27th Annual Conference
OCTOBER 7, 8 & 9, 2021
Bridging the Past to the Future
The 2021 Women Writing the West Conference will be held October 7, 8 & 9 as an ALL-VIRTUAL event.
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Conference Details
Conference planning is well underway.
Check back often as details on the 27th Annual WWW Conference will be posted soon.
Address Conference questions to Conference Chair Kathy Sechrist, sechristk@gmail.com
WWW 2021 Virtual Auction – Call For Donations
Why: Support the WILLA Literary Award. We haven’t had a fundraiser to underwrite The WILLA Literary Award in two years. Let’s make this a success.
When: October 5 – 9, 2021 the auction is open for bidding.
Where: Virtual on-line auction.
After Checking Out The Lists … You’ll Want To Donate
New to Virtual Auctions?
- It’s amazingly FUN and EASY!
- The auction will be open to the public. Bidders don’t have to be registered for the conference to bid.
Questions: Deborah Swenson: WWW2021Auction@gmail.com
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Molly Gloss
Keynote Speaker
Molly Gloss is the author of several novels including The Jump-Off Creek, The Dazzle of Day, Wild Life, The Hearts of Horses and Falling From Horses, as well as the story collection Unforeseen. She writes both realistic fiction and science fiction, and her work has received, among other honors, a PEN West Fiction Prize, an Oregon Book Award, two Pacific Northwest Booksellers Awards, the James Tiptree, Jr. Award, and a Whiting Writers Award. A fourth-generation Oregonian, she lives in Portland.
Registration for the 27th Annual WWW Conference will open June 1, 2021
Introducing
The WWW Conference Hub
Get to know your fellow attendees and make new friends that share our interests. Want to chat about the challenges of researching? Discuss different eras or western regions? Connect with western mystery writers? We will have topic-specific rooms for you to join, as well as rooms if you’d like to discuss the workshops of the day.
Conference Brochure
Complete information will be available in late spring
Hotel Reservations
You won’t need hotel reservations with our Virtual Conference, but do save the dates and join us Online!
Contact
Conference Chair,
Kathy Sechrist, sechristk@gmail.com
Address Conference questions to Conference Chair Kathy Sechrist, sechristk@gmail.com
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