AWP 2026

Join us in person in Baltimore, MD, March 4-7, 2026 for a panel, an-offsite reading, a giveaway, and more!

Cropping Our Lives: Sustaining a Private Life in a Public Vocation, an AWP Panel

Friday, March 6, 3:20-4:35 PM. Room 317, Level 300, Baltimore Convention Center* 

In this digital age, writers are often expected to leverage our lives as marketing tools. Must we commodify our lives? To what extent? What are the risks and costs of such transactions? As we cultivate our public writing identities in the name of success and influence, we need boundaries for our own well-being. So, how do we choose what to expose and what to “crop”? Join us in exploring these questions and more as we talk honestly about the pressures and challenges of public life as a writer.

Moderator: Krissy Kludt

Panelists: Michael Kleber-Diggs, J. Drew Lanham, Annie Wenstrup

Learn more about the presenters here.

*This event is open to registered AWP participants only.

8×9: A Reading

Join Terrain.org and Writing the Wild for 8×9: An AWP Baltimore Off-Site Reading

Wednesday, March 4, 2026
7-9 p.m.
Baltimore Brewhouse
511 W Pratt St. Baltimore

8×9 features nine place-based writers for a literary reading of eight minutes each to kick off AWP in Baltimore!

No registration required–please join us for this free event! Food and drink will be available for purchase at the Baltimore Brewhouse.

This event is sponsored by and features contributors to Terrain.org and Writing the Wild.

Featuring:

  • Elizabeth Bradfield

  • Heather Swan

  • Anne Haven McDonnell

  • Daniel Lassell

  • Elizabeth Jacobson

  • Michael Kleber-Diggs

  • Kimberly Blaeser

  • J. Drew Lanham

  • Krissy Kludt

Join us at the Book Fair, Booth #753!

Thursday, March 4-Saturday, March 7, 2026
10-5pm daily at the Baltimore Convention Center

We’d love to talk with you! Stop by to meet Krissy and Drew, preorder our zine, pick up a copy of Krissy's new book, and get a chance to win a gift box containing:

  • 8 books

  • a set of four Blackwing pencils

  • a set of Prismacolor colored pencils

  • a guide for creating your own ritual

  • 6 limited edition broadsides

  • and more!

Book Fair