2023
Ariel Gore, Keynote Speaker & Master Class; Margaret Malone, Short Fiction; Nayomi Munaweera, Novel; Carvell Wallace, Nonfiction; Sarah McColl, Memoir; Ploi Pirapokin, Speculative Fiction; Emily Lloyd-Jones, MG/YA; Muriel Leung, Emerging Writers; Rachel Howzell Hall, Mystery; Daniel B. Summerhill, Poetry; Q. Terah Jackson, Screenwriting; Annie DeWitt, Pitch Panel/Anonymous Critique; Tobi Harper, Seminar Presenter.
Karen Tei Yamashita, Keynote Speaker; Faith Adiele, Master Class; Jean Chen Ho, Short Fiction; Lydia Kiesling, Novel; Ayize Jama-Everett, Speculative Fiction; Pablo Cartaya, MG/YA; Miah Jeffra, Emerging Writers; Naomi Hirahara, Mystery; Georgina Marie Guardado and Michelle Peñaloza, Poetry; Jade Chang, Pitch Panel/Anonymous Critique; Jonah Straus, Pitch Panel/Anonymous Critique; Mary F. Burns, Pathways to Publishing; Lorraine Hee-Chorley, Pathways to Publishing.
2022
Wendy C. Ortiz, Keynote Speaker; Chris Dennis, Short Fiction; Lillian Li, Novel; Alaya Dawn Johnson, Speculative Fiction; Alex Sanchez, MG/YA; Sam Krowchenko, Emerging Writers; Suzanne Rivecca, Nonfiction; Saretta Morgan, Poetry; Krys Malcolm Belc, Memoir; Torrey Peters, Afternoon Seminar; Elise Capron, Agent; Tricia Skinner, Agent; K-Ming Chang, Paths to Publishing; Karen Lewis, Paths to Publishing.
2021
2020
Julie Buntin, Master Class; Anita Felicelli, Short Fiction; Gabe Habash, Novel; Rahawa Haile, Nonfiction; Christine Hyung-Oak Lee, Memoir; Kij Johnson, Speculative Fiction; Kerry Madden-Lunsford, MG/YA; Tomas Moniz, Emerging Writers; Michelle Peñaloza, Poetry; Susan Stinson, Historical Fiction; Shirin Yim Leos, Editor; Ayesha Pande, Agent; Marya Spence, Agent; Cameron Lund, Paths to Publishing; Ginny Rorby, Paths to Publishing.
2019
Myriam Gurba, Master Class; Ingrid Rojas Contreras, Novel; Shobha Rao, Short Fiction; Mitali Perkins, MG/YA; Jeannie Vanasco, Memoir; Victoria Chang, Poetry; Ismail Muhammad, Nonfiction; Scott Sigler, Speculative Fiction; Charlotte Gullick, Emerging Writers; Mary K. Jensen, Paths to Publishing; Sarah Bowlin, Agent; Melanie Castillo, Agent; Andrew Karre, Editor; Philip Marino, Editor.
2018
Elizabeth McKenzie, Master Class; Shanthi Sekaran, Novel; Vanessa Hua, Short Fiction; Guadalupe Garcia McCall, MG/YA; Linda Joy Myers, Memoir; Indigo Moor, Poetry; Elizabeth Rosner, Nonfiction; Nina Sadowsky, Screenwriting; Jason S. Ridler, Emerging Writers; Kerrie Flanagan, Magazine Writing; Gabriel Tallent, Paths to Publishing; Susan Chang, Editor; Duvall Osteen, Agent; Summer Dawn Laurie, Editor and Bookseller; Jane Friedman, Publishing Bootcamp.
2017
Jody Gehrman, Master Class; Michael David Lukas, Novel; Kat Meads, Short Fiction; Lewis Buzbee, MG/YA; John W. Evans, Memoir; Shara McCallum, Poetry; Lisa Locascio, Emerging Writers; Kara Vernor, Flash Fiction; Alexandra Lexton, Screenwriting; April Eberhardt, Agent; Elizabeth Kracht, Agent; Jessica Sinsheimer, Agent; Hilary Lawson, Publishing Bootcamp; Anne Edwards, Publishing Bootcamp; Michael Krasny, Keynote Speaker.
2016
Les Standiford, Master Class, Keynote Speaker; James T. Hall, Novel, Keynote Speaker; Lori Ostlund, Short Fiction; Laura Atkins, MG/YA; Reyna Grande, Memoir; Jessica Piazza, Poetry; Jordan Rosenfeld, Emerging Writers; Grant Faulkner, The Art of Brevity; Brooke Warner, Editor; Andy Ross, Agent; Lisa Abellera, Agent; Shirin Bridges, Publishing Bootcamp.
2015
David Corbett, Master Class, Keynote Speaker; Catherine Ryan Hyde, Novel; Lisa Locascio, Short Fiction; Sheila Bender, Non-fiction; Indigo Moor, Poetry; Albert Flynn DeSilver, Emerging Writers; Frances Caballo, Social Media for Writers; Emily Lloyd-Jones, Query Letters; James Maxwell, Making Your Mark on Stage; Kate Gale, Editor; Chelsea Lindman, Agent; Gordon Warnock, Agent.