As we prepare for the 2026 Conference, here are some important links and information:
Dates for the 2026 Conference
Wednesday, February 11 – Sunday, February 15, 2026
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Start of Ticket Sales
We will announce the program and start ticket sales on August 1, 2025.
Volunteer Applications Open August 15, 2025!
Interested in being part of the San Miguel Writers’ Conference? Our 2026 Volunteer Applications will open on August 15, 2025! Volunteers play a vital role in bringing this world-class literary event to life. Join the team and gain behind-the-scenes access to renowned authors and a vibrant community of writers and creatives. Stay tuned for more details on available roles and how to apply.
“If Dante had had the San Miguel experience, he would have written more about heaven and less about hell.”
— Tom Robbins, Even Cowgirls Get the Blues
TESTIMONIALS
What attendees have said about the San Miguel Writers’ Conference & Literary Festival
April Eberhardt
San Miguel offers a broad, deep selection of workshops that cover both the craft and business of publishing, the faculty is carefully chosen and the authors who attend are overwhelmingly thoughtful, mature people who bring a great deal of experience, depth and soul to the conference. The keynote speakers are uniformly excellent, the literary and social events are imaginative, high-quality and fun, and the setting and location can’t be better. You’ll meet a host of terrific and inspiring others there, some of whom may well become writing group partners, friends, and more. It’s a magical community in many respects, one I’d urge you to consider now as you’re feeling ready to become part of a bigger literary whole.
Diana Hendricks
The conference is just the right size for people to get to know one another and have time to visit with the speakers. I had heard about the conference for many years, but it was not until I came down that I really saw what the magic was all about. And your participants understand that they are in a magical place. They feel the spirit.
Stuart Horwitz
I have presented my work at over 45 venues in the past three years, and I can honestly say that the San Miguel Writer’s Conference was the most amazing experience of them all.
John Trapé
The following three adjectives probably best capture my views on the conference: Inspirational, Informative, Indispensable.
Janet Dunnett
If you are looking at the cost of the Conference and wondering, “Can I afford to go?” I will tell you, if you are serious about a writing career or vocation, you can’t afford not to go!
Lynn Morgan
If you are a passionate reader this is the literary event for you . . . it is an opportunity to break bread with the giants. I was thrilled, moved, inspired, and changed!!
Diana Hendricks
The conference is just the right size for people to get to know one another and have time to visit with the speakers. I had heard about the conference for many years, but it was not until I came down that I really saw what the magic was all about. And your participants understand that they are in a magical place. They feel the spirit.
Stuart Horwitz
I have presented my work at over 45 venues in the past three years, and I can honestly say that the San Miguel Writer’s Conference was the most amazing experience of them all.
April Eberhardt
San Miguel offers a broad, deep selection of workshops that cover both the craft and business of publishing, the faculty is carefully chosen and the authors who attend are overwhelmingly thoughtful, mature people who bring a great deal of experience, depth and soul to the conference. The keynote speakers are uniformly excellent, the literary and social events are imaginative, high-quality and fun, and the setting and location can’t be better. You’ll meet a host of terrific and inspiring others there, some of whom may well become writing group partners, friends, and more. It’s a magical community in many respects, one I’d urge you to consider now as you’re feeling ready to become part of a bigger literary whole.
John Trapé
The following three adjectives probably best capture my views on the conference: Inspirational, Informative, Indispensable.
Janet Dunnett
If you are looking at the cost of the Conference and wondering, “Can I afford to go?” I will tell you, if you are serious about a writing career or vocation, you can’t afford not to go!
Lynn Morgan
If you are a passionate reader this is the literary event for you . . . it is an opportunity to break bread with the giants. I was thrilled, moved, inspired, and changed!!
LOCATION
Camino Viejo al Panteón # 1, Colonia San Antonio
(aka corner of Ancha de San Antonio & Stirling Dickinson)
37700 San Miguel de Allende, Guanajuato, México