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Conferences & Residencies Database
Looking to meet up with agents and editors? To join a supportive writing community? Or to find the perfect environment to fuel your writing practice? The Conferences & Residencies database includes details about over two hundred writing conferences, writers residencies, and literary festivals.
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Vermont Studio Center Residency Johnson, VT The Vermont Studio Center offers 2- to 12-week residencies to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in Johnson, a village in the Green Mountains.... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No |
Rolling Admissions |
6/15/13 | |
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Wyoming Writers Annual Conference Conference Casper, WY The Wyoming Writers Annual Conference will be held from June 7 to June 9 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Laramie, Wyoming. The conference features workshops... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/7/13 | ||
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Prague Writers' Festival Festival Prague, Czech Republic The Prague Writers' Festival will be held from April 13 to April 18 at various venues in Prague, Czech Republic. The 2012 program included readings and conversations featuring poet John... |
Poetry, Fiction | No | 4/13/13 | ||
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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Festival Los Angeles, CA The 2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will be held on April 20 and April 21 on the campus of the University of Southern California. The festival includes readings,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 4/20/13 | ||
Washington University in St. Louis Summer Writers Institute Conference St. Louis, MO The 2012 Washington University in St. Louis Summer Writers Seminar was held from July 13 to July 21 on the university's campus in St. Louis. The conference featured lectures and... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 7/13/12 | ||
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Massachusetts Poetry Festival Festival Salem, MA The Massachusetts Poetry Festival will be held from May 3 to May 5 in Salem. The festival offers workshops, panels, readings, letterpress and screenprinting demonstrations, and a book fair featuring... |
Poetry | No | 5/3/13 |