Conference Registration Opens October 2025
Repairing… Restoring… Reconnecting… Through True Storytelling
We live in a world inundated with tweets, hot takes, and breaking news alerts that dominate our thoughts for a moment and our news cycles for a day or two. Such a scattershot media environment only increases the power of narrative. Narrative penetrates the heart of the subject and the hearts of the audience. Bits of news or information rarely change our perspective about the world or our place in it. Narrative nonfiction rarely fails to do so.
David Carr Scholarship
Learn more about our David Carr Scholarship, sponsored by The Sunday Long Read. Scholarship application deadline is January 16, 2026.
Our Commitment to Accessibility
Boston University strives to be accessible, inclusive and diverse in our facilities, programming and academic offerings. Your experience in this event is important to us. If you have a disability (including but not limited to vision, mobility, hearing, physical or other health related), require communication access services for the deaf or hard of hearing, or believe that you require a reasonable accommodation for another reason please contact srkess@bu.edu by March 7 to discuss your needs.
Summary Info
- Dates
- March 27-28, 2026
- For
- Writers, editors, lovers of narrative non-fiction
- Fees
- $299 for general public
$269 for BU alums
$119 for non-BU students with an .edu address
Free to BU students
Power of Narrative combines practical advice and big-picture visions for nonfiction storytellers.
Conference Location
George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue
Sponsors
