CONTEST INFORMATION The 2024 Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference Contests Are OPEN!!!! (Please note that some of our rules have changed. Read these instructions carefully.)   The 2024 contests officially open on November 1, 2023. The BRMCWC contests and dessert banquet are among the many highlights of BRMCWC. Every…

By Penny Reeve I’m a children’s writer. Always have been, always plan to be, because I believe writing for children is some of the most important writing an author can do. BUT… Not all writers’ conferences cater specifically to children’s writers. And if they do, they are often few and…

By A.C. Williams by @acw_author Learning new things is one of the greatest gifts in the world. No matter what field you’re in, we are all capable of learning something new just about every day.  Conferences, like Blue Ridge and others, are a fantastic environment to learn industry tips, writing…

By Cindy Sproles @CindyDevoted I recently corresponded with a writer who told me she attended a conference where pitching your work seemed to be “the thing”, but at the same time, there were no classes to help her learn how to pitch. This greatly disturbed me because, though pitching your…

By Julie Lavender @JLavenderwrites  If you’re straddling the fence about attending a writers’ conference, allow me to encourage you with some benefits I’ve experienced personally. (I recognize that the pandemic may inhibit your travel to BRMCWC 2020, but I’m hoping I can persuade you to start planning and budgeting now…

We don’t know about you, but we can’t wait to hang out—in person—with our writing buddies. November can’t get here soon enough for us. But not everyone is in the position to be able to safely come back together. And for those folks, we now have a virtual option for…