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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.
| Event | Genre | Free? |
Event Date |
Application Deadline | Financial Aid Deadline |
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Massachusetts Poetry Festival Festival Salem, MA The Massachusetts Poetry Festival will be held from May 3 to May 5 in Salem. The festival offers workshops, panels, readings, letterpress and screenprinting demonstrations, and a book fair featuring... |
Poetry | No | 5/3/13 | ||
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Ontario Writers' Conference Conference Ontario, Canada The 2013 Ontario Writers’ Conference will be held on May 4 in Ajax, Ontario, approximately 25 miles northeast of Toronto. The program features readings, talks, master classes, book... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 5/4/13 | 3/31/13 | |
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Dallas Fort-Worth Writers’ Conference Conference Dallas, TX The Dallas Fort-Worth Writers’ Workshop will host its sixth annual writers’ conference from May 4 to May 5 at the Hurst Convention Center in Hurst, Texas. The conference features workshops... |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 5/4/13 |
Rolling Admissions |
4/4/13 |
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Ohioana Book Festival Festival Columbus, OH The Ohioana Book Festival will be held on May 11 at the Ohioana Library and State Library of Ohio in Columbus's Italian Village. The program features readings, panels, a book... |
Poetry, Fiction | Yes | 5/11/13 | ||
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Virginia Center for the Creative Arts–France Conference Auvillar, France The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts offers workshops at Le Moulin à Nef, its studio center in Auvillar, France. The poetry workshop O Taste and See: Writing the Senses... |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 5/13/13 |
Rolling Admissions |
2/16/13 |
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Blue Ridge Bookfest Festival Flat Rock, NC The 2013 Blue Ridge Bookfest will be held from May 17 to May 18 on the Blue Ridge Community College campus in Flat Rock, North Carolina. The festival features readings... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 5/17/13 |