Registration is Live!

  The gates are open — Writers Cantina 2026 registration is here! No increase in prices, and we’ll have pre-printed name badges for those who register ahead! PLUS!  We appreciate West Valley city for hosting us at the beautiful Utah Cultural Celebration Center since our inception, and to show that appreciation, anyone who lives in …

Alumni Alerts: Plasma Pulp: Lost Worlds, edited by LawDog

Spotlighting new work by Writers Cantina participants: Step into ten stories of vibrant universes, where gleaming rays of energy shape the future and the past collides with the fantastic unknown. This collection of short stories invites you to explore a genre that is often called “Raypunk” or “Raygun Gothic,” but we call “Plasma Pulp”—because “punk” …

Alumni Alerts: High Class Muscle, edited by Sam Robb

Spotlighting new work by Writers Cantina participants: In the shadows between law and chaos, there are always men willing to get their hands dirty… but even the roughest men have lines they won’t cross. From rain-soaked city streets to war-torn alien landscapes, from 1940s Arizona to cyberpunk futures, these stories follow enforcers, fixers, and hard …

Alumni Alerts: Many Are Called: The Lion of Deseret by Mike Barham

Spotlighting a first novel by this Writers Cantina participant: Many Are Called: The Lion of Deseret is a gripping tale of courage, faith and survival set in a brutal post-collapse America. Battle-hardened and war-weary former soldier Kyler Poe ekes out an existence in the ruins of Phoenix, a city consumed by chaos and controlled by …

Meet the Writers Cantina Little Free Library!

Thanks to the generosity of Writers Cantina attendees, we have been able to replace the old Little Free Library on the grounds of the Sunset City building.  The original library had been a service project by the church youth group of a congregation which has since been disbanded, leaving it with no official sponsor; it …

Alumni Alerts: Stuck Over Heaven by Tyler Tarter

Spotlighting new work by Writers Cantina participants: Stuck Over Heaven (Stations of Heaven Book 1) After several years fighting as a Nameless soldier in the Over Cities, Everrune Pethatrice finally retires from the military and has started on a new path to vengeance for his murdered family. With the help of exiled goddesses and other …