Johnson County Library Writers Conference

The Library's 5th annual Writers Conference kicks off with responses to the prompt, "How has writing helped you through difficult times?" Our conference faculty will be joined by local authors reading their original works. We encourage you to drop in and meet our faculty for the weekend, mingle with other local writers and enjoy refreshments and author signings. Share your response to our prompt. Conference organizers will review and invite select authors to share their work at the kickoff.

Check out what’s already been submitted here!

Winners from our Read Local contests and published contributors from elementia, the library’s teen literary magazine, will share their work over lunch.

A lunchtime hour of brassy, primal, poetry-inspired improvisational jazz! We’ll welcome poets and spoken-word artists to the stage to read their work alongside the Inspiration Monkeys, a local four-piece jazz ensemble. Musical accompaniment guaranteed. 

The Inspiration Monkeys are Dan Diamond on Bass, Aaron Bush on Baritone Sax, Mark Hamblin on Trumpet, and Jason Ammerman on Percussion.