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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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Genre | Free? | Event Date | Application Deadline | Financial Aid Deadline |
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Vermont Studio Center Residency Johnson, VT The Vermont Studio Center offers 2- to 12-week residencies to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in Johnson, a village in the Green Mountains.... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No |
Rolling Admissions |
6/15/13 | |
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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 |
Rolling Admissