Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2026: Full Schedule

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9:45am MDT

Q&A with Reavis Wortham

Friday April 17, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am MDT

Cherry Creek/Cripple Creek

Faculty

Reavis Z. Wortham

Keynote

NYT Bestselling author, Reavis Z. Wortham, is the recipient of many awards, including two Spur Awards from the Western Writers Association, and six Will Rogers Medallions. Kirkus Reviews listed his first novel in the historical Red River series, The Rock Hole, as one of their Top... Read More →

Friday April 17, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am MDT
Cherry Creek/Cripple Creek

Craft of Writing

Moderator Sam Knight

3:15pm MDT

Ask an Agent: Q&A with Elisa Saphier

Friday April 17, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm MDT

Cherry Creek/Cripple Creek

Agents & Editors

Elisa Saphier

Agent, MacGregor & Luedeke

Elisa Saphier is an agent with MacGregor & Luedeke where she is the exception, looking for nonreligious nonfiction and upmarket genre fiction (especially mystery/thriller and romance) to balance out her mostly literary list. She represents upper middle grade through adult (fiction... Read More →

Friday April 17, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm MDT
Cherry Creek/Cripple Creek

Business of Writing

Moderator Joe Lenhoff

4:45pm MDT

Pitch to H.Y. Gregor

Friday April 17, 2026 4:45pm - 5:45pm MDT

Cherry Creek/Cripple Creek

H.Y. Gregor will be accepting pitches on a first come, first serve basis in Zeb's Lounge on Friday, April 17, 2026 from 4:45 p.m. - 5:45 p.m.

H.Y. Gregor is the Operations Manager for two presses owned and operated by Author and Publisher J.F. Holmes.

Cannon Publishing: The publishing company behind the Dragon Award nominated Fae Wars series, Cannon specializes in Military Science Fiction, Military Fantasy, and Sci-Fi. https://www.cannonpublishing.us/

Selene Press: Specializing in Fantasy, Romantasy, and YA, the newly established Selene Press will debut its first novels in May, 2026. https://www.selenepress.com/

Faculty

H.Y. Gregor

Author

H.Y. Gregor was born in Portland, Oregon, but will always call the mountains of Colorado home. She holds a bachelor’s degree in political science but put it down often enough to narrowly avoid law school. Now she spends her free time weaving fantasy tales and battling plot gremlins... Read More →

Friday April 17, 2026 4:45pm - 5:45pm MDT
Cherry Creek/Cripple Creek

Conference

Moderator Catherine Dilts

9:45am MDT

Q&A with Pippa Grant

Saturday April 18, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am MDT

Cherry Creek/Cripple Creek

Faculty

Pippa Grant

Keynote

Pippa Grant wanted to write books, so she did.Before she became a USA Today and #1 Amazon bestselling romantic comedy author, she was a young military spouse who got into writing as self-therapy. That happened around the time she discovered reading romance novels, and the two eventually... Read More →

Saturday April 18, 2026 9:45am - 10:45am MDT
Cherry Creek/Cripple Creek

Craft of Writing

Moderator Torie Fox-Phillips

3:15pm MDT

Q&A with Mary Robinette Kowal

Saturday April 18, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm MDT

Cherry Creek/Cripple Creek

Faculty

Mary Robinette Kowal

Keynote

Mary Robinette Kowal is the author of the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus award winning alternate history novel The Calculating Stars, the first book in the Lady Astronaut series which continues in 2025 with The Martian Contingency. She is also the author of The Glamourist Histories series, Ghost... Read More →

Saturday April 18, 2026 3:15pm - 4:15pm MDT
Cherry Creek/Cripple Creek

Craft of Writing

Moderator John Neal

Pikes Peak Writers Conference 2026

9:45am MDT

Reavis Z. Wortham

3:15pm MDT

Elisa Saphier

4:45pm MDT

H.Y. Gregor

9:45am MDT

Pippa Grant

3:15pm MDT

Mary Robinette Kowal

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