Have you writ­ten a book that you’d like to have pub­lished? Do you have a sto­ry idea? Have you already been pub­lished and would like to net­work with oth­ers in your field? The 2025 Jew­ish Writ­ers’ Con­fer­ence, spon­sored by the Jew­ish Book Coun­cil, brings togeth­er agents, edi­tors, and authors for dis­cus­sions, work­shops, and pan­els dis­cussing Jew­ish book pub­lish­ing and writ­ing. Please note that the con­fer­ence com­bines our annu­al Jew­ish Chil­dren’s Writ­ers Sem­i­nar and our Jew­ish Adult Writ­ers Sem­i­nar. There are no refunds for this event. 

The 2025 con­fer­ence will be held vir­tu­al­ly on Sun­day, Novem­ber 23rd with addi­tion­al author-led pan­els on Mon­day, Novem­ber 24th. The ear­ly-bird fee for the con­fer­ence is $240, full fee will be $260.

This con­fer­ence will include:

• Indus­try pan­els with speak­ers from major and inde­pen­dent pub­lish­ers, who will pro­vide insight into the field and share advice and resources for authors to help guide them on their own pub­lish­ing journey
• Author-led pan­els which will dis­cuss spe­cif­ic gen­res and themes in the field, their writ­ing process, and their own per­son­al pub­lish­ing experiences
• Videos of all the pan­els will be avail­able for view­ing after the con­fer­ence, in case you miss one
• A month-long, once-a-week writ­ing group that will occur after the con­fer­ence – opt-in
• Meet one-on-one with some of our pan­elists to dis­cuss your works-in-progress (requires an addi­tion­al fee)

More infor­ma­tion about this year’s pan­els com­ing soon!