Conference Records
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ID# Year Date Zone Title Location Details
119 1957 1957-08-07 regional Editor-Writer Conference Main Building, N.Y.U., lOO Washington Square East, Room 703 Five craft seminars on the art and problems of magazine writing, to be part of New York University's Washington Square Writers Conference. Seminars began at 8:15 P.M. SMW earned $70 for its event. 40-50 SMW members attended.
120 1958 1958-10-09 regional Editor-Writer Conference Hotel Delmonico, 59th Street and Park Avenue, NYC SMW members only. Top editors from 13 major magazines, including: Reader's Digest, Ladies' Home Journal, Redbook, This Week, American Weekly, Woman's Day, True, Parade, Coronet, Pageant, Family Circle
1 1971 1971-12-11 regional Non-Fiction Writers' Workshop New School for Social Research, 66 West 12 St, New York City first ever SMW workshop; 240 paid registrants
2 1972 1972-12-09 regional Non-Fiction Writer's Workshop New School for Social Research, 66 West 12 St, New York City 259 registrants; Alvin Toffler, keynote
3 1973 1973-12-08 regional Non-Fiction Writers' Workshop New York University, Washington Square, NYC 390 paid registrants
9 1974 1974-03-16 members First Annual SMW Professional Seminar Tisch Hall, New York University, Washington Square members onlyl recorded on tape
4 1975 1975-03-15 regional Non-Fiction Writers' Workshop: Writing for Today's Market New York University Pre-conference registration; 375; New York University's guesstimate about attendance was 470; Speakers: Alvin Toffler, Art Buchwald, Isaac Asimov, Betty Friedan
6 1976 1976-04-10 national Fifth Annual Nonfiction Writers Conference: Writing for Today's Markets Hotel Biltmore, Grand Ballroom, New York City complete agenda on page 22, nl197603-ocr.pdf
11 1977 1977-05-07 regional Writing For Pay University of Southern California, Davidson Conference Center 355 attendees including 61 moderators, speakers; nl197709-ocr.pdf includes stats of marketing for event
7 1977 1977-05-21 national Sixth Annual Nonfiction Writers Conference New York Sheraton Hotel, NYC agenda in nl197709-ocr.pdf
8 1978 1978-05-19-20 national 7th Annual Non Fiction Writers Conference Sheraton Hotel, NYC May 19, 1978: ASJA meeting | May 20, 1978: Conference | billed as 7th annual | Alex Haley second keynote speaker, gave tribute to Mort Weisinger; long account of Haley's speech.
31 1978 1978-10-00 regional Writers Conference Southern California, Northridge Exact date seems to be missing in newsletters.
14 1979 1979-01-25 regional The American Society of Journalists and Authors' First annual Fiction Workshop Overseas Press Club, Hotel Biltmore, 43rd St., and Madison Ave., New York, NY 10017 Co-sponsored by the ASJA and the Overseas Press Club
13 1979 1979-03-10 regional ASJA Northern California Writer's Conference American River College, Sacramento, CA well-known speakers, but short on details
15 1979 1979-05-04-05 national 8th Annual Non Fiction Writers Conference Biltmore Hotel, New York City May 4, 1979: ASJA Annual Meeting | May 5, 1979: Conference; 350+ conference attendees
12 1979 1979-05-11-12 regional ASJA Midwest Annual Writers' Conference University of Wisconsin, Madison, WI much of the profit went to the Llewellyn Miller fund
32 1979 1979-05-11-12 regional First ASJA-Mid-west Annual Writers' Conference University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin $500 of the profit went to the Llewellyn Miller fund; Organizers: Judi R. Kesselman and Franklynn Peterson;
16 1979 1979-10-20 regional 3rd Annual ASJA Southern California Writers' Conference University of California, Northridge 261 attendees
19 1980 1980 -10-18 regional Southern California Writers' Conference University of California, Northridge ASJA Member Alex Haley keynote speaker | in conjunction with California State Northridge
17 1980 1980-05--02-03 national 9th Annual Writers Conference Hotel Biltmore, New York City members day: May 2; public May 3. 270 attendees at conference
18 1980 1980-05-16-17 regional Second Annual Midwest Writers' Conference Univerity of WI, Madison, WI co-sponsored by University of WI and ASJA; featuring members Alice Cromie, Arturo F. ("Arky") Gonzalez, Jr. and Murray Teigh Bloom.
