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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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Writers & Books Gell Center Residency Rochester, NY Writers & Books’ Gell Center offers residencies of up to ten days, year-round to poets, fiction, and creative nonfiction writers at the Gell House, a furnished hillside house surrounded... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No |
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Dallas Fort-Worth Writers’ Conference Conference Dallas, TX The Dallas Fort-Worth Writers’ Workshop will host its sixth annual writers’ conference from May 4 to May 5 at the Hurst Convention Center in Hurst, Texas. The conference features workshops... |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 5/4/13 |
Rolling Admissions |
4/4/13 |
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Interlochen Writer’s Retreat Conference Interlochen, MI The 2013 Interlochen Writer’s Retreat will be held from June 17 to June 20 on the campus of Interlochen Center for the Arts in Interlochen, Michigan, 15 miles southwest of... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/17/13 |
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Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency Residency Edgartown, MA The Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency offers residencies of two to six weeks twice yearly to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from April 1 to May 15 and... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | |||
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Maine Festival of the Book Conference Portland, ME The sixth annual Maine Festival of the Book was held from March 29 to April 1 on the campus of the University of Southern Maine. The festival features readings, panel... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 3/29/12 | ||
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Skagit River Poetry Festival Festival La Conner, WA The seventh biennial Skagit River Poetry Festival was held from May 17 to May 20 at various venues in La Conner, Washington. The festival includes workshops in poetry,... |
Poetry | No | 5/17/12 |