yWrite 2025 Writer's Conference: yWrite Your Story Your Way!

Whether you are a beginner or a seasoned writer, this in person, all day conference will give you guidance for your writing journey!

About this Event

This all day conference will get your pen flowing with guidance from experienced professional facilitators. With small breakout rooms, your writing will begin with prompts and provide you with tools to write your story. Your general admission ticket includes your choices of morning and afternoon sessions.

Our Keynote Speaker will allow lunch (included) to be productive and entertaining. Vendors directly related to help writers will be available in the bookstore where you can also purchase books from other yWriters.

The day will commence with an Open Mic for pre-registered readers, and prizes!

You must select the General Admissions Ticket PRIOR to making your selections or your Ticket to the event will not be valid.

Agenda


🕑: 08:15 AM - 08:45 AM
Registration, Morning Tea Breads & Beverages
Host: yWrite Sponsors!

Info: Please check your program to appreciate the sponsors of this event which have provided so much for this day to be possible!

🕑: 08:45 AM - 09:15 AM
Welcome & Introduction

Info: yWrite Host Angela Grout welcomes the day with introductions and intentional blessings with TBA will set the intention for a successful day on the page.

🕑: 09:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Creative Memior Writing-Title TBA
Host: Theresa Chamberland, Story Catcher Studios

Info: If you don’t tell your story, who will? Engage in memory-focused writing exercises with Theresa Chamberland, from StoryCatcher Studios, as your guide. A brief exercise will introduce you to the world of video memoir; no recordings will occur.

🕑: 09:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Legacy Writing
Host: Judith Breier

Info: As we age and reflect on our lives, we uncover deep lessons from our experiences.

Legacy writing becomes a sacred act, a way to share this hard-earned wisdom with

loved ones and future generations. It’s about being seen, remembered, and honoring the journey that shaped us. Join Certified Sage-ing Coach, Life Legacy Leader, and end of life doula Judith Breier, as she guides this powerful practice.. No prior writing experience is necessary.

🕑: 09:30 AM - 11:15 AM
Poetry Writing
Host: TBA

🕑: 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM
TBA

Info: TBD... Pre-register for a private meeting and pitch your story to Literary Publishing Agent.

🕑: 11:00 AM - 01:00 PM
Lunch
Host: yWrite Sponsors

Info: Lunch Choice of Delicious Fresh Deli Sandwich: Turkey, Ham, or Roast Beef (make selection at checkout) Prepared with lettuce & cheese on a Bulky Roll with mayo/mustard on the side, a bag of chips, pasta salad, water, and a Sweet Treat.

🕑: 11:15 AM - 04:00 PM
Valuable Vendor Showcase and Bookstore
Host: yWrite

Info: Creative Souls and Authors need assistance- Receive information about Editors, Book Coaches, Illustrators, Graphic Artists, Promotional Agency, Printing Shops, Publishers, Writing Groups, and local Professional Classes. Stop by the Bookshop Tables to purchase one of our facilitator's books and books written by attendees. If you are a published author attending, email us!

🕑: 12:00 PM - 12:30 PM
Keynote Speaker: TBA

🕑: 12:30 PM - 01:00 PM
Special Panel: TBA
Host: yWrite

🕑: 01:00 PM - 01:15 PM
yWrite Group Photo
Host: yWrite

Info: All participants are invited to the stage for a group photo to be part of the 2025 3rd annual yWrite Write Conference family photo.

🕑: 01:15 PM - 03:00 PM
TBA: Query Letter Writing
Host: Jan Kardys

🕑: 01:15 PM - 03:00 PM
TBA
Host: RA COOK

🕑: 01:15 PM - 03:00 PM
Journal Writing
Host: Anna Bozena Bowen

🕑: 03:15 PM - 03:45 PM
Open Mic (pre-registration required)

🕑: 04:00 PM - 04:30 PM
Closing Remarks with Prizes, and Plugs
Host: Angela Grout

Info: yWrite Host Angela Grout reflects on why writers write, motivating your journey for Novel Writing Month! Door Prizes and Special Announcements will conclude the event until next year!! Mark your Calendar for the 1st Saturday of Novel Writing Month! See you November 1, 2025!

🕑: 08:00 AM - 05:00 PM
yWrite 2024 Writer Conference Sponsors
Host: Angela Grout

Info: Thanks to these yWrite Sponsors for Supporting Writers Agawam Cultural Committee, Agawam Rotary Club; Albert & Amelia Ferst Interfaith Center @ Westfield State College, Allied Carpet; Antimony Brewery, Stockbridge MA; Complete Restoration Solutions; Dr. Madonna Santos; Embracing the Creative Child, Easthampton Savings Bank, Iron Fox Steakhouse in Somers, McCarthy's Agawam MA; M & T Bank; StoryCatchers Studio; WS Ecumenical Outreach; Friends of Author AM Grout & yWrite; The Trask Foundation, The Weeknight Book Club, Westfield Savings Bank

🕑: 01:30 PM - 03:15 PM
Private Writing Space
Host: yWrite

Info: Working on a particular piece? Want to finish or edit something from this morning's session? Need more time to visit the Bookstore Vendors? Take this time for you to write what you wish or what you need to finish. A facilitator will monitor the timer therefore just write! Participants wishing to engage in conversations with other writers may meet in the Pool room on the 2nd floor, or parlor next door to the Pool Room.

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🕑: 08:00 AM - 04:30 PM
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