21 1981 1981-05-01-02 regional ASJA Midwest Writers' Conference Univeristy of WI, Madison, WI 35 panelists lined up
20 1981 1981-05-08-09 national 10th Annual Nonfiction Writers Conference Hotel Biltmore, New York City May 8, 1981: members; May 9, 1981: public
25 1981 1981-10-17 regional Writing for Today's Markets Faculty Center, UCLA campus, Los Angeles October 17,1981
35 1981 1981-10-17 regional Southern California chapter conference UCLA Tommy Thompson (Blood and Money) keynote
38 1982 1982-05-00 regional Midwest chapter Fourth Annual Writers' Conference University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin Dates in May 1982 unclear.
37 1982 1982-05-10-02 national 11th Annual ASJA Writers' Conference New York City Member only meeting: Apr 30, 1981; public conference May 1, 1981
10 1983 1983-04-22-23 national 12th Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City April 23, 1983: members only; April 23, 1983: public; more than 600 people attending 25 workshops
40 1983 1983-10-15 regional ASJA Southern California Writers Conference Cal State Northridge barely any details; wonder if the date changed to 27th.
41 1983 1983-10-27 regional Annual all-day writers' conference (Southern California Chapter) Pacifica Hotel, Culver City in conjunction with Writers' Program at UCLA extension
24 1984 1984-05-04-05 national 13th Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City May 4, 1984: members only; May 5, 1984: public
42 1985 1985-05-02-03 national 14th Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City May 3: all-day members; May 4: public
43 1985 1985-05-18 regional All-day Writers' Workshop (Berkshire Hills Chapter) Berkshire Community College, Pittsfield, MA 12 different workshops; all panelists ASJA members
44 1985 1985-10-12 regional Writing To Sell, nonfiction writing conference (ASJA Midwest Chapter) Hyatt Regency Chicago, 151 East Wacker Drive, Chicago, IL sponsored by the ASJA Midwest. Chapter, Midwest Writers Association, and Northwestern University
45 1986 1986-05-02-03 national 15th Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City May 2: members-only day; May 3: public
46 1987 1987-01-02 national 16th Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City May 1: members-only day; May 2: public. Best-selling authors Alexandra Penney and Belva Plain featured luncheon speakers
47 1988 1988-04-29-30 national 17th Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City May 28: members only; May 30: public. An Information Exchange Room.was new: a room set aside on the Conference Level for attendees to meet with panelists for a few minutes and continue conversations started in the workshops.
48 1988 1988-10-29 regional First Annual ASJA/NYU Writers' Symposium for Physicians NYU Medical Center, New York City Mini-conference on communications for physicians co-sponsored by ASJA and New York University Medical Center on Three panels: Communicating Through the Media, Working with a Co-Author, and Book Writing.
49 1989 1989-01-29 regional Writers' conference (Northern California Chapter) Silverado Country Club, Napa, CA Keynote speakers: Carol Orsborn, author of Enough Is Enough: Exploding the Myth Of Having It All; actress Susan Ruttan of "L.A. Law” (on interviewing celebrities). Reported to be highly successful.
50 1989 1989-05-95-06 national 18th Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City May 5: members only; May 6: public. Keynote speaker: Anna Quindlen.
51 1989 1989-10-28 regional Second Annual ASJA/NYU Writers' Symposium for Physicians NYU Medical Center, New York City Florence Isaacs credited with creating this recurring symposium.
52 1990 1990-05-04-05 national 19th Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City Keynote speakers: Susan Isaacs and Rebecca Pepper Sinkler, editor of the New York Times Book Review
53 1990 1990-10-27 regional Third annual ASJA/NYU Writers Symposium for Physicians NYU Medical Center, New York City Member Florence Isaacs had the idea for the symposium. 2nd symposium pulled in $7300 for ASJA.
