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2019 Conference, Ch21Con

2019 Ch1Con & Ch21Con Blog Tour Schedule!

May 1, 2019May 22, 2019 Julia Byers

Hey, everybody! We’re thrilled to announce the 2019 Ch1Con & Ch21Con Blog Tour!

We put together this annual blog tour to share info and fun, behind-the-scenes facts about the Chapter One Young Writers Conference and Chapter Twenty-One Conference (and to give away some awesome prizes, of course). The 2019 blog tour will kick off on Friday, May 10 and conclude towards the end of May. Follow the tour for guest posts, interviews by the Chapter One Events team–and, of course, giveaways!

Check out the schedule below:

Friday, May 10: www.ch21con.tumblr.com
- The new Ch21Con Tumblr hosts a interview with conference director Julia Byers!
- GIVEAWAY: SIGNED hardcover copy of On the Come Up by Angie Thomas!
Tuesday, May 14: www.batmansymbol.tumblr.com
- 2019 workshop leader and panelist Riley Redgate shares a personal post about speaking at the conferences!
Friday, May 17: www.anniesullivanauthor.com
- Author Annie Sullivan hosts an interview of Ch21Con team member Ariel Kalati!
- GIVEAWAY: $25 Barnes & Noble e-gift card!
Wednesday, May 22: www.juliathewritergirl.com
- Ch21Con director Julia Byers hosts an interview of Ch21Con team member Katie Nichols!
- GIVEAWAY: SIGNED hardcover copy of The Devouring Gray by Christine Lynn Herman!
Saturday, May 25: www.kirabrighton.weebly.com
- Freelance editor Kira Brighton hosts a guest post by Ch21Con team member Katie Nichols, on rekindling your passion for writing!
BONUS: Beginning of June: Joan He’s newsletter Looseleaf
- 2019 workshop leader and panelist Joan He will sharing about speaking at the conferences in her June newsletter! Make sure to subscribe now in order to read it.

We can’t wait to share the tour with you, and hope to see you in Chicagoland at Ch1Con and Ch21Con 2019!

– The Chapter One Events Team

2019 Conference, Ch21Con

2019 Workshop Leader: Riley Redgate!

April 25, 2019April 28, 2019 Julia Byers

The Chapter One Events team is ecstatic to announce our next speaker for the 2019 Chapter One Young Writers Conference and Chapter Twenty-One Conference: YA contemporary author Riley Redgate!

Riley Redgate is the author of Seven Ways We Lie, Final Draft, and Noteworthy, which was named a Best Teen Book of 2017 by Kirkus and the New York Public Library. She grew up in North Carolina, majored in economics at Kenyon College, and now lives in Chicago. She has also written for The Onion, America’s Finest News Source. You can find her on Instagram @rileyredgate and Tumblr @batmansymbol.

Riley will be leading workshops at both Ch1Con and Ch21Con. Her workshop at Ch1Con will be on the topic of “Unwrapping Your Characters” and her workshop at Ch21Con will be on the topic of “Writing the Query Letter.” She will also be speaking on the conferences’ combined ask anything panel and signing books at the end of the day.

Plus, in honor of speaking, Riley has generously offered to give away a signed paperback copy of her excellent latest book, Final Draft, as well as a critique of the first five pages of your manuscript! Just click the link below to enter the raffle. We’ll leave it open for one week!

Click here by 5/2 to win a signed paperback copy of Riley Redgate’s FINAL DRAFT plus a critique of the first five pages of your novel!

Find Riley online:

Find Riley’s books on GoodReads:

Interested in attending one of our young writers’ conferences on June 29 in Des Plaines, IL (a suburb of Chicago)? You can learn more at:

We’ve got lots of other amazing speakers to announce as well in the lead-up to the 2019 conferences, so keep an eye on our websites and social media for more speaker announcements coming your way soon!!

– The Ch1Events Team

2018 Conference, Ch21Con

2018 Ch1Con & Ch21Con Blog Tour Schedule!

April 14, 2018April 13, 2018 Julia Byers

Hey, everybody! We’re thrilled to announce the 2018 Ch1Con & Ch21Con Blog Tour!

We put together this annual blog tour to share info and fun, behind-the-scenes facts about the Chapter One Young Writers Conference and new Chapter Twenty-One Conference (and to give away some awesome prizes, of course). The 2018 blog tour will kick off on Sunday, April 15 and conclude towards the end of May. Follow the tour for guest posts, interviews by the Chapter One Events team–and, of course, giveaways!

Check out the schedule below:

Sunday, April 15: www.ch1con.tumblr.com
- New Ch1Con director Emma Rose Ryan talks about taking over as director
- GIVEAWAY: Short fiction critique by 2018 speaker and Ch21Con team member, Allison Mulder!
Wednesday, April 18: www.allisonthewriter.wordpress.com
- Allison Rose hosts a guest post by Ch21Con team member Liam Wood, about self-editing
Monday, April 23: www.ultimatelyuselessstories.com
- Ch21Con team member Katelyn Pettit talks about mental health for writers
Friday, April 27: www.avajae.blogspot.com
- Ava Jae hosts a guest post by Ch21Con team member Ariel Kalati, about #OwnVoices and diversity
Tuesday, May 1: www.robynhoode.wordpress.com
- Ch21Con team member Katie Nichols interviews fellow team member Ariel Kalati
Saturday, May 5: www.kirabrighton.weebly.com
- Kira Brighton interviews Ch21Con team member Katelyn Pettit
Wednesday, May 9: www.anniesullivanauthor.wordpress.com
- Annie Sullivan hosts a guest post by Ch21Con team member Katie Nichols about writing characters with magic
- GIVEAWAY: SIGNED hardcover copy of The Cruel Prince by Holly Black!
Friday, May 11: www.charlottegerber.wordpress.com
- Charlotte Gerber hosts a blog post giving an overview of the 2018 conferences
Monday, May 14: Joan He’s Newsletter, Looseleaf
- Joan He talks about the 2018 conferences in her writerly newsletter. Click here to subscribe!
Saturday, May 19: www.juliathewritergirl.com
- Ch21Con director Julia Byers interviews Ch1Con team member Brett Jonas and 2018 speaker and Ch21Con team member Allison Mulder
- GIVEAWAY: $25 Barnes & Noble gift card!

We can’t wait to share the tour with you, and hope to see you in Chicago at Ch1Con and Ch21Con 2018!

– The Chapter One Events Team