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Eight Indie Author Conferences to Attend In 2024

Author conferences are a great way to level up your author career. There are few better ways to soak up information about the publishing world, and the opportunity to meet and learn from peers is borderline priceless. If you’re looking to expand your knowledge, get inspired, or grow your community, attending a conference in 2024 is a great way to start.

Below, take a look at the conferences on the horizon for the indie author world. Click to jump to a specific conference, or scroll to browse them all.

The Women In Publishing Summit

When? March 6-9, 2024

Where? Virtual

How much? $197 (early bird pricing)

Who typically attends? This event is open to authors, aspiring authors, and publishing professionals alike across a variety of genres.

About: The biggest 4-day, online conference for women, and those who identify as women, in publishing. Our community and conference helps aspiring and published authors grow their craft, and publishing professionals expand their network and skills. And together, both groups find the people they need!

BookMARCon 2024

When? April 5-7, 2024

Where? Virtual

How much? $199

Who typically attends? Authors, editors, marketers and other publishing industry professionals.

About: Join hundreds of other authors at unique workshops and panels in writing, marketing, and business practices. The INKERS CON curriculum is designed to bring your career to the next tier—whether you’re an aspiring, newly published, or advanced author. Explore the newest concepts in publishing, network with peers, and meet with industry and retail leaders to improve your sales, quality, inspiration, and productivity.

Pikes Peak Writers Conference

When? April 25-28, 2024

Where? Colorado Springs, Colorado

How much? $474

Who typically attends? Authors, agents, editors, publishers, indie professionals.

About: A 3-day fiction-writing conference for writers of all levels, indie and traditionally published, featuring a variety of craft and business workshops, acquiring editors/agents and well-known authors across a variety of genres.

Inkers Con

When? June 7-9, 2024

Where? Dallas, TX – but there is online access to the event that will be released on July 20, 2024.

How much? $649.

Who typically attends? Any and all indie authors are welcome! If you’re published, aspiring, or advanced there’s a place for you at Inkers Con.

About: Join hundreds of other authors at unique workshops and panels in writing, marketing, and business practices. The INKERS CON curriculum is designed to bring your career to the next tier—whether you’re an aspiring, newly published, or advanced author. Explore the newest concepts in publishing, network with peers, and meet with industry and retail leaders to improve your sales, quality, inspiration, and productivity.

NINC

When? September 18-22, 2024

Where? St. Pete Beach, Florida

How much? TBD. Registration opens in late Spring, however you must be a member of NINC to attend.

Who typically attends? All types of published authors who are NINC members attend.

About: A mix of beachfront relaxation and high-level sessions, NINC is a great opportunity to network and learn from some of the best in the business.

Moonlight & Magnolias

When? October 3-5, 2024

Where? Atlanta, Georgia

How much? $295-$420

Who typically attends? Romance Writers

About: Join us for an inspiring journey at the Moonlight and Magnolias Conference, set to take flight at the Crowne Plaza Atlanta, NE Norcross from October 3-5, 2024. This year’s theme, “Soar into 2024,” invites you to Strategize, Optimize, Adjust, and Rise in your writing career.

SelfPubCon (Alliance of Independent Authors)

When? October 21-22, 2024

Where? Virtual

How much? The event is free and open to everyone on the day of the conference and for 48 hours afterward. However, you can purchase an all-access pass to access the entire conference archive for $199 (six-month pass) or $499 (lifetime pass).

Who typically attends? Indie writers from all around the world.

About: #SelfPubCon offers 24 sessions over 24 hours of excellent self-publishing webinars and presentations, so you can watch the conference unfold live, from wherever you are in the world. Presentations, interviews, panel sessions, debates and more.

Author Nation

When? November 11-15, 2024

Where? Las Vegas, Nevada

How much? $399.99 (early bird pricing)

Who typically attends? Traditionally- and indie-published authors attend.

About: Taking over from the 20Books conference, which concluded in 2023, Author Nation has the same location and general timing of 20Books, but other areas may be very different. Author Nation has planned various tracks for attendees to follow to help build their expertise in areas like marketing, craft & business and finance.

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