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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 |
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San Miguel Poetry Week Conference San Miguel de Allende, Mexico The San Miguel Poetry Week will be held from January 1 to January 6, 2013, at the Hotel Posada de Las Monjasin in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The program... |
Poetry | No | 1/1/13 | 11/15/11 | 12/1/12 |
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MacDowell Colony Residency Peterborough, NH The MacDowell Colony offers residencies of up to two months from June through September to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 450-acre estate near Mt. Monadnock in... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 1/15/13 | 1/15/13 | |
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Ragdale Residency Lake Forest, IL The Ragdale Foundation offers residencies of two to six weeks from June through September to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on 50 acres of prairie in Lake Forest,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 1/15/13 | 1/15/13 | |
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Disquiet: The International Literary Program Conference Lisbon, Portugal The third annual Disquiet: The International Literary Program, sponsored by Dzanc Books, will be held from June 30 through July 12 in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference offers workshops in poetry,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/30/13 |
Rolling Admissions |
1/31/13 |
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A Room of Her Own Retreat for Women Writers Conference Abiquiu, NM The A Room of Her Own Retreat for Women Writers will be held from August 12 to August 18 at the Ghost Ranch Education and Retreat Center in Abiquiu, New... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 8/12/13 |
Rolling Admissions |
2/1/13 |
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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 |