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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? |
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Application Deadline | Financial Aid Deadline |
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Poets House Emerging Writers Residency Program Conference New York, NY Poets House offers 10 residencies from March 2013 through May 2013 to writers living in New York City. Residencies include weekly workshops, mentoring sessions, and free access to guest speaker... |
Poetry | No | 12/1/12 | ||
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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 |
Rolling Admissions |
2/15/13 | |
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House of Two Urns Chicago Winter Writer's Residency Residency Chicago, IL The House of Two Urns Bed and Breakfast offers weeklong residencies from January 9 to January 15 and January 30 to February 5 to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 12/10/11 | 12/10/11 | |
James Merrill Writer-in-Residence Program Conference Stonington, CT The James Merrill Writer-in-Residence Program offers one eighteen-week residency and three residencies of two to six weeks to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the former home of... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 1/15/12 | ||
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I-Park Residency Program Residency East Haddam, CT I-Park offers residencies of four weeks to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from May to mid-November on 450 acres of woodlands and wetlands in East Haddam, Connecticut. Residents... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 2/18/13 | ||
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Soaring Gardens Artists' Retreat Residency Laceyville, PA The Soaring Gardens Artists’ Retreat offers residencies of two to eight weeks from May 15 to September 30 to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The retreat, sponsored... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 3/10/12 |