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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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Virginia Center for the Creative Arts Residency Amherst, VA The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts offers residencies of up to two months from February through May to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 450-acre estate... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 9/15/12 | ||
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MacDowell Colony Residency Peterborough, NH MacDowell Colony offers year-round residencies of up to two months to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 450-acre estate near Mt. Monadnock in Peterborough, New... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 9/15/12 | 9/15/12 | |
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Ragdale Residency Lake Forest, IL The Ragdale Foundation offers residencies of at least two weeks from September to December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on 50 acres of prairie in Lake... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 9/15/12 | ||
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American Academy in Berlin Residency Berlin, Germany The American Academy in Berlin offers residencies of five months to ten months to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Hans Arnhold Center in Berlin, Germany. Residents... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 9/28/12 | ||
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Sanibel Island Writers Conference Conference Sanibel Island, FL The 2012 Sanibel Island Writers Conference, sponsored by Florida Gulf Coast University, was held from November 8 to November 11 at the BIG ARTS center and the Sanibel Public... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 11/8/12 | 9/30/12 | |
Denali National Park Artist-in-Residence Program Residency Denali National Park, AK Denali National Park and Preserve offers ten-day residencies from June through mid-September to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in a rustic cabin 43 miles into the park. Residents... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 9/30/12 |