Thank you so much for your interest in becoming a Camp Widow® volunteer presenter at our US-based one-day events. We are grateful to the widowed people who join us to share their expertise, their experience and their hearts with our campers. Camp Widow seeks to create a peer to peer community focused on hope and healing for the widowed. Workshops presented by people who are widowed themselves will be given priority on our workshop schedule in order to provide both a community of peers and also offer hope through shared experience.

One of the challenges of bringing Camp Widow to new cities is finding venues with enough space to accommodate our growing programs. While we are still finalizing several locations, we don't want to delay opening speaker applications or make it difficult for you to plan your year.

With that in mind, we are sharing our anticipated cities and time frames for 2027, even where exact dates and venues are still pending.

Our current 2027 plans include:

• California — March: Camp Widow and Camp Widow Kids. We are working to secure a venue in the Northern California area, with the exact date and location to be confirmed. Applications open until Jan 31, 2027
• Chicago — September 18: Camp Widow and Camp Widow Kids. Applications open until July 31, 2027
• Atlanta — November: Programming for both the general widowed community and the LGBTQ+ widowed community. Date and venue to be confirmed. Applications open until September 15, 2027

We appreciate your flexibility and understanding as these plans come together. Dates and locations remain subject to change, and additional programming may be announced as our calendar develops.

Please note: When filling out the application you have 35 min before it will time out so please review the application first so you are prepared to answer the questions in a timely manner. We recommend you fill out the questions in a Word or Google doc prior to filling out the application. Here is a document with the questions you can anticipate. Please make a copy of the document before entering in any responses. Thank you!

Here is a brief summary of what we are able to provide for speakers: 

• Full access to all conference events and offerings (free registration) 
• Projector, screen, and podium microphone for presentation (Presenters must provide their own computer, clicker, and necessary adapters to an HDMI cord)
• Ad space in our event brochure
• An opportunity to sell a book you authored at our Camp Widow bookstore
• An opportunity to provide marketing material for our goody item table
• An audience of widowed people who will greatly benefit from your message via in person and on our social media channels
• An opportunity to give back to your community
• An opportunity to grow your brand and/or audience
• Boost your speaking career

To be considered for these events please fill out a workshop application by selecting "Register" in the upper right hand corner of the screen. After your application is submitted, your workshop will be reviewed and considered for the camp locations at which you have expressed an interest in presenting. If your workshop is selected for presentation at camp you will be notified by email and further details will be provided.

Please review our selection criteria here.

Presenters are responsible for travel to and from Camp Widow and any supporting materials that will be needed for their workshops. All of our presenters are volunteers and we are unable to provide an honorarium at this time.

Because our events serve between 100 and 300 people, presentations should be flexible enough to adapt to an audience of between 25 to 150 participants. Please explain if there are special circumstances that would require us to limit your workshop size (presentations which would require smaller audiences will be considered on a case-by-case basis).