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Our Writers Conference is coming up Nov. 2-4. Read all about the presenters as we post our interviews with them in the weeks leading up to November -- and RSVP for the Conference! Check out the Full 2023 Writers Conference Schedule (PDF, TXT) or the Schedule at a Glance (PDF, TXT).

Hopefully we’ve met you at one of our previous programs or at a past Writers Conference, but if not we’d love to meet you! Planning the annual Writers Conference is a joy and total labor of love. If you’d like to get to know the conference planners a bit more, continue reading below. We can’t wait to see you at this year’s Writers Conference! You can register for the conference here. Registration isn’t required but is appreciated, and your RSVP includes both days of

Joseph Keehn has been with Johnson County Library for 10 years, and currently serves as the Library’s Event Coordinator. Joseph is a founding member of the Writers Conference and helped bring the first conference to life in 2014 with the LDS Storymakers before the library made the event their own in 2015. Since then, he has played a critical role in planning and executing the Writers Conference each year. Read on for more about Joseph Keehn and our Writers Conferenc

The Local Writers committee is SO excited that the 2023 conference is just around the corner—the first weekend in November! We’ll have a kickoff on Thursday and the conference will run all day Friday and Saturday. Make sure to “RSVP” here. Registration isn’t required but is appreciated, and your RSVP includes both days of the conference, Nov. 3 and 4. Sessions are available on a first-come first-serve basis. We will also be hosting a Writers Conference Kickoff on Th

Need some practice honing your pitch? Librarian Gregg Winsor is here to help at this year’s Writers Conference! Sometimes you only have a few moments in front of an editor, publisher, or a reader to grab their attention and to make your work memorable and understandable. Gregg will be available at the conference to discuss one-on-one how to whittle down your pitches for maximum effectiveness. Read on for more about Gregg Winsor and our Writers Conference!

We are thrilled that Ryan Bernsten will be joining us for the 2023 Writers Conference! You may have already ‘met’ Ryan when he was in conversation with memoirist Diana Goetsch over the summer (see their conversation on writing, teaching, personal journeys in the LGBTQ+ community, and more here.) He will be presenting four sessions at the Writers Conference in November, from a session on travel writing to a session on playwriting, a lecture on persuasion through narr

You know what time it is? Time to “BYOT!”   That’s right: you can Bring Your Own T-shirt to the 2023 Writers Conference, and we’ll add our conference logo to your shirt! We’ll use our vinyl cutter and heat press to add our special Writers Conference logo to your shirt, and you can keep a piece of the Writers Conference with you wherever you go. This is the first year we’ve been able to do something like this, and it’s all thanks to Makerspace Facilitator Lydia Perez

Journaling is a great addition to any writer’s practice—just ask Jerri Miller! She teaches about the importance of journaling in accomplishing goals, polishing writing skills, and encouraging self-compassion. We’re so excited to have Jerri Miller at the Writers Conference this year! Read on for more about Jerri Miller and our Writers Conference!

Composing music and putting pen to paper are similar creative processes. Just like listening to a playlist inspires the imagination, learning how composers write music can inspire how you approach your own writing. Melding the worlds of music composition and creative writing, Allison McIntosh will guide Writers Conference attendees though inspiring exercises.  Read on for more about Allison McIntosh and our Writers Conference!

If you’ve ever wondered if your story is worth telling, you should ask Ronda Miller. Empowering people to write their personal stories is kinda her thing. While this is Ronda’s first time teaching at Johnson County Library’s Writers Conference, our staff have had the pleasure of working with her in our partnership with the Johnson County Department of Corrections at their Therapeutic Center. Our incarcerated services outreach committee asked Ronda to facilitate a cr