Announcing Our 2026 Virtual Writers Conference
The Regency Re-Imagined: Crafting Stories of Mystery, Fantasy, Romance and Beyond
July 30 – August 1, 2026
Registration Opens April 1st!
Hello! On behalf of the RFW Board of Directors and RFW Team, we’re thrilled to officially announce our 6th annual Regency Fiction Writers Conference!
It will be conducted virtually via Zoom from July 30th – August 1st, 2026. Again this year, our virtual conference will not be pre-recorded, but held live and interactive. Conference Chair Cecilia (Cece) Rene and her committee of volunteers are hard at work creating yet another information-packed conference to remember.
Early Bird Registration is back with a special opportunity for early registrants, see below for more!
Keynote Speakers
We’re even more excited to share with you our amazing keynote speakers for our 6th annual conference, two ladies who are legends in the Regency storytelling world: Caroline Linden and Julie Anne Long.
Caroline Linden was born a reader, not a writer. She earned a math degree from Harvard University and wrote computer code before discovering that writing fiction was far more fun. Since then, the Boston Red Sox have won the World Series four times, which is not related but still worth mentioning. Her books have been translated into seventeen languages, and have won the NEC-RWA Reader’s Choice Award, the Daphne du Maurier Award, the NJRW Golden Leaf Award, and RWA’s RITA Award. She lives in New England.
Julie Anne Long is a USA Today Bestselling author and RITA Award winner. Her books have been published around the world, nominated for numerous awards, and included in NPR’s and Parade Magazine’s list of the best romances of all time. Readers and reviewers call them “dazzling,” “brilliant” and “impossible to put down.” She lives in Northern California.
General Conference and Registration Information
Preliminary Conference Schedule
Day 1, Thursday, will kick-off our conference with a marketing workshop and one historical workshop. Join us for our meet and greet at the end of Day 1!
Days 2 and 3, Friday and Saturday, will feature historical, marketing, and writing craft workshops. Award-winning RFW Member Caroline Linden’s Keynote will occur on Friday, and USA Today Bestselling author Julie Anne Long’s Q&A Keynote will happen on Saturday.
The conference will culminate on Saturday evening with our Soiree. The evening will include breakout rooms, the final hours of our Silent Auction, and fellowship.
Special Opportunity for Early Registrants
For Julie Anne Long’s Q&A Keynote, we will be taking questions in advance from registered attendees only through July 18th. The link to submit questions will be included in both the confirmation/receipt email and on the welcome packet page. So start thinking about what you’d like to ask her so you’ll have it ready when you register.
Conference Registration opens April 1st!
Please join us for three days of Regency learning, fellowship and fun!
For more information about RFW and all the benefits membership
offers like our Scholarship Program, as well as to join, visit our Membership page.
For membership or scholarship questions, please contact Darlene Marshall, our Membership Director.
Until then, happy writing!
Bill Haggart, President
on behalf of the entire Regency Fiction Writers’ Board and Team
