PRESENTATION submissions

SUBMISSIONS HAVE NOW CLOSED FOR WRITER WONDERLAND


All submissions must be received no later than midnight AEDT Monday 14th October 2024. 

We seek a range of confident presenters with the skills to provide presentations which reflect RWAus’ commitment to bringing diversity and inclusivity to our conference program, while ensuring presentations truly align with the fact that this is a romance writing conference.

Presentations will be filtered through the following criteria:
  • Does the presentation promote excellence in romantic fiction?
  • Will the presentation help aspiring writers get published?
  • Will the presentation help published authors establish, maintain and advance their careers?
  • Will the presentation provide continuing support for romance writers, whatever their sub genre?
The RWAus annual conference is our premier event and brings together over 350 writers and industry professionals for three days of professional development workshops, networking, social events, and pitching opportunities.

We invite proposals for the following presentation types: 

  • Business (60 or 90 minutes
  • Writing craft for aspiring authors (60 or 90 minutes
  • Writing craft for emerging and established authors (60 or 90 minutes
  • Research and Insights (60 or 90 minutes
  • Panel Conversation or Interview (60 or 90 minutes)
  • Roundtable proposal (these will be small group discussions on a specific topic of your choice as host

Roundtable suggestions include: 

  • Selling on TikTok without Spice
  • Threads
  • Substack
  • Alternative Income Streams
  • Writers' Block
  • AI
  • Working full time while writing
  • Scrivener
  • Conquering Doubt
  • Dictation

  • Authors discussing their PhDs
  • Owning a bookstore
  • Productivity
  • Writing Short
  • Writing with Tarot
  • Writing Neurodiverse characters
  • Trigger Warnings
  • Negative reviews and how to deal with them
  • Sub-genre hosts (eg. Women's Fiction, YA, Sports Romance, Sci-fi)
If you have a presentation that fits the bill, please click the button at the bottom of this page.

If your submission is accepted, this entitles you to attend the event for the duration of your session and 30 minutes either side. If you are planning on attending the entire event, you will need to register and pay.

Any presentations given at the conference will be paid at a standard ASA rate. Travel and accommodation are not included.

All submissions must be received no later than midnight AEDT Monday 14th October 2024.

The review process for submissions will take around 2 weeks and you should have a response regarding your submission mid November 2024.

Many thanks for your interest in presenting at our conference. We look forward to seeing you there!












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Email: info@rwausconference.com.au

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