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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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La Muse Writers' and Artists' Retreat Residency Languedoc, France La Muse Writers’ and Artists’ Retreat offers one-week and three-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in a twelfth-century manor house in the mountains of |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | |||
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Lanesboro Art Center Residency Lanesboro, MN The Lanesboro Art Center offers two- to four-week residencies from November through May to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in Lanesboro, Minnesota, approximately 120 miles southeast of... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 6/30/13 | ||
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Library of Congress National Book Festival Festival Washington, DC The 2012 Library of Congress National Book Festival was held on September 22 and September 23 on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. The program featured readings and presentations by... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 9/22/12 | ||
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Lighthouse Lit Fest Conference Denver, CO The eighth annual Lighthouse Lit Fest will be held from June 7 to June 22 at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver, Colorado. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/7/13 | ||
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Literary Writers Conference–New York City Conference New York, NY The 2012 Literary Writers Conference–New York City was held from November 8 to November 9, 2012, at the New School University. The conference features panels on publishing for poets, fiction... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 11/8/12 | ||
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Los Angeles Times Festival of Books Festival Los Angeles, CA The 2013 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books will be held on April 20 and April 21 on the campus of the University of Southern California. The festival includes readings,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 4/20/13 |