Young Adult
Romance Writers of America

Upcoming Events

Six Productivity Myths and Why You Should Stop Believing Them
Saturday, April 23
4 pm Eastern
Do you have big goals? Lots of writing you want to get done? It's so important to know what are the most important things that impact your productivity. Please join us in this workshop to find out!
Presented by BECCA SYME
Becca Syme is a Gallup-Certified Strengths Coach with over 14 years of coaching success alignment systems and a Master's degree in Transformational Leadership. As a full-time fiction author, she realized that her success coaching could be helpful to fellow creatives, and started the Better-Faster Academy in 2015 to help authors Write Better-Faster. She’s recently released a series of nonfiction books for authors based on her success coaching methods called the QuitBooks for Writers, and she is the host of the YouTube channel called the QuitCast. Becca writes mystery and adventure novels and lives in the mountains of Montana where it’s always winter and never Christmas.
FREE to all authors
YARWA Member Cost:
FREE
Non-member Cost:
FREE

Day of YA Writing Conference
Sunday, Nov 21
8am-9pm Central
Join us for this all day virtual conference featuring great workshops, prizes, networking, and more!
FREE to YARWA Members
If you are NOT a YARWA Member:
You must first pay via PayPal before registering. The conference registration page will ask for your PayPal Transaction Number. Please pay for registration HERE https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/yarwa
YARWA Member Cost:
FREE
Non-member Cost:
$20, payable via PayPal

YARWA Sip & Share
Sunday, Oct 24
8pm eastern/5pm pacific
Grab a drink, and come ready to share your favorite:
- YA Book you've recently read
- Writing resources
- Online tools
- Workshop you've attended
And more! Plus, let's start thinking ahead to next year for our chapter's future!
YARWA Member Cost:
FREE
Non-member Cost:
FREE
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Viewpoints in Romance Writing
Sunday, Aug 22
6pm eastern/3pm pacific
Join us for a thoughtful panel conversation to discuss diversity and equitable representation in fiction writing.
Panelists: Olivia Gaines, Kay Harris, C.L. Lovegreen, Stacy Wells, Priya Ardis
Moderated by Jennifer Looft, YARWA President
YARWA Member Cost:
FREE
Non-member Cost:
FREE

Types of Editing & When To Use Them
Sunday, June 27
8pm eastern/5pm pacific
You've finished your draft. Now what? Editing!
Discover the editing process, from Developmental to Proofread and every step in between, learn what each type of editing entails, when to obtain an editor and what type you need, and what types of editing is required for traditional vs. indy publishing.
Presented by Justine Manzano
YARWA Member Cost:
FREE
Non-member Cost:
FREE

Instagram for Authors
Sunday, May 23
8pm eastern/5pm pacific
Take your Instagram to the next level with ideas and strategies to build a reader community. With over 1 billion monthly worldwide users and growing, Instagram is a major league social media platform connecting users across the world. The key fact for us writers: readers hang out there! I built my own Instagram platform prior to my debut and solicited over 50 early ARC reader requests from this platform alone. I started the Instagram for Authors Facebook group, a 1.5k member group to help writers at any level connect and collaborate.
YARWA Member Cost:
FREE
Non-member Cost:
FREE