Opening Keynote with Veronica Roth, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, and Melissa de la Cruz
Opening Keynote with Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Melissa de la Cruz, and Veronica Roth
Let's Kick This Off With a Bang: Choosing an Idea, Starting a Story, and Filling the Blank Page
with Chloe Gong, Emiko Jean, Jennifer Iacopelli, Ransom Riggs, Stuart Gibbs, and Victoria Aveyard
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The World According to [Insert Author Name Here]: Crafting a Bookish World That Characters Live in and Audiences Invest In
with Angela Montoya, Kelly Andrew, Stephanie Garber, Tahereh Mafi, Tracy Deonn, and Victoria Aveyard
Afternoon Keynote with Aiden Thomas, Addie Thorley, and E. Lockhart
YALLWEST Afternoon Keynote -- Thomas | Lockhart | Thorley
YALLWEST's afternoon launches with this wonderful Afternoon Keynote featuring renowned authors Aiden Thomas (Cemetery Boys, The Sunbearer Trials), E. Lockhart (We Were Liars, Genuine Fraud), and Addie Thorley (Burn the Kingdom Down, Night Spinner)! This Keynote is sponsored by Fierce Reads and Sourcebooks Fire.
Keynote Tickets are explicitly for the Keynote talk only. Signings take place independently of the Keynote and may require a separate free ticket.
Please note, if you purchase a ticket and then are unable to attend, we are not able to refund the Eventbrite fee.
You Got Here Not a Moment Too Swoon: Tropes and More in Romantic Scifi and Fantasy
with Jamie Pacton, JD Myall, Shannon J. Spann, Stephanie Garber, Sunya Mara, and Tahereh Mafi
The Creative Well: Where New Ideas Come From and How to Know Which Ones to Nurture
with Alexis Henderson, Marie Lu, Jasmine Guillory, Jennifer Lynn Barnes, Margie Stohl, & Romina Garber
One in a Million: How to Make a Story Unique When There Are So Many Stories Out There
with Adam Silvera, Aiden Thomas, Margie Stohl, Ransom Riggs, Roseanne A Brown, and Veronica Roth
YALLWEST Smackdown
YALLWEST Smackdown
YALLWEST--we are pleased to announce the return of the annual Smackdown, in which our spectacular hosts, the returning Dani and Lane Lyle, shall lead a courageous assemblage of authors through trials.
(aka, they're gonna play silly games and there will be lots of laughs)
Please note, if you purchase a ticket and then are unable to attend, we are not able to refund the Eventbrite fee.
Holding Space for Defying Gravity
Insurmountable Odds and Teen Resilience in Sci-Fi and Dystopia
Sponsored by Entangled
Moderated by Jill Tew with Lily Braun-Arnold, Chloe Gong, Tahereh Mafi, E. L. Starling, and Andrew Joseph White
Searching for Signs
Fantasy as Escapism and Fantasy as Metaphor
Moderated by Angela Montoya with Tricia Levenseller, F. T. Lukens, Margaret Owen, Mary E. Pearson, and Brad Riew
Afternoon Keynote with Tahereh Mafi and Adam Silvera
sponsored by epic reads
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The Future of SFF
Building Worlds that Matter
Sponsored by Stone Kite
with Margaret Stohl, Ransom Riggs, Tracy Deonn, and film/TV writers and producers Akela Cooper (M3GAN, Malignant) and Eric Heisserer (Arrival, Shadow and Bone)
Good Luck (fighting dragons), Babe!
Balancing Magic and Love in Romantasy and Romantic Fantasies
Sponsored by PiqueBeyond
Moderated by Allison Saft with Kristen Ciccarelli, C. B. Lee, Mary E. Pearson, and Amélie Wen Zhao
Maneuvering the Map
Creating and navigating a world of words (and illustrations)
Sponsored by Underlined
Moderated by Marisha Pessl with Kristen Ciccarelli, Tracy Deonn, Akwaeke Emezi, Hafsah Faizal, Laura Gao
