The Author Conservatory

Happy launch day to Voices of the Future: Stories of Warmth & Wonder!!! 🥳

Now available to purchase directly from these authors or Amazon 💙

About the anthology:
The tenth edition of Voices of the Future weaves together short stories of warmth and wonder in a memorable and heartwarming collection. Experience the next generation’s creativity and vision through these brief tales from rising young creatives.

The Author Conservatory is a college-alternative program for gifted writers focused on raising up the next C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien. 100% of your purchase goes to help students attend writing conferences where they can pitch their work to agents and publishers.

Biggest round of applause and ovation to our graduating Class of 2026!!!

These young men and women have fought through imposter syndrome, life craziness, difficult critique, business being business, and so much more in order to walk across the stage today.

We couldn’t be prouder of them and cannot wait to see wherever their author journeys lead!

Join us in celebrating them in the comments!

It is time. *cue the Lion King soundtrack*

“The Author Conservatory transformed my long and meandering journey in the general direction of ‘being a writer’ into a clear and focused path to authorhood. I’ve learned so much more than I could imagine through the hands-on approach to both business and writing (I would never even have considered the business side before joining the program!). I’m grateful for all that the Conservatory has taught me, but I’m also more thankful than I can ever say for how the instructors and staff care so deeply for their students as individuals with their own lives and struggles. The Author Conservatory has made me realise that I can not only be a good author, but a better person.” - Cara Peregrino, Class of 2025

Whether our students are crafting stories about dragons, quests, roadtrips, or romance, the common thread is that their writing playlist can be either really helpful or really distracting. 😂😂

“When the road to my writing dreams grew rocky, all I wanted to do was give up.

But then I joined The Author Conservatory, where my peers and instructors believed in me, and taught me the perseverance to pick myself up and keep going, no matter how many times I’d failed or how challenging the trail seemed.

Some paths are rough. Some stories are messy. But the Conservatory showed me that if you don’t give up, you will find that your road and story are more beautiful than they may seem, and each step of the way, through joy and through hardship, is incredibly valuable.” - Avery Heisey, Class of 2025