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Association of Writers and Writing Programs Annual Conference 2025 in Los Angeles


  • Los Angeles Convention Center 1201 South Figueroa Street Los Angeles, CA, 90015 United States (map)

Join Lanternfish Press at the AWP Annual Conference in Los Angeles. You can find us at Booth 629 in the Bookfair Hall.

Come back soon for a more complete schedule.


Thursday, March 27

11 a.m.-12 p.m.: Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr.

Theodore C. Van Alst, Jr. will sign copies of his Southern Gothic novella Pour One for the Devil at the Lanternfish Press booth.

2-3 p.m.: Stacy D. Flood

Stacy D. Flood will sign copies of his Southern Gothic novella The Salt Fields at the Lanternfish Press booth.

1-2 p.m.: Kenneth Hunter Gordon

Kenneth Hunter Gordon will sign copies of his novel One Bronze Knuckle at the Lanternfish Press booth.

3:20 p.m.-4:35 p.m.: Small Press Ecologies

Marketing & Sales Director Feliza Casano will be a panelist in this small press panel alongside Jee Koh, Beth Castrodale, Lucas Mann, and Tonya Todd.


Friday, March 28

11 a.m.-12 p.m.: Andrew Katz

Andrew Katz will sign copies of his novels My Therapist Says This Grief Journal Is a Good Idea and The Vampire Gideon’s Suicide Hotline and Halfway House for Orphaned Girls at the Lanternfish Press booth.

1 p.m.-2 p.m.: M.M. Olivas

M.M. Olivas will sign copies of her debut novel Sundown in San Ojuela at the Lanternfish Press booth.

12:10 p.m.-1:25 p.m.: Jewish Folklore in Contemporary Fiction

Anca L. Szilágyi (Dreams Under Glass, Daughters of the Air) will be a panelist discussing the role of Jewish folklore in contemporary fiction.

3 p.m.-4 p.m.: Anca L. Szilágyi

Anca L. Szilágyi will sign copies of her novels Dreams Under Glass and Daughters of the Air at the Lanternfish Press booth.

6 p.m.-9 p.m.: M.M. Olivas @ Trans Horror AWP Offsite Reading

M.M. Olivas (Sundown in San Ojuela) will read at the Trans Horror AWP Offsite Reading.


Saturday, March 29