• The Women In Publishing Summit
Virtual, March 6-9, 2024
Virtual, April 5-7, 2024
• Pikes Peak Writers Conference
Colorado Springs, Colorado, April 25-28, 2024
Dallas, TX June 7-9, 2024
Attended by several hundred people, perhaps 75% new authors. If you can't attend the live conference, pay for online access (good for 6 years or so) at Inkers Con Digital Conference (July 20 to August 2, 2024). Bestselling author Pamela Kelley says "InkersCon is fantastic. A smaller conference, about the same size as NINC around 400-450 or so people and a good range of workshops. It's held in Dallas I think. I do the virtual every year and it's about $200 and well worth it--as we have access for six years. Some really great sessions."
• The Self Publishing Show LIVE!
Live, London’s South Bank, June 25-26, 2024
International Writers Conference, Nashville, Tennessee, August 22-25, 2024
For writers in all genres incorporating mystery, thriller, action, or suspense elements
• NINC
Novelists, Inc., TradeWinds Island Grand Beach Resort, St. Pete Beach, Florida, September 18-22, 2024
Writes bestselling novelist Pamela Kelley: "NINC is for more experienced authors, both trad and indie, and meets yearly in St. Pete, Florida. I don't go for the workshops, I go for the networking with vendors and to see my author friends. NINC is the one I never miss and the only one I attended in-person last year."
• Moonlight & Magnolias
Romance Writers conference, Atlanta, Georgia, October 3-5, 2024
The Self-Publishing Advice Conference, a free online author conference run in association with the Alliance of Independent Authors (three days, October 21-24, 2024)
Las Vegas, NV, November 11-15, 2024
Taking over from the 20Books conference, last held in 2023. On YouTube: 20Booksto50k[R]-Live Events, check out 20Books sessions from past years, free). Author Nation has the same location and general timing as 20Books, but is different. Listen to past events here.
Writes popular novelist Pamela Kelley in 2024: "I went to Author Nation a few years ago when it was 20books. It only changed hands this year because the organizer retired from doing it--it's a huge project--close to 2000 attendees in Vegas. It's a great conference, very inexpensive and there are sessions for all levels. It's probably about 75% newer authors so new people shouldn't feel intimidated--they will be in good company as it's a friendly, inclusive conference. And all the sessions from past years are up for free on Youtube. I don't know if that will continue now that it's Author Nation, there may be a fee attached to the videos going forward, possibly."
ROUNDUP ARTICLES
• Eight Indie Author Conferences to Attend In 2024
(Clayton Noblit, Written Word Media, 1-24-24)
• 5 Amazing Conferences For Indie Authors To Attend in 2024 (Mackenzie Harrison, BookBrush)
• A Guide to the Best Author Conferences (Self-Publishing.com, 5-3-23) Not necessarily indie author events.