Agency Ann Literary Rittenberg

Agency Ann Literary Rittenberg

Agency Ann Literary Rittenberg

So what makes Algonkian Writer Conferences newsworthy and a bit unique compared to other writer conferences and workshops?

Founder of the Algonkian Writer Conferences (AWC) Michael Neff has a conference philosophy: From the heart, but smart. He believes in a pragmatic approach, working with professionals to present market realities while training writers in craft skills learned from the best authors, playwrights, and fiction writers. Writers also develop their project pitching skills, improve their novel in the process and make industry connections, and unlike most writer workshops, they hear feedback only from professionals in the business, not from beginners in their group.

Since 2001, Neff has offered conferences in Algonkian Park in Virginia (hence the name), New York City, and San Francisco. Depending on the event, conference attendees receive, among other things: