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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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Genre | Free? | Event Date | Application Deadline | Financial Aid Deadline |
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Whidbey Writers Workshop Alumni Association Emerging Writers Getaway Residency Asheville, NC A seven-day retreat at a cabin in the Smoky Mountains of North Carolina, approximately 70 miles southwest of Asheville, is given annually to a fiction writer who has... |
Fiction | Yes | 5/24/13 | ||
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West Virginia Book Festival Festival Charleston, WV The 2012 West Virginia Book Festival was held from October 13 to October 14 at the Charleston Civic Center in downtown Charleston. The festival features readings, author signings, and a... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 10/13/12 | ||
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Wesleyan Writers Conference Conference Middletown, CT The 57th annual Wesleyan Writers Conference will be held from June 12 to June 16 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The conference offers seminars and workshops in poetry, fiction,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/12/13 | 3/22/13 | |
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Wellspring House Residency Ashfield, MA Wellspring House offers residencies of one week to one month, with longer stays available, year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a renovated carriage house... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No |
Rolling Admissions |
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Washington University in St. Louis Summer Writers Institute Conference St. Louis, MO The 2012 Washington University in St. Louis Summer Writers Seminar was held from July 13 to July 21 on the university's campus in St. Louis. The conference featured lectures and... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 7/13/12 | ||
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Voices Summer Writing Workshops Conference Houston, TX The 2013 Voices Summer Writing Workshops for writers of color, presented by the Voices of Our Nations Arts Foundation, will be held from June 23 to June 29 on the... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/23/13 | 4/8/13 |