Annual Conference Registration 2024
Tennessee Mountain Writers Annual Conference
April 4-6, 2024
Welcome to the online conference registration page.
To register online, you must pay through the PayPal service. You do not have to have a PayPal account to pay with your personal credit card.
The TMW allows conference attendance by students (high school and full-time college) and adults.
The registration area below is divided by conference participation level (colored sections) and attendee status (student or adult). To register click on the “Add to Cart” button. Some of the buttons require additional information such as banquet names (so that we can make name badges) and manuscript evaluation information. Please be sure to fill in this information if applicable.
Now you’re wondering where your name, address, phone and email address is going. Please fill that information in as your shipping address. Though we will not be mailing or shipping anything to you, we do need this information to prepare your conference packet.
NOTE: For those wishing to register by mail, follow this link to print a registration form, and mail with payment to TMW at P.O. Box 5435, Oak Ridge, TN 373831-5435.
Thank you and see you at the conference!
Full Conference – Regular Attendee
Full conference includes all workshops, evening programs, banquet, one manuscript evaluation, one entry in each contest category, and annual membership. The cost is $200/per person through March 21. After March 21, cost is $215/per person. (Must be registered by Feb. 1, 2024, to qualify for free entry in each contest category. Contest entries must be submitted by email attachment to contests@tmwi.org. See contest rules for details.)
Full participants may submit one manuscript for evaluation. Some evaluators have limited the number of critiques they can do; therefore, priority will be given to the manuscripts in the order in which they are received. Manuscripts should be limited to 10 double-spaced pages of prose or 6 single-spaced poems. Manuscripts must be submitted by email attachment only to mail2@tmwi.org no later than midnight on March 1, 2024. Provide the Title and Genre of the manuscript with submission. Do not submit a work that you have entered in the writing contest.
$200 if purchased by March 21, 2024. $215 if purchased after March 21, 2024.
$10 (each contest entry above 1 per category)
Additional banquet guest(s). $35 per person. Please give the name(s) of banquet guest(s).
Full Conference — Scholarship Attendee
Full conference for scholarship attendees includes all workshops, evening programs, banquet, one manuscript evaluation, one entry in each contest category, and annual membership. The cost is $0/per person. Must be registered by Feb. 1, 2024, to qualify for free entry in each contest category (see contest rules for details. Since PayPal does not allow a $0 payment, follow this link to print a registration form, and mail to TMW at P.O. Box 5435, Oak Ridge, TN 3831-5435.
Full participants may submit one manuscript for evaluation. Some evaluators have limited the number of critiques they can do; therefore, priority will be give to the manuscripts in the order in which they are received. Manuscripts should be limited to 10 double-spaced pages of prose or 6 single-spaced poems. Manuscripts must be submitted by email attachment to mail2@tmwi.org no later than midnight on March 1, 2024. Do not submit a work that you have entered in the writing contest.
$10 (each contest entry above 1 per category)
Additional banquet guest(s). $35 per person. Please give the name(s) of banquet guest(s).
DAY SESSIONS ONLY (includes all workshops on Friday and Saturday and annual membership)
Includes all workshops on Friday and Saturday and annual membership. Cost is $165/pp
$165.00
Contest entries $15 per entry.
Banquet tickets. Each person with a day pass who wants to attend the banquet must purchase a ticket. They are $35 per person. You may invite banquet guests. If you do, please give the name(s) of banquet guest(s).
Day Sessions Only – Student Attendee (high school or full-time college)
Includes all workshops on Friday and Saturday and annual membership. $50 per person.
$50.00 per person
Contest entries $15 per entry.
Banquet tickets. Each person with a day pass who wants to attend the banquet must purchase a ticket. They are $35 per person. You may invite banquet guests. If you do, please give the name(s) of banquet guest(s).
À La Carte
Single sessions only. $35 each. After you’ve purchased your single session(s), please email us at mail2@tmwi.org and let us know which session(s) you plan to attend
Contest entries $15 per entry. You can enter the contest even if you are not attending the conference.
Banquet tickets. Each person with an A La Carte session pass who wants to attend the banquet must purchase a ticket. They are $35 per person. You may invite banquet guests. If you do, please give the name(s) of banquet guest(s).
Contest Entries
Deadline is February 1, 2024. Contest entries must be submitted by email attachment to contests@tmwi.org. See contest rules for details.
TMW Scholarship Info
A limited number of scholarships are available based on need and interest in writing. The deadline for requesting a scholarship is January 15, 2024.
For more information please contact us at scholarships@tmwi.org.
Meals and Accommodations
Meals (other than the banquet) and Hotel Registration are NOT included. Banquet is included only for full conference attendees; all other participants must pay to attend the banquet. Meals and booking of your room are your responsibility. The host hotel is the DoubleTree, Oak Ridge, TN. A limited block of rooms has been reserved for attendees. Call 865-481-2468 for reservations. Mention the Tennessee Mountain Writers Conference or group convention code: T24 to get the conference rate of $119/night plus tax for single or double. Conference rate expires 3/14/24. You can also reserve rooms online using this link.