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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aspen Summer Words Festival Aspen, CO The 37th annual Aspen Summer Words Writing Retreat and Literary Festival will be held from June 16 to June 21 in Aspen, Colorado. The retreat offers workshops in poetry, fiction,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/16/13 | 3/31/13 | |
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 | ||
Atlantic Center for the Arts Residency Program Residency New Smyrna Beach, FL The Atlantic Center for the Arts offers residencies three times a year to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 69-acre ecological preserve of pine forests... |
Poetry, Creative Nonfiction | No | 10/14/13 | 5/19/13 | 5/19/13 |
Attic Institute Creative Renewal Weekend Conference Dufur, OR The third annual Attic Institute Creative Renewal Weekend will be held from March 15 to March 17 at the Balch Hotel in Dufur, Oregon. The program features craft talks with... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 3/15/13 | ||
Austin International Poetry Festival Festival Austin, TX The 21th annual Austin International Poetry Festival will be held from April 18 to April 21, 2013. The festival features readings, workshops, open mikes, poetry slams, and a poetry symposium... |
Poetry | Yes | 4/18/13 | ||
Baltic Writing Residency in Latvia Residency Riga, Latvia The Baltic Writing Residency in Latvia offers a monthlong, summer residency to a poet or fiction writer at the Hotel Bergs in Riga, Latvia. The resident... |
Poetry, Fiction | Yes | 12/15/12 |