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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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Sun Valley Writers' Conference Conference Sun Valley, ID The 2011 Sun Valley Writers' Conference was held from August 17 to August 20 at the Sun Valley Resort in Sun Valley, Idaho. The conference features discussions, readings, film... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 8/17/12 | ||
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International Literature Festival Berlin Festival Berlin, Germany The 12th annual International Literature Festival Berlin was held from September 9 to September 15, 2012, at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt. The 2011 festival focused on literature of... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Spoken Word | No | 9/9/12 | ||
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Surprise Valley Writers’ Conference Conference Cedarville, CA The 2012 Surprise Valley Writers’ Conference was held from September 13 to September 16, 2012, in the high desert of Cedarville, California. The conference featured workshops in poetry,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 9/13/12 | 6/30/12 | |
Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference–New Mexico Conference Truchas, NM The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference was held from September 14 to September 17, 2012, at Truchas Peaks Place in Truchas, New Mexico. The conference featured evaluation and discussion of... |
Poetry | No | 9/14/12 |
Rolling Admissions |
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Berkshire WordFest Festival Lenox, MA The biennial Berkshire WordFest was held from September 14 to September 16, 2012, at the Mount, the former home of Edith Wharton in Lenox, Massachusetts. The festival featured talks, discussions,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 9/14/12 | ||
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Algonkian Writer Conference–New York City Pitch Conference New York, NY The Algonkian Writer Conference–New York City Pitch for fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers was held from September 20 to September 23, 2012, at the Ripley-Grier Studios in New York... |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 9/20/12 |
Rolling Admissions |