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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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Summer Literary Seminars–Kenya Conference Nairobi, Kenya The 2012 Summer Literary Seminars–Kenya will be held from December 8 to December 22 in Nairobi and on Lamu Island. The conference includes readings, lectures, roundtable... |
Poetry, Fiction | No | 12/8/12 | 11/15/12 | |
Rocky Mountain National Park Artist-in-Residence Program Residency Moraine Park, CO Rocky Mountain National Park offers two-week residencies from June through September to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the historic cabin of the late author and editor William... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 11/15/12 | ||
U.S. Poets in Mexico Conference Conference Merida, Yucatan, Mexico The fourth annual U.S. Poets in Mexico Conference will be held from January 5 to January 12, 2013, at Hotel Caribe in Merida, Yucatan, Mexico. The conference features workshops in... |
Poetry | No | 1/5/13 | 11/15/12 | |
Eckerd College Writers’ Conference Conference St. Petersburg, FL The ninth annual Eckerd College Writers’ Conference will be held from January 19 to January 27, 2013, at Eckerd College in St. Petersburg, Florida. The conference offers lectures, panels, roundtable... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 1/19/13 | 11/28/12 | 11/28/12 |
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Poets House Emerging Writers Residency Program Conference New York, NY Poets House offers 10 residencies from March 2013 through May 2013 to writers living in New York City. Residencies include weekly workshops, mentoring sessions, and free access to guest speaker... |
Poetry | No | 12/1/12 | ||
Baltic Writing Residency in Latvia Residency Riga, Latvia The Baltic Writing Residency in Latvia offers a monthlong, summer residency to a poet or fiction writer at the Hotel Bergs in Riga, Latvia. The resident... |
Poetry, Fiction | Yes | 12/15/12 |