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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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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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Writers’ League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference Conference Austin, TX The 2013 Writers’ League of Texas Agents & Editors Conference will be held from June 21 to June 23 at the Hyatt Regency Hotel in Austin, Texas. The... |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/21/13 | 6/10/13 | |
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference Conference Boston, MA AWP’s annual conference will be held from March 6 to March 9, 2013, at the Sheraton Boston Hotel & Hynes Convention Center in Boston. The conference offers panel discussions, readings,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 3/6/13 | ||
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Arkansas Literary Festival Festival Little Rock, AR The 10th annual Arkansas Literary Festival will be held from April 18 to April 21 at the Central Arkansas Library System’s Main Library and other venues in Little Rock and... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 4/18/13 | ||
Kenyon Review Writers Workshop Residency Gambier, OH The 2013 Kenyon Review Writers Workshop will be held from June 15 to June 22 at Kenyon College in Gambier, Ohio. The program includes workshops (limited to 10 participants... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/15/13 |
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Norman Mailer Writers Colony Residency Provincetown, MA The Norman Mailer Center and Writers Colony in Provincetown, Massachusetts, offers monthlong residencies from May 26 to June 23 for fiction writers, June 21 to July 21 for... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 3/16/13 |