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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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Savannah Book Festival Conference Savannah, GA The sixth annual Savannah Book Festival will be held from February 14 to February 17 in and around Telfair Square in Savannah. The festival features readings, presentations, and a book... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 2/14/13 | ||
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Wisconsin Book Festival Festival Madison, WI The 11th annual Wisconsin Book Festival was held from November 7 to November 11, 2012, at various venues in downtown Madison. The festival features readings; panels; open mikes; conversations with... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Spoken Word | Yes | 11/7/12 | ||
Collaborative Retreat at the Cabin at Shotpouch Creek Residency Corvallis, OR The Cabin at Shotpouch Creek offers two-week residencies to pairs of poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from August 10 to August 23 and August 25 to September 7... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 5/15/13 | ||
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Imagination Writers Workshop and Conference Conference Cleveland, OH The Imagination Writers Workshop and Conference was held from June 26 to June 30 at Cleveland State University. The conference offers workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/26/12 | 6/1/12 | |
Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference Conference Homer, AK The 2013 Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference will be held from June 14 to June 18 at the Land's End Resort in Homer, Alaska. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/14/13 | ||
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Writers in the Heartland Residency Gilman, IL Writers in the Heartland offers weeklong residencies from August 30 to September 7 and September 27 to October 5 on a 32-acre wooded site in Gilman, Illinois, approximately 50 miles... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 4/30/13 |