Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2025

Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2025

Registration for the 2025 Pikes Peak Writers Conference is now open!
The current schedule, like much of our writing, is a work-in-progress and is subject to change.
Sched is sponsored by Reedsy.

E V McMillan

Colorado Springs

evmcmillan.com

About me

Author of Contemporary fiction.
Indie published 3-book summer beach read series Summer Adrift: Shifting Tides, Wild Tides, & Inherit the Tides in 2024.

Goal for 2025 is to seek an Agent for 2 new contemporary thrillers- The Helix Project (an ecological/psychological fiction) and Fracture: Secrets of the Santa Clarita (an environmental/ancient conspiracy fiction).

8:30am MDT

Read & Critique Session 1 FremontJohn Gilstrap • Brenna English-Loeb • Leticia Gomez Pitch Like a Pro PalmerChris Mandeville

9:45am MDT

Read & Critique Session 2 FremontAvery Flynn • Jessica Berg • Christina Lopez Antagonists AcademyKevin Ikenberry

11:00am MDT

Speed Pitch FremontAJ Metzger

2:00pm MDT

Do Your Settings Work as Hard as You Do? (2 Hours) PalmerKelley J. P. Lindberg

3:15pm MDT

Read & Critique Session 5 FremontDavid R. Slayton • Caitlin McDonald • Steve Saffel Q&A with John Gilstrap Seven FallsJohn Gilstrap

4:45pm MDT

Agent Panel Pikes Peak/Royal GorgeJessica Berg • Brenna English-Loeb • Sheyla Knigge • Caitlin McDonald Decoding Blockbuster Plots and Synopses DouglasSusan Mitchell

9:00pm MDT

Instant Slushpile DouglasLou J Berger

7:00am MDT

Breakfast Ballroom

8:30am MDT

But Is It a Good Idea? El PasoCallie Stoker

9:45am MDT

Beyond the Bedroom: Using Physical and Emotional Intimacy to Create Authentic Character Relationships Pikes Peak/Royal GorgeDawn Alexander

11:00am MDT

Seven Screenwriting Strategies to Elevate Your Script El PasoJennifer S. Wilkov

12:15pm MDT

Lunch with Keynotes BallroomRicardo Fayet • Alexandra Diaz • David R. Slayton • Avery Flynn • John Gilstrap

2:00pm MDT

Secrets of Pacing and Clarity Pikes Peak/Royal GorgeSteve Saffel

3:15pm MDT

Drop-in Chat with David R Slayton Seven FallsDavid R. Slayton

4:45pm MDT

Plotting Your Character's Demise El PasoJames Persichetti

7:30pm MDT

Banquet BallroomJohn Gilstrap

7:30am MDT

Breakfast Ballroom

9:00am MDT

The Allegory in Your Subtext Pikes Peak/Royal GorgeCallie Stoker

10:15am MDT

Microflashbacks as a Plot Device Pikes Peak/Royal GorgeDeb Courtney

11:30am MDT

So You Went to a Writers Conference, Now What? DouglasKim Olgren

12:45pm MDT

Lunch BallroomDavid R. Slayton