Sponsorship
“AWP is a precious opportunity to gather as a literary community — to learn and listen and connect and celebrate together — and to be reminded of the scale, scope, and impact of our sector.”
- Ruth Dickey, National Book Foundation Executive Director
The AWP Conference & Bookfair brings together writers, students, teachers, small press publishers, and literary arts nonprofits. Since 1973, the conference has served as a gateway for writers to gather, building relationships and forging connections that nurture their artistic and professional lives. Sponsorship offers you a unique place at the heart of this literary extravaganza with multiple opportunities and benefits:
- Marketing to raise the national profile of your school or program
- Registration bundles that allow your staff, faculty, and students to participate
- Special sponsor exhibit areas that put you at the center of the action
- Recognition as an AWP Conference & Bookfair sponsor on the AWP website, in The Writer’s Chronicle, across all AWP social media platforms, and on the conference homepage
- Access to “up-close-and-personal” VIP virtual dance parties and networking events
We offer sponsorships at multiple levels and are also happy to help design custom packages that fit your school or organization.
Thank You to Our #AWP23 Sponsors & Donors.
Major Sponsor
Conference Accessibility Sponsor
Patron Sponsor
- Adelphi University
- Antioch University MFA Program
- ASU Creative Writing Program / The Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing
- Butler University MFA in Creative Writing
- Center for African American Poetry and Poetics at the University of Pittsburgh
- Cherry Tree: A National Literary Journal @ Washington College
- Four Way Books
- Hollins University: Jackson Center for Creative Writing
- Madville Publishing
- NYU Creative Writing Program
- Prairie Schooner / African Poetry Book Fund / University of Nebraska Lincoln
- Regis University
- Salmon Poetry
- Stetson University/MFA of the Americas
- Solstice Low-Residency MFA Program of Lasell University
- The Rainier Writing Workshop
- University of Miami MFA in Creative Writing
- University of North Carolina Wilmington
- University of San Francisco MFA in Writing Program
- Vermont College of Fine Arts
- Western Washington University
High School Day Sponsor
Sustainer
- Ashland University MFA Program
- California College of the Arts MFA Writing
- Chapman University
- Columbia University School of the Arts
- Eastern Washington University
- Emerson College Graduate Admission
- Georgia College and State University MFA Program
- Lambda Literary
- Minnesota State University Mankato/Blue Earth Review
- Northeast Ohio MFA Program
- Old Dominion University
- The Georgia Review / University of Georgia Press
- Sam Houston State University MFA Program / Texas Review Press
- Scarlet Tanager Books
- Sewanee Writers’ Conference
- Spalding University's Naslund-Mann Graduate School of Writing
- The Georgia Review / University of Georgia Press
- UCLA Extension
- USC Dornsife, PhD in Creative Writing & Literature Program
- Vanderbilt University
Contributor
- Emory University
- Gival Press
- Water~Stone Review + Runestone
- Institute of American Indian Arts
- Puerto del Sol
- Slant Books
Literary Partners
- Academy of American Poets
- Alice James Books
- Authors Guild
- Blue Flower Arts
- Copper Canyon Press
- Cave Canem
- Hugo House
- Kundiman
- Literary Arts / The Lyceum Agency
- Milkweed Editions
- National Book Critics Circle
- National Book Foundation
- PEN America
- Seattle Arts & Lectures
