$400 – Full conference registration including banquet dinner
NOTE – We have reached our maximum allowable number of both short and extended manuscript critiques for 2025
Early Conference Registration Now Closed
Early Registration Period was April 15 – August 29
$350 – full registration with no critiques
$450 – full registration with three critiques of a short (10 page) manuscript
$550 – full registration with three critiques of a short excerpt of a manuscript and one critique of an extended portion (40 pages) of the same manuscript
NOTE – We have reached our maximum allowable number of both short and extended manuscript critiques for 2025
Accompanying Teen Writer
$150 in addition to any adult registration.
Register adult and teen (under 18) separately.
Single Day Conference Registration
$150 Single Day Conference Registration
Please Note:
After you check out, our team will begin processing your registration. You should receive an email confirmation within one week of submitting your payment. If you do not, please contact us at info@jhwriters.org.
Three 15-minute Manuscript Critiques
Full conference registration required
Manuscript submission deadline is August 31st, 2025
Extended Manuscript Critique
Full conference registration and three short critique registration required
Manuscript submission deadline is August 31, 2025
Critique Disclaimer
Critiques are only available with full conference registration.
Each registrant may sign up for only one set of short critiques and only one extended critique. If you pay a second registration fee, we are happy to accommodate your request for additional critiques, but only for short critiques with a manuscript in a different genre. We do not allow a second extended critique.
Not ALL of our faculty provide critiques.
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Due to strong early demand, we are no longer able to accept manuscripts for short or extended critiques.
Critiques
WE HAVE REACHED OUR MAXIMUM NUMBER OF BOTH SHORT AND EXTENDED MANUSCRIPT CRITIQUES FOR 2025.
If you are registered for critiques, we need your manuscripts emailed to us by AUGUST 31st.
No critiques are available WITHOUT full registration for the conference.
Registrants may sign up for only one set of short critiques (single manuscript) and only one extended critique (single manuscript). If you pay a second registration fee, we are happy to accommodate your request for additional critiques, but only for the short critiques with a manuscript in a different genre. We do not allow a second extended critique. Extended critique availability is very limited.
Not ALL of the faculty provide critiques.
Teen Writer
If you are a parent or responsible adult, you can register for BOTH yourself and your teen writer! Critiques for each participant MUST be paid for separately. Register the parent first, and then register the teen and include the name of the accompanying adult on the teen registration.
Cancellation Policy
Early Registration will be available until August 31st, 2025.
The registration fee, minus a $50 service fee, is refundable if you cancel by the 2025 cancellation date.
Half of the registration fee is refundable if you cancel within two weeks of the cancellation date, or 100% may be applied to the 2026 conference.
After the cancellation period, the registration fee no longer refundable, but it may be applied to the 2026 conference.
After opening ceremonies on the first day of the conference, all registration fees become non-refundable and cannot be applied to a subsequent conferences.