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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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Iowa Summer Writing Festival Conference Iowa City, IA The 27th annual Iowa Summer Writing Festival will be held during June and July on the University of Iowa campus in Iowa City. The festival, open to writers... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | |||
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Jackson Hole Writers Conference Conference Jackson Hole, WY The 2013 Jackson Hole Writers Conference will be held from June 27 to June 29 in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/27/13 | 5/23/13 | |
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Maine Festival of the Book Conference Portland, ME The sixth annual Maine Festival of the Book was held from March 29 to April 1 on the campus of the University of Southern Maine. The festival features readings, panel... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 3/29/12 | ||
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Manhattanville College Summer Writers' Week Conference Purchase, NY The 30th annual Manhattanville College Summer Writers’ Week will be held from June 24 to June 28 at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, 30 miles north of... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/24/13 | 5/31/13 | |
Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference Conference Dallas/Fort Worth, TX The 2013 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference will be held from July 19 to July 21 at the Hilton Dallas/Fort Worth Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas. The... |
Creative Nonfiction | No | 7/19/13 | ||
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Studios of Key West Conference Key West, FL The Studios of Key West offers workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction on the Old Town campus at the historic Armory in Key West, Florida. Unhinge, Resist, Transform: Poetry... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/27/12 |