Florida Events
Welcome to the Florida Christian Writers Conference! We are so glad you stopped by to check out what we have in store for you this year. Our conference is nestled in the heart of Florida at Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center. The sunrises and sunsets are breathtaking, and the spreading oak trees beckon you to sit beneath their limbs and write a page or two in your journal.
It’s an opportune week to meet agents and editors, award-winning writers and others who have heard the same call to write. Come attend workshops and continuing classes that will sharpen your pen, develop your platform, and strengthen your resolve. Critique groups, meetings with agents and editors, writing contests, and camaraderie with fellow writers make this week one to remember.
If you have a book inside of you, if you have the dream to publish that book, and you don’t know where to begin, come be encouraged and trained at Florida Christian Writers Conference.
During my first FCWC, God showed me what He'd like me to do with the second half of my life and how best to serve Him. I've been building that ever since. Having such a gift at almost 50 has been the most unexpected blessing at this stage in my life! I genuinely mean it when I say thank you! ~Kimberly Skaggs
Click HERE for prices or to register for FCWC 2026
Prices increase for late registration after October 15, 2026.
- Click HERE to see the growing list of faculty.
- Click HERE to see the 2026 Schedule.
- Click HERE to see the 2026 Scholarships.
Florida Christian Writers Conference
Lake Yale Conference Center, Leesburg, FL
Jessica Everson, Conference Manager
407-209-4141
After registering, you should begin receiving our newsletters. If you do not, please contact us at [email protected] or [email protected].
In addition to our full conference, we also offer one-day intensives before the start of the conference. This year, we have three options:
- Nonfiction Intensive: Twelve one-hour workshops and a keynote speaker
- Children’s Picture Book Boot Camp with Michelle Medlock Adams
- Deep Dive Fiction Boot Camp with Angela Hunt.
Additionally, we offer a 3-hour “What’s in the Current Market” Bootcamp with Literary Agent Bethany Jett.
To book a private pre-conference phone call with Karen Neumair (to help prepare you for the conference), contact her at: [email protected]. The cost is $70/hour and will be paid directly to her.
About the Conference Center
Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center is not a luxury hotel; it is a well-kept conference center in the heart of Central Florida. Here you will discover bits and pieces of Old Florida. The rooms may not come equipped with hair dryers, shampoo & conditioner, etc. Be sure to pack you own (just in case).
Lake Yale Baptist Conference Center offers a wide variety of food for all meals, which are included in your conference payment, including gluten-free items and some sugar-free desserts. Some conferees with a wide variety of food allergies opt to bring their own food. LYBCC has always been accommodating with this.
INTERESTED IN TEACHING AT FCWC? There’s a link for that! Click HERE (but look at the deadlines below first).
- November 1: Applications open to teach at FCWC
- December 31: Applications close to teach at FCWC
- January 15: Directors choose and notify teachers for upcoming conference
(Please note: Freelancers who plan to attend as conferees and who hope to teach a workshop need to be registered as a conferee unless otherwise notified by the directors. Those chosen will be notified. Due to the high number of applications, we are not able to notify everyone. )
