“The AWP Conference & Bookfair is an essential annual destination for writers, teachers, students, editors, and publishers. Each year more than 12,000 attendees join our community for four days of insightful dialogue, networking, and unrivaled access to the organizations and opinion-makers that matter most in contemporary literature.”
"AWP's mission is to foster literary achievement, advances the art of writing as essential to a good education, and serves the makers, teachers, students, and readers of contemporary writing."
Just 8 miles from Portland International Airport, visitors can get to the Oregon Convention Center (OCC) via Interstate 5 North from Exit 302A–Rose Quarter, or from Interstate 84 West Exit 1–Lloyd Boulevard. Portland also has a superb public transit system.