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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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Sage Hill Writing Experience Conference Lumsden, Canada Sage Hill Writing Experience offers summer programs in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. This year's conference was held from July 23 to August 2, 2012, at St. Michael’s Retreat in... |
Poetry, Fiction | No | 7/23/12 | 5/11/12 | 5/11/12 |
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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... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 5/15/13 | 5/15/12 | |
Frost Place Poetry Advanced Seminar Conference Franconia, NH The Frost Place Advanced Poetry Seminar was held from August 8 to August 13, 2012. The seminar features poetry workshops, craft talks, and a reading. The faculty included Reginald Dwayne... |
Poetry | No | 8/8/12 | 7/15/12 | 7/15/12 |
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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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Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers Conference Tulsa, OK The 2012 Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers was held on October 26 and October 27 at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. The program features workshops in poetry, fiction,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 10/26/12 | 10/26/12 | |
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 |