{"id":22932,"date":"2026-03-07T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-03-07T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/?p=22932"},"modified":"2026-03-05T07:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T14:27:53","slug":"registration-for-writers-cantina-2026-is-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/registration-for-writers-cantina-2026-is-open\/","title":{"rendered":"Registration for Writers Cantina 2026 is open"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/writerscantina.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/wcgates.jpg?resize=1024%2C488&amp;ssl=1\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;m really looking forward to Writers Cantina this year! It&#8217;s a local SF&amp;F writing convention up near Salt Lake City. For the last couple of years, I&#8217;ve been a panelist, and it&#8217;s been really fun. But the panels are really just an excuse to get together and meet with other writers, because the thing that makes Writers Cantina unique is that the barcon has basically taken over the convention (kind of like how the dealer&#8217;s room has taken over conventions like FanX and Comic Con). <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The panels aren&#8217;t scheduled yet, but they probably will be in the next month or two. I&#8217;ll be lobbying for another AI writing panel, like we&#8217;ve had the last couple of years. Looking forward to sharing my insights on that, as well as talking about it with some of the other panelists. Or you can just find me in the cantina if you want to chat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/writerscantina.org\/registration\/\">Register for Writers Cantina 2026 (July 17-18)<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m really looking forward to Writers Cantina this year! It&#8217;s a local SF&amp;F writing convention up near Salt Lake City. For the last couple of years, I&#8217;ve been a panelist, and it&#8217;s been really fun. But the panels are really just an excuse to get together and meet with other writers, because the thing that&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/registration-for-writers-cantina-2026-is-open\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Registration for Writers Cantina 2026 is open<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[82,2486],"class_list":["post-22932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-conventions","tag-writers-cantina-2026","entry"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7iXK-5XS","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22932"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22932\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22950,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/22932\/revisions\/22950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=22932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.onelowerlight.com\/writing\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=22932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}