[margins.] conference + festival was created by and for BIPOC, LGBTQIAP2S+, Disabled, and Neurodiverse writers & creatives of all genres and stages of career and practice.
About the In-Person [margins.] Conference + Book Festival
Join The Word this fall 2024 to explore Reclamation!
At [margins.] 2024, we ground ourselves in reclaiming our space, truth, and context. We explore a creative practice that is ours to define, ours to make fully embodied.
In 2023, we explored releasing expectations for literary practice that are not defined to serve our greatest visions. Let us build upon that liberation, let us move to reclaiming what we know can be.
Take a look at our schedule here: https://www.thewordfordiversity.org/marginsinpersonconference2024
TICKETS:
In-Person Community Price - $95
This ticket type will grant registrants access to all conference events. While this ticket price is greatly under cost, it is important to us to be as accessible, inclusive, and affordable as possible. If you are able to purchase a true cost or pay it forward registration fee, your support will allow us to provide additional access to others.
In-Person True Price - $275
This ticket type will grant registrants access to all conference events and the recordings of them for later viewing. If you are able to purchase a true cost or pay it forward registration fee, your support will allow us to provide additional access to others.
In-Person Pay it Forward Price- $450
This ticket type will grant registrants access to all conference events and the recordings of them for later viewing. If you are able to purchase a true cost or pay it forward registration fee, your support will allow us to provide additional access to others.
In-Person 1-Day Pass Community Price: $75 (Friday or Saturday)
This ticket type will grant registrants access to conference events on your chosen day of either Friday or Saturday. As noted above our Community Price tickets are greatly under cost. It is important to us to be as accessible, inclusive, and affordable as possible. If you are able to purchase a true cost or pay it forward registration fee, your support will allow us to provide additional access to others.
In-Person 1-Day Pass True Cost Price: $195 (Friday or Saturday)
This ticket type will grant registrants access to conference events on your chosen day of either Friday or Saturday. If you are able to purchase a true cost, your support will allow us to provide additional access to others.
Scholarship/Reduced Cost:
The Word is committed to serving as many people with our programs as possible, including the biannual [margins.] conference. While we may not be able to honor every request, the reduced/free registration option aims to increase access to the conference and festival for those who qualify. Individuals qualify for the reduced/free registration option based on: 1) Identifying as from a historically marginalized group based on racial, cultural, ethnic, or religious identity; gender identity; sexual orientation; physical, cognitive, or emotional disability; socioeconomic adversity; and personal experiences of adversity or injustice, AND 2) Their financial need. Please use this form to submit your application: https://forms.gle/Swfs2Hg3UcwcEnpS8
About The Word | A Storytelling Sanctuary
The Word | A Storytelling Sanctuary is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization founded in 2016 to support literary creatives identifying from marginalized communities across race, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, religion, and emotional and physical disabilities. The Word is community-led, with a 100% BIPOC-identifying board and staff, with intersectional identities in LQBTQIAP2S+ and disabled communities. The Word challenges the practices that perpetuate bias that are reliant on outdated stereotypes to determine who writes, publishes, and reviews literature. The Word does this by providing concrete tools and knowledge; building intentional community; increasing visibility; amplifying equity conversations; and advocating for systemic change within the industry. For more information visit https://www.thewordfordiversity.org/ and follow us on Instagram/X @wordisdiversity.
Our mission is storytelling for collective abundance. We center authentic storytelling for BIPOC, LGBTQIAP2S+, neurodiverse, and disabled communities; support and connect writers, publishers, booksellers, and readers; explore and build collective models for the literary ecosystem; and hold safe space in community. Our main programs include the Editor-Writer Mentorship, [margins.] Literary Conference + Book Festival, and #MarginsBookselling, including the BIPOC Bookseller Award. We always have new events and programming to share, so we hope you’ll check out thewordfordiversity.org to stay up-to-date and connected.