Outdoor Writers Conferences

Sunday Board and membership meetings Supporting members product, destination and services tradeshow Professional development/newsmaker sessions Welcome cocktail party & networking Banquet dinner with a journalists awards presentation at the spring conference   Monday Dedicated to gathering story and experiencing the region with guided mini-familiarization trips by local experts Fun barbecue and networking party usually in a great outdoor setting   Tuesday Farewell breakfast More story gathering opportunities   Pre & Post Trips Most Outdoor Writers Association of California conference’s also includes pre & post conference trips that can’t be beat. Our hosts are dedicates to giving you the support you need to experience the best a region has to offer to support your outdoor journalist communication.

Upcoming Writers Conferences   2007 Calaveras October 7 – 9, 2007   2008   Past Writers Conferences Press Articles from Past Conferences San Luis Obispo Ca, June 4-6 Big Bear Lake: October 2-4 Sonoma County: May 15-17 Mono County/Mammoth Lakes: September 12-14 Yosemite/Tenaya Lodge: June 6-8, 2004

	Great Story & Photo Gathering Opportunities

OWAC Conference host and their regional partners go to considerable effort to showcase their region, outdoor beauty, sports, activities, history and culture to maximize your journalist opportunities and fun!

Outdoor travel writer’s itineraries include:

	Past Outdoor Travel Writers Conferences

Red Bluff Spanish Springs Ranch in Lassen County Kirkwood Meadows South Lake Tahoe Pinecrest/Tuolumne Russian River, West Sonoma County Lake Almanor San Luis Obispo Catalina Island Bass Lake/Yosemite Mendocino County Siskiyou County The Delta

Redding Mammoth Lakes Santa Cruz North Lake Tahoe Ventura Oxnard Eureka - Redwood Coast Bishop Sequoia National Park Calaveras County Monterey/Asilomar Lake County Marketing Program Butte County/Lake Oroville

	Promotional Opportunities for Hospitality, Destination and Sport Professionals

OWAC conferences are ideal for promoting your destination, products and services to the regional outdoor media. Our members are some of the finest outdoor staff and freelance journalist reaching 20 million or more readers, listeners and viewers throughout California, the West and sometimes the nation. Your Supporting Member conference registration fee entitles you to exhibit in the Supporting Members Showcase, to connect with many of California's finest outdoor journalists, and to have the time of your life outdoors.

For more information on becoming an OWAC supporting member, click here.

Hosting & Sponsoring an Outdoor Writers Association of California
Outdoor Travel Writers Conference:

"I’d like to express my appreciation to the Outdoor Writers Association of California for allowing the Calaveras Visitors Bureau to host your 2002 Spring Conference. I feel that this was a mutually beneficial arrangement. We had the opportunity to “show-off” Calaveras County to people who hadn’t been here before and remind others who had, what a great place it is for outdoor recreation and sports. We, in turn, have been benefiting as well through a number of articles that have been published in various magazines. I understand we will also be a topic in a family guidebook. In addition to this there has also been some radio coverage. We continue to receive articles from OWAC members. We could never afford to pay for the marketing we are receiving as a result of hosting the OWAC Conference. I also like that, as supporting members, we have the opportunity to attend your conferences. Through the conferences we can continue to build working relationships with the OWAC family and also update everyone on the latest happenings in our area. Not to mention, it’s just a great group of people to be around!"

Lisa Reynolds, Executive Director Calaveras Visitors Bureau