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This document with general conference information and the full schedule is displayed in high contrast fourteen point font or higher and designed to be readable by screen readers.
All event outlines and supplemental documents included on the schedule below have been created by each event’s organizer and participants. These documents may differ from the schedule in font type, font size, and layout.
Skip to ScheduleAWP welcomes diversity and the participation of individuals in its activities regardless of race, ethnicity, nationality, gender, sexual orientation, gender expression or identity, socioeconomic status, age, disability, or religious or political belief. AWP encourages the contributions of all of its members and attendees at the conference, and we are proud to create an event that supports such inclusive participation.
Founded in nineteen sixty-seven, AWP provides support, advocacy, resources, and community to writers, college and university creative writing programs, and writers’ conferences and centers. Our mission is to amplify the voices of writers and the academic programs and organizations that serve them while championing diversity and excellence in creative writing.
AWP held its first conference in nineteen seventy-three at the Library of Congress. It featured six events and sixteen presenters. George Garrett, one of AWP's founders, planned the first gathering with help from the National Endowment for the Arts. Presenters included Elliott Coleman, founder of the Writing Seminars at Johns Hopkins University; Paul Engle, former director of the Iowa Writers' Workshop and cofounder of the International Writing Program; poets Josephine Jacobsen and Miller Williams; and novelists Ralph Ellison and Wallace Stegner, among others. The conference grew steadily, and with the addition of the bookfair in the mid-eighties it became the foundation for what has become the largest literary conference in North America. This year's conference is host to five hundred fifty events, two thousand presenters, and more than eight hundred presses, journals, and literary organizations from around the world. Most conference events are organized by their participants and selected through an open, competitive submission process by AWP's conference subcommittee. Most featured events are organized and sponsored by member institutions and affiliated literary organizations.
AWP welcomes proposals for future conference events. Please visit the Event Proposals & Acceptances page for information about proposing an event, literary partnership, or sponsorship for next year's conference.
Both attendees who have registered in advance and attendees who have not yet registered may pick up their registration materials in the registration area, located in Exhibit Hall E, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 3. Please consult the maps in the conference mobile app for location details. Students must present a valid student ID to check in or register at our student rate. Seniors must present a valid ID to check in or register at our senior rate. A fifty-dollar fee will be charged for all replacement registrations.
Wednesday, February seven: twelve o’clock noon to seven o’clock p.m.
Thursday, February eight: eight o’clock a.m. to five o’clock p.m.
Friday, February nine: eight o’clock a.m. to five o’clock p.m.
Saturday, February ten: eight o’clock a.m. to five o’clock p.m.
If you have problems registering, require assistance, or have a question about accessibility services, please visit AWP’s Help Desk, located in the registration area in the Kansas City Convention Center.
Stay on top of everything happening at the conference by following AWP on Twitter (@awpwriter) and follow #AWP24 on all social media.
Unless otherwise noted in the program, you must present your registration to gain admission to all meetings, panels, readings, and receptions. You must also present your registration to enter the bookfair.
AWP’s bookfair is located in Exhibit Hall D & E, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 3. This year’s bookfair showcases more than five hundred presses, journals, and literary organizations from around the world. Please consult the maps in the mobile app for location details.
Learn more about AWP, meet our staff, and get to know our board members at booth number 1531. Find the official bookstore for the conference at booth number 1537.
Breakfast and lunch concessions are available inside the bookfair in the Kansas City Convention Center. Debit, credit cards, and tap to pay are accepted at all food and beverage locations. Please consult the maps in the mobile app for location details.
All found items will be turned over to Kansas City Convention Center Security at the close of registration each day. If you have questions, please visit AWP’s Help Desk, located in the registration area of the Kansas City Convention Center.
First Aid is located outside of Exhibit Hall D, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 3. Please consult the maps in the mobile app for location details.
The nursing lounge is located in Room 2213, Kansas City Convention Center, Level 2, and is available for any nursing parent to use.
Your hotel concierge likely maintains a list of recommended local providers.
Smoking is permitted in designated areas only.
Below is a list of events for the #AWP24 Conference & Bookfair in Kansas City, Missouri.
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