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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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I-Park Residency Program Residency East Haddam, CT I-Park offers residencies of four weeks to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from May to mid-November on 450 acres of woodlands and wetlands in East Haddam, Connecticut. Residents... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 2/18/13 | ||
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Healing Art of Writing Conference Conference San Rafael, CA The seventh annual Healing Art of Writing Conference was held from July 8 to July 14, 2012, at the Dominican University of California in San Rafael. The conference offers... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 7/8/12 | 5/15/12 | |
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Poets on the Coast Conference Newport, OR The third annual Poets on the Coast weekend writing retreat for women will be held from September 6 to September 8 at the Sylvia Beach Hotel, located in... |
Poetry | No | 9/6/13 |
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Soaring Gardens Artists' Retreat Residency Laceyville, PA The Soaring Gardens Artists’ Retreat offers residencies of two to eight weeks from May 15 to September 30 to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The retreat, sponsored... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 3/10/12 | ||
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Starry Night Retreat Residency Truth or Consequences, NM Starry Night Retreat offers residencies of two weeks to twelve months year-round to emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Hot Springs Historic District of Truth or... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No |
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Attic Institute Creative Renewal Weekend Conference Dufur, OR The third annual Attic Institute Creative Renewal Weekend will be held from March 15 to March 17 at the Balch Hotel in Dufur, Oregon. The program features craft talks with... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 3/15/13 |