Friday January 11 - Sunday January 13 - Tennessee Mountain Writers, January Jumpstart. Best Western Conference Center, Morristown, Tennessee
Friday February 1 & Saturday February 2 - Mildred Haun Conference, Walters State College, Morristown, Tennessee
Saturday, February 23, 2019 - Rose Glen Literary Festival, Sevierville Convention Center, Sevierville, Tennessee
Friday March 1 * Saturday March 2 - Dahlonega Literary Festival, Downtown Dahlonega, Georgia
Thursday March 14 - Sunday March 17 - Appalachian Studies Conference, University of North Carolina at Asheville, Asheville, North Carolina
Saturday, March 16 - Lex Allen Literary Festival, Hollins University, Hollins, Virginia
Wednesday March 20 - Sunday March 24 - Virginia Festival of the Book, Charlottesville, Virginnia
Monday March 25 - Thursday March 28 - Western Carolina University Spring Literary Festival, Cullowhee, North Carolina
Friday April 5 - Sunday April 7 - Tennessee Mountain Writers Annual Conference. Double Tree Hotel, Oak Ridge, Tennessee
Friday April 5 & Saturday April 6 - Arnow Conference for the Humanities, Somerset Community College, Somerset, Kentucky
Sunday May 19 - Thursday May 23 - Blue Ridge Mountains Christian Writers Conference, Ridgecrest Conference Center, Ridgecrest, North Carolina
Friday June 7 - Sunday June 9 - West Virginia Writers Annual Summer Conference, Cedar Lakes Conference Center, Ripley, West Virginia
Friday, June 14-Sunday, June 16 - Mountain Heritage Literary Festival, Lincoln Memorial University, Harrogate, Tennessee
Thursday June 20 - Saturday June 22 - Melungeon Union, Wytheville, Virginia
Tuesday, July 16 - Sunday July 28 - Sewanee Writers Conference, The University of the South, Sewanee, Tennessee
Monday, July 22 - Saturday, July 27 - Appalachian Writers' Workshop, Hindman Settlement School, Hindman, Kentucky
Tuesday September 17 - Saturday September 23 - On the Same Page, A Celebration of Reading, Ashe County's Literary Festival, West Jefferson, North Carolina
Friday October 4 & Saturday October 5 - West Virginia Book Festival, Charleston Coliseum & Convention Center, Charleston, West Virginia
Please let me know of additional regional literary events as soon as their website announces their 2019 gathering.