{"id":50175,"date":"2023-12-18T06:05:39","date_gmt":"2023-12-18T10:05:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=50175"},"modified":"2023-12-18T06:28:32","modified_gmt":"2023-12-18T10:28:32","slug":"japan-writers-conference-announces-2024-venue-in-fukushima","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2023\/12\/18\/japan-writers-conference-announces-2024-venue-in-fukushima\/","title":{"rendered":"Japan Writers Conference announces 2024 event in Fukushima"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/tokyotombaker.wordpress.com\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Tom Baker<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Japan Writers Conference, a free annual event that always attracts many current and former JETs in Japan&#8217;s English-language writing community, is held in a different part of the country every year. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 host city has just been announced: Futaba, Fukushima Prefecture. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 JWC will be held on the first weekend in November, but it&#8217;s not too soon to start thinking about participating now &#8212; especially if you are a writer who might like to give a presentation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For details, visit the <a href=\"https:\/\/japanwritersconference.org\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Japan Writers Conference website<\/a>, scan JETwit for past posts in the category of &#8220;Japan Writers Conference,&#8221; or watch the video recap of the 2023 JWC below. It features JET alumni <a href=\"https:\/\/www.suzannekamata.com\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Suzanne Kamata<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/charleskowalski.com\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">Charles Kowalski<\/a>, Patrick Murphrey and <a href=\"https:\/\/tokyotombaker.wordpress.com\/\" class=\"aioseop-link\">yours truly<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kTgvlw5MTPE?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;start=1&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Posted by Tom Baker The Japan Writers Conference, a free annual event that always attracts many current and former JETs in Japan&#8217;s English-language writing community, is held in a different part of the country every year. 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