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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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Sirenland Writers Conference Conference Positano, Italy The Sirenland Writers Conference will be held from March 17 to March 23 at the Le Sirenuse Hotel in Positano, Italy, located 35 miles south of Naples on... |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 3/17/13 | 10/31/13 | |
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Summer Literary Seminars–Kenya Conference Nairobi, Kenya The 2012 Summer Literary Seminars–Kenya will be held from December 8 to December 22 in Nairobi and on Lamu Island. The conference includes readings, lectures, roundtable... |
Poetry, Fiction | No | 12/8/12 | 11/15/12 | |
Texas Book Festival Festival Austin, TX The 2012 Texas Book Festival was held from October 27 to October 28 on the State Capitol grounds in Austin. The festival features panels, book signings, discussions, and a book... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 10/27/12 | ||
Write on the Sound Conference Edmonds, WA The 27th annual Write on the Sound Writers’ Conference was held from October 5 to October 7, 2012, in Edmonds, Washington. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 10/5/12 |
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Jentel Artist Residency Program Residency Banner, WY Jentel Artist Residency Program offers four-week residencies from mid-January to mid-May to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a cattle ranch in the Lower Piney Creek Valley,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 9/15/13 | ||
North Cascades Institute Conference Sedro-Woolley, WA The North Cascades Institute offers workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction throughout the year at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center in Washington’s North Cascades National Park.... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 10/12/12 |