54 1991 1991-05-03-04 national 20th Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City May 3: members only. May 4: public
55 1991 1991-10-26 regional Fourth annual ASJA/NYU Writers' Symposium for Physicians NYU Medical Center, New York City half-day event
56 1992 1992-05-08-09 national 21st Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City May 8: member only. May 0: public. Writing to Sell in '92
57 1992 1992-05-30 regional First annual ASJA Writers' Symposium for Financial Professionals Roosevelt Hotel, New York City spin-off from physicians symposium
58 1992 1992-10-17 regional Northern California Chapter Writers' Symposium for Mental Health Professionals Syntex Conference Center, Palo Alto spin-off from east coast physicians symposium
59 1992 1992-10=24 regional Fifth annual ASUA/NYU Writers' Symposium for Physicians and Other Medical Professionals NYU Medical Center, New York City no details
61 1993 1993-05-14-15-16 national 22nd Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Sheraton New York Hotel, New York City May 14: members only. May 15-16: public
62 1993 1993-07-14 regional Second annual ASJA-ICFP Writers' Symposium for Financial Professionals Yale University, New Haven, CT no details
63 1993 1993-10-16 regional Writers' Symposium for Mental Health Professionals Roosevelt Hotel, New York City no details
64 1993 1993-11-06 regional Northern California Chapter second annual Writers' Symposium for Mental Health Professionals Syntex Conference Center, Palo Alto "sellout" audience of 130 therapists and psychoanalysts. More details in nl199312-ocr.pdf
65 1994 1994-02-19 national First annual ASJA West Coast Writers' Conference Sheraton Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Los Angeles no details
66 1994 1994-06-03-05 national 23rd annual ASJA Writers' Conference Sheraton New York Hotel, New York City June 3: members only; June 4-5: public
67 1995 1995-02-16 national Second annual ASJA West Coast Writers' Conference Sheraton Los Angeles Airport Hotel, Los Angeles no details
68 1995 1995-05-19-21 national 24th annual ASJA Writers' Conference (East) Sheraton New York Hotel, New York City no details
69 1995 1995-10-21 regional ASJA Writers' Symposium for Mental Health Professionals Warwick Hotel, New York City "Getting Published, Getting Known," panels of ASJA members, mental health professionals, editors, publicists, agents, and television producers. Core topics included: Making the Media Work For You; Turning Your Ideas Into Popular Articles; Books and the Team Approach: Mental Health Professional, Writer, Editor, Agent
106 1995 1995-11-04 regional ASJA Northern California chapter Writers' Symposium for Business Professionals University of California, San Francisco Fred Gebhardt contact
70 1996 1986-02-09-10 national Third annual ASJA West Coast Writers' Conference Sheraton Gateway Hotel, Los Angeles Airport Feb 9: members only for Promoting Yourself and Your Work, Everything Electronic; Feb 10: public.16 panels
26 1996 1996-05-17-19 national 25th annual ASJA Writers' Conference Sheraton Hotel, New York May 17: members only; May 18-19L public
72 1996 1996-10-19 regional 6th ASJA Writers' Symposium for Physicians Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City no details
73 1997 1997-05-09-11 national 26th ASJA Writers' Conference East Crowne Plaza Hotel, New York City May 9: members only. May 10-11: public
74 1997 1997-11-01 national 4th ASJA Writers' Conference West Los Angeles Airport Marriott Hotel Oct 31: members only. Nov 1: public
75 1998 1998-04-04 regional Full-day symposium on book publishing today (Northern California chapter) Pacific Bell Conference Center, San Ramon no details
107 1998 1998-04-04 regional West Coast Publishing Pacific Bell Conference Center. San Ramon Northern California Chapter. Full-day symposium on book publishing today.
76 1998 1998-05-01-03 national 27th ASJA Writers' Conference East Crowne Plaza Hotel, New York City no details
77 1998 1998-09-26 regional Colorado Magazine Writers Institute (ASJA Rocky Mountain chapter) University of Colorado, Boulder Editors from five national magazines: editor-in-chief Greg Daugherty of New Choices, associate editor Sheila Buckmaster of National Geographic Traveler, managing editor Florestine Purnell of Emerge, editor-in-chief Lisa Gosselin of Audubon, and associate editor Malia McKinnon of American Health For Women.
78 1998 1998-10-24 regional Writers' Symposium for Physicians and Other Medical Professionals Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center, New York City Advice on communicating with the lay public through books, magazines, and other media.
