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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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Alabama Book Festival Festival Montgomery, AL The 2013 Alabama Book Festival will be held on April 20 in Montgomery at Old Alabama Town. The festival features discussions, readings, a letterpress demonstration, book signings, and a book... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 4/20/13 | ||
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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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Vegas Valley Book Festival Festival Las Vegas, NV The 2012 Vegas Valley Book Festival was held from November 1 to November 3 at various venues in Las Vegas. The festival features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Spoken Word | Yes | 11/1/12 | ||
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South Dakota Festival of Books Festival Sioux Falls, SD The 2012 South Dakota Festival of Books was held from October 28 to October 30 in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. The festival features lectures, panels, readings, and an... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 10/28/12 | ||
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Utah Humanities Council Book Festival Festival Salt Lake City, UT The 2012 Utah Humanities Council Book Festival was held on October 20 at the City Library in Salt Lake City. The festival features readings, open mikes, and bookmaking and printmaking... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Spoken Word | Yes | 10/20/12 | ||
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Ucross Foundation Residency Program Residency Ucross, WY The Ucross Foundation offers two- to eight-week residencies from August through December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 20,000-acre ranch in Ucross, Wyoming, located 27 miles... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 3/1/13 |