IPA BookCAMP 2026 Tickets
April 24th is
SMALL PRESS
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POETS & WRITERS DAY
Day One includes a pre-conference line-up. Immerse yourself in practical insights and connections with other publishing professionals that can elevate your book publishing programs and boost your book sales.
Authors, Publishers, Agents
Poets & Writers
BookCAMP helps writers, poets, indie authors & publishers market, publicize, meet with other publishers & authors, make literary agents available, social media strategies, finding out best ways to see if your book is ready for the big screen (Book to film adaption), direct on how to get your books into Target, and other big box stores, among a myriad of topics.
A limited number of SPECIAL Day One, tickets are available to small press, poets and writers at a substantial discount:
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/LM98562WAK9AS
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GET A BookCAMP 2026 ALL SESSION PASS:​https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/YMK2GH8KVAQPQ
or for more details, please visit
https://www.independentpressaward.com/ipabookcamp​​​​​​​​​​​
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POETRY SOCIETY MEMBERS and FRIENDS, please USE THE LINK THEY PROVIDE TO YOU for your all-sessions day pass.
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Take AMTRAK or the NJ Transit trains directly to Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) via the Northeast Corridor or North Jersey Coast Line. Doubletree provides a FREE shuttle from the airport directly to the hotel.​
The BookCAMP event grew out of a quarterly magazine BookCAMP, which addresses authors and publishers' business challenges of book publishing.
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WRITING and POETRY TRACK
* Performative Readings: What Are the Techniques You Need (So Your Reading Doesn't Suck)
* The creative building and marketing of a poetry series - and for any genre
* From the OG: An Author’s Progress: Walls and Passages
* Writer’s Block: How to Deal with It So You Can Get Writing
* Green Light: The Final Fixes That Make Publishers Say Yes
* Revision Strategies: How to Read Your Manuscript Like an Editor
* Mastering Point of View: How to Choose, Control, and Break the Rules
* Putting the People and Events of Your Life on the Pages of Your Book
* From Manuscript to Marketplace, 3 Steps for Self-Publishing Success
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MARKETING AND PUBLICITY, as well as BUSINESS TRACKS provide additional programming. Listed on the ticket page. All programming is subject to change.
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WRITING and POETRY track
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1pm-4pm Opportunities to meet with experts
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Performative Readings that don't suck! Intro performance of "Bell Hammers,"
Presented by Lancelot Schaubert
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The difference between oral manuscripts and literary manuscripts
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Why most literary readings are bad.
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What theater actors, rhetoricians, and preachers know that you don’t know.
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How to find your authentic voice
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How to know your present audience
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Where voice and audience meet
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There isn’t an audience: there only one reader
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CRAFTING AND MARKETING A SERIES Presented by Lee Woodman.
Poet Lee Woodman will demonstrate how she created the umbrella, “SCAPES” for her poetry collections and how it spurs marketing. Her session at BookCAMP will show how she brings color and personality to a body of work. Woodman will share craft ideas that apply to all genres for place, character, and narrative, and discuss key elements of branding and outreach. Focus will include promotion calendars, blurbs and reviews, dynamic websites, presentations, mailings, and the importance of being a good writing citizen.
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BREAK - Coffee/Tea and snacks served
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Green Light: The Final Fixes That Make Publishers Say Yes Presented by Megan Sells
This class gives writers a behind-the-scenes look at what publishers want—and what often holds good manuscripts back. Participants will learn how to make final edits that elevate a manuscript from “almost” to “offer.” We’ll cover structure, pacing, market fit, and subtle craft choices that show editorial readiness.
Narrative Distance for Cutting-Edge Fiction
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Writer's Block, how to deal with it so you can get writing: Presented by Gloria Mindock
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From the OG: An Author’s Progress:
Walls and Passages: Presented by David Benjamin
A “writerly” talk. In the spirit of the conference, the OG intends to emphasize the practical lessons that an author learns—and puts to use—from every setback and step forward.
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​Putting the people and events of your life on the pages of your book
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Mastering Point of View: How to Choose, Control, and Break the Rules
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Gloria Mindock, Poet, Founding Editor and Publisher of ÄŒervená Barva Press
Mindock is an award-winning author of six poetry collections, two translations into Romanian and Serbian, and three chapbooks. Her poems have been published and translated into twelve languages. Publications include: Ibbetson, Gargoyle, The James Dickey Review, Growth: Journal of Literature, Culture, & Art (Macedonia), Unlikely Stories, Lily Poetry Review, KGB Lit to name a few.
Gloria was the Poet Laureate in Somerville, MA in 2017 & 2018.
Lancelot Schaubert, Poet,
Writer, Author, Performative Reading
As the author of the novel "Bell Hammers," praised as "a hoot" by Publisher’s Weekly, Schaubert has published dozens of stories, hundreds of poems and essays.
A full voting member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association, Schaubert edits "The Showbear Family Circus" and the anthology series "Of Gods and Globes." Schaubert believes art should change us for the better, motivating us to be true and good. My goal is to create work that fosters virtue in both myself and others.
Lee Woodman, Poet
Philanthropist, advocate for the arts and acclaimed poet, has served the art world and literary arts community as a museum pioneer, educator, business woman, and writer.
Lee Woodman, known as an award-winning public radio producer at the Library of Congress, and a film and multimedia producer at the Smithsonian Institution, Woodman has used the power of words and images to educate and enlighten broad audiences.
The BookCAMP 2026 event is where independent authors, publishers,
industry experts gather to learn, trade success stories and network.​
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​​Want more? Get an ALL SESSIONS PASS:
https://www.paypal.com/ncp/payment/YMK2GH8KVAQPQ
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Register now! Or for Sponsorship Opportunities,
Contact Ted Olczak at Ted@PrintedWordReviews.com
or (718) 938-4590.​​
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Gain knowledge, find resources, discuss book strategies and solutions, and more.
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The BookCAMP event is packed with informative and instructive sessions that is guaranteed to help your publishing process along! Plus, networking opportunities!!
Ted Olczak, Publisher of BookCAMP magazine; Michael C. Higgins, Author discussing California wine as well as the presentation to Ted Olczak of Newark's Mayor Proclamation of Independent Press Award Week (Blue Folder on the table)
