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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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Prairie Center of the Arts Residency Peoria, IL Prairie Center of the Arts offers residencies from July through September to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in Peoria, Illinois, in the Illinois River Valley. Residents are... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 4/15/13 | ||
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Prague Writers' Festival Festival Prague, Czech Republic The Prague Writers' Festival will be held from April 13 to April 18 at various venues in Prague, Czech Republic. The 2012 program included readings and conversations featuring poet John... |
Poetry, Fiction | No | 4/13/13 | ||
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Prague Summer Program Conference Prague, Czech Republic The 2013 Prague Summer Program will be held from June 30 to July 27 at Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic. The conferences offers two- and four-week workshops in poetry,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/30/13 | 5/1/13 | 2/15/13 |
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Power of Words Conference Conference Plainfield, VT The 2012 Power of Words Conference was held from October 26 to October 29 at Pendle Hill, a Quaker study center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. The biennial conference features... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 10/26/12 | ||
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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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Poets House Emerging Writers Residency Program Conference New York, NY Poets House offers 10 residencies from March 2013 through May 2013 to writers living in New York City. Residencies include weekly workshops, mentoring sessions, and free access to guest speaker... |
Poetry | No | 12/1/12 |