The purpose of the CLI Beach City Writers Conference is to gather the students, alumni, faculty, staff and friends of The Community Literature Initiative. While the focus of our lectures, panels, and workshops is to further the literary education of our ever-growing community, we also wish to honor other significant organizations who are actively making a contribution to their community through literature. The conference also endeavors to explore the ways in which nature enhances our ability to create significant writing. Culminating in our annual AuthorDraft, we aim to challenge the current publishing establishment, and create new paths to the publication of poetry and children's books.