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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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New York Mills Regional Cultural Center Residency New York Mills, MN The New York Mills Regional Cultural Center Arts Retreat provides residencies of two to six weeks to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in New York Mills,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 10/1/12 | ||
ART342 Residency Fort Collins, CO ART342 offers 14-week residencies from mid-January to mid-April to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers alongside the foothills of the Rocky Mountains in Fort Collins, Colorado, approximately 60 miles... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 10/1/12 | ||
Writers Omi International Residency at Ledig House Residency Omi, NY Residencies of two weeks to two months are offered from March through June and September through November at Ledig House, a writers colony situated on 300 acres in the Hudson... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 10/20/12 | ||
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North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference Conference Cary, NC The 2012 North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference was held from November 2 to November 4 at the Embassy Suites in Cary, North Carolina. The conference offers workshops and master... |
Poetry, Fiction | No | 11/2/12 | 10/26/12 | |
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Palm Beach Poetry Festival Conference Delray Beach, FL The ninth annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival will be held from January 21 to January 26, 2013, at the Old School Square Cultural Arts Center in Delray Beach, Florida. The... |
Poetry | No | 1/21/13 | 11/9/12 | |
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Summer Literary Seminars–Kenya Conference Nairobi, Kenya The 2012 Summer Literary Seminars–Kenya will be held from December 8 to December 22 in Nairobi and on Lamu Island. The conference includes readings, lectures, roundtable... |
Poetry, Fiction | No | 12/8/12 | 11/15/12 |