Registration

Registration is now open!

Early-bird registration: $90 (by December 31st)

Full registration: $100

Student registration: $50 (undergraduate); $70 (graduate)

  • UMHB students can register for free, but it does not include meals or registration bag.

Panel Participant registration: $75.00* (accepted proposals will receive a discount code)


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Issue 31.1: All registrants will receive a free copy of Issue 31.1, which will be released during the festival. This will be a special issue: the first ever "Anthology of The Windhover, 2015-2025," which will be a selection of exemplary work from that decade.

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New Release at Festival!

We're excited to announce the release of Believing in Writing: Craft Lessons from Writers of Faith (published by Luminor Press) at the 2027 Festival! These will also be available for pre-purchase at an extensive discount subsidized by the The Windhover and Luminor Press. MSRP is $35, but registrants can pre-purchase these for $10!

Contributing authors include Dana Gioia, Bret Lott, Diane Glancy, Joshua Hren, D.S. Martin, Benjamin Myers, Gina Ochsner, Angela Alaimo O’Donnell, Tania Runyan, Daniel Taylor, Sally Thomas, Suzanne M. Wolfe, and Jeanne Murray Walker.


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