10 days until Reclaiming Our Palabras.

We are 10 days out from the Dominican Writers Conference and I need you to feel the weight of that.

May 1–2, 2026. John Jay College of Criminal Justice. New York City.

35+ Dominican and Dominican-American authors on one stage. Panels on publishing, craft, identity, and what it means to write Dominican stories on our own terms. Workshops that will push your work forward. Manuscript reviews with editors and agents who are ready to read you. And a conference dedicated to the woman whose books told so many of us that we were allowed to write: Julia Alvarez.

This is not a conference you attend and forget. This is a room that changes things.

Are you DOE staff or a student? Email us at mailto:dwconference@dominicanwriters.org before you register.

10 days. Tickets are still available, but not for long.

Register now at

Con cariño,

Angy