79 1999 1999-05-01-02 national 28th ASJA Writers' Conference East New York Hilton Hotel, NYC Apr 30: members only; May 1-2: public
80 1999 1999-10-02 regional Second annual "Meet the Editors" conference of the Colorado Magazine Writers Institute University of Colorado School of Journalism and Mass Communication, Boulder co-sponsored by ASJA Rocky Mountain regional chapter
81 2000 2000-04-28-30 national 29th ASJA Writers' Conference East New York Hilton Hotel, New York City 600+ attended main conference
82 2001 2001-05-18-20 national 30th Annual ASJA Writers' Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City May 18: members only; May 19-20: public. More than 600 attended main conference on 19.
83 2002 2002-04-12-14 national 31st Annual ASJA Writers Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City Arp 12: members only; Apr 13-14: public. Editor (who was there helping): Because of the attack on NYC Sep 11, 2001 there was concern no one would show up. We were seriously wrong. So many people showed up -- 750+ == that admission was sold for sessions only, because we had reached capacity for lunch. Donna G. Albrecht was the 2002 Conference Chair.
84 2002 2002-10-05 national Southern California Writers Conference (Co-sponsored by ASJA) University of California, Irvine Keynote luncheon speaker: Joseph Wambaugh
86 2002 2002-11-02 regional The Who, What, When, Where, and Why of Freelance Writing San Francisco State University ASJA provided assistance to Northern California Science Writers Association to create the conference
87 2003 2003-05-01-03 national 2003 ASJA Writers Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City May 1:members only; May 2-3: public. Russel Wild conference chair. Barbara Ehrenreich keynote speaker, author of Nickel and Dime: on (Not) Getting By In America.
88 2004 2004-04-23-25 national 2004 ASJA Writers Conference: Kicking It Up a Notch: Success Strategies for Successful Freelancers Grand Hyatt Hotel, NYC Apr23: members only; Apr 24-25: public
89 2005 2005-04-15-17 national 2005 ASJA Writers Conference: Better Bylines, Bigger Bucks: Secrets to Successful Freelance Writing Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City Apr 15: members only. Apr 16-17: public.
90 2006 2006-04-28-30 national ASJA's 35th Annual Writers Conference Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City Apr 28: members only. Apr 29-30: public. Stefan Fatsis, keynote speaker.
91 2007 2007-04-20-22 national 36th Annual ASJA Writers Conference: Making Your Writing Dreams Come True Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City Apr 20: members only. Apr 21-22: public. Jeannette Walls, keynote speaker. Personal Pitch Uses New Matching System (software designed by Bruce Miller, programmed by Bill Davis)
92 2007 2007-09-29 regional East Meets West: A National Magazine Symposium for Editors and Writers Graduate School of Journalism at the University of California, Berkeley Co-sponsored by ASJA and UC Berkeley’s Graduate School of Journalism
93 2008 2008-04-11-13 national The 37th Annual ASJA Writers Conference: Moving On Up! Writing Better and Smarter In Today's Market Grand Hyatt Hotel, New York City Apr 11: members only. Apr 12-13: public. Keynote speaker: Melissa Fay Greene
94 2009 2009-04-24-26 national The 2009 ASJA Writers Conference: The Writer's GPS: On Track for Success! Roosevelt Hotel, New York City Apr 24: members only. Apr 25-26: public. Keynote speaker: Molly O'Neill
95 2010 2010-04-23-25 national The 39th Annual ASJA Writers Conference Roosevelt Hotel, New York City Apr 23: members only. Apr 24-25: public. Peter Shankman, one of the keynote speakers.
96 2011 2011-04-29-05-01 national 40th Annual ASJA Writers Conference: The Road to Success The Roosevelt Hotel in Midtown, New York City Apr 29: members only. Apr 30-May 1: public.
97 2012 2012-04-26-28 national Writers Conference 2012: Writing Bootcamp The Roosevelt Hotel, New York City Apr 26: members only. Apr 27-28: public.
98 2012 2012-11-10 regional East Meets West: A Gathering of Literary Journalists Graduate School of Journalism at UC Berkeley Audience limited to 60 "seasoned" writers.
99 2013 2013-04-25-27 national 42nd Annual ASJA Writers Conference The Roosevelt Hotel, New York City Apr 25: members only. Apr 26-27: public. Keynote speaker: A.J. Jacobs
100 2013 2013-11-07-08 national Content Connections Columbia College Film Row, 1104 S Wabash, Chicago, Illinois Focused on custom content, in conjunction with Columbia College of Chicago; focused entirely on digital content, helped 160 writers and editors gain confidence, clarity, and connections.
101 2014 2014-04-24-26 national 43rd Annual ASJA Writers Conference: Expand Your Reach Roosevelt Hotel, New York City Apr 24: members only; Apr 25-26: public. keynote speaker Daniel Jones, author of Love Illuminated: Exploring Life's Most Mystifying Subject (With the Help of 50,000 Strangers)
102 2014 2014-10-10-11 regional New Avenues in Journalism San Francisco State University Keynote speaker: Kara Swisher, tech journalist and former co-host of AllThingsD.
103 2014 2014-11-13-14 national Content Connections Columbia College Film Row, 1104 S Wabash, Chicago, Illinois focused on custom content. Keynote Speaker: Jay Heinrichs.
122 2015 2015-04-30-02 national Connect For Success Roosevelt Hotel, New York City Apr 30:members only; May 1-2: public. Jennifer Finney Boylan, Keynote speaker
104 2016 2016-05-20-21 national 2016 ASJA conference: Change. Challenge. Opportunity. Roosevelt Hotel, New York City Apr 20: members only. Apr 21-22: public. Laura Vanderkam discussing the secrets of time management on Friday members meeting; keynote speaker was Josh Levs, journalist and author, who spoke about his fight against corporate America
108 2016 2016-11-05 regional Dream Bold Atlanta Agnes Scott College in Decatur, Georgia keynote speaker: Robert Hicks
109 2017 2017-05-04-06 national Pivot. Publish. Prosper. Roosevelt Hotel, New York City keynote speaker: Andrea King Collier
124 2017 2017-11-17-18 regional Boosting Your Content IQ Columbia College campus Nov 17: Spotlight on Ghost Writing; Nov 18: focus on content writing. Chicago journalist Monica Eng keynote speaker for Nov 18.
121 2018 2018-02-03 regional ASJA 2018 Austin Joe C. Thompson Conference Center at UT-Austin Susan Johnston Taylor, co-chair. Damon Brown, keynote speaker.
110 2018 2018-05-18-19 national 47th Annual Writers Conference: Navigate.Motivate. Captivate. Sheraton Hotel, Times Square, NYC keynote speaker: Katherine Reynolds Lewis
111 2019 2019-05-06 national ASJA Writers Conference: Collaboration Nation Marriott Downtown Hotel, NYC keynote speaker: Camille Pag�n
123 2019 2019-11-08 regional ASJA 2019 DC Writers Conference Trinity Washington University, Washington D.C. Conference co-chair: Christina Lyon, Emily Paulsen. Keynote Speaker: Dorothy Butler Gilliam.
112 2020 2020-07&08&09 virtual 49th ASJA Conference: Virtual online sessions spread out across July, August, September
113 2021 2021-04-13-29 virtual ASJA Writers Conference: Virtual online Journalism (April 13-15), Books (April 20-22) and Content Marketing (April 27-29)
114 2022 2022-05-01-02 national ASJA Writers Conference: Virtual Hyatt Regency, Jersey City, NJ cannot find sessions; keynote speaker: Alan Henry; 3 tracks; content marketing; craft & wriring skills; networking
115 2022 2022-10-11-13 virtual ASJA Writers Conference: Virtual online 3 tracks in 2 days
116 2023 2023-06-13-15 virtual 2023 ASJA Virtual Annual Conference online 3 tracks in 3 days
117 2024 2024-09-24-26 virtual 2024 ASJA Virtual Annual Conference: Conference From Anywhere online 3 tracks in 3 days; schedule difficult to download schedule
118 2025 2025-02-24-26 national 2025 AJSA Writers Conference: Always In Fashion Fashion Institute of Technology, New York City Versha Sharma (Teen Vogue), Stephanie Chang (WSJ/Barron's Group), Emil Wilbekin (FIT/Native Son)