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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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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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Crossroads Writers Conference and Literary Festival Conference Macon, GA The 2012 Crossroads Writers Conference and Literary Festival was held from October 5 to October 7, 2012, at the Marriott City Center in Macon, Georgia. The conference features talks, panels,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Spoken Word | No | 10/5/12 | ||
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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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Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference Conference Greenfield, MA The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference will be held from April 26 to April 29 in Wilmington, Vermont and May 31 to June 3 in Ashland, Oregon. The conference features evaluation and discussion of book-length... |
Poetry | No | 4/26/13 |
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Vermont Studio Center Residency Johnson, VT The Vermont Studio Center offers two- to twelve-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in Johnson, a... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No |
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2/15/13 |