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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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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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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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Slice Literary Writers Conference Conference Brooklyn, NY The second annual Slice Literary Writers Conference was held on July 20 and July 21, 2012, at St. Francis College in Brooklyn, New York. The conference offers workshops in poetry,... |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 7/20/12 | ||
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Skagit River Poetry Festival Festival La Conner, WA The seventh biennial Skagit River Poetry Festival was held from May 17 to May 20 at various venues in La Conner, Washington. The festival includes workshops in poetry,... |
Poetry | No | 5/17/12 | ||
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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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Sewanee Writers’ Conference Conference Sewanee, TN The 24th annual Sewanee Writers’ Conference will be held from July 23 to August 4 on the campus of Sewanee: The University of the South in... |
Poetry, Fiction | No | 7/23/13 | 4/15/13 | 4/15/13 |