here sooner than you think. Don't miss your chance to reach over 12,000 writers, teachers, publishers, students, editors, and literary arts professionals. Contact us now to reserve your ad.
 
 
IMPORTANT DATES
 
 
September 15: Deadline to submit nominations for the George Garrett Award and for AWP's Small Press Publisher Award

October 1: Bookfair stage events purchased by this date will be listed in the printed conference program

October 4: December Writer's Chronicle ad reservation deadline

October 11: #AWP14 sponsorship pledge deadline

October 31: #AWP14 early bird registration rates end
 
 
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