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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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Rally of Writers Conference Conference Lansing, MI The Rally of Writers Conference will be held on April 13 on the campus of Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. The conference features lectures and discussions on poetry, fiction,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 4/13/13 | ||
Mariposa Poetry Retreat Conference Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, The 2012 Mariposa Poetry Retreat was held from October 6 to October 8 at the Capital Retreat Center, located on 260 acres in the Catoctin Mountains of Waynesboro, Pennsylvania, approximately... |
Poetry | No | 10/6/12 | 8/31/12 | |
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North Carolina Writers' Network Squire Summer Writing Residency Conference Charlotte, NC The 2013 North Carolina Writers' Network Squire Summer Writing Residency will be held from July 11 to July 14 at Queens University in Charlotte, North Carolina. The conference features workshops... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 7/11/13 | 6/28/13 | |
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Hedgebrook Master Class Retreats Conference Whidbey Island, WA Hedgebrook offers the Women Writers Master Class Retreat Series of weeklong sessions limited to six participants each, on Whidbey Island, about 35 miles northwest of Seattle. The programs features workshops... |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 11/2/13 |
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Nature of Words Literary Festival Festival Bend, OR The eighth annual Nature of Words Literary Festival was held from November 7 to November 11, 2012, in various locations throughout Bend, Oregon. The program features workshops in poetry, fiction,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 11/7/12 | ||
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Wordstock Festival Portland, OR The eighth annual Wordstock festival was held on October 13 and October 14, 2012, at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland. The festival features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 10/13/12 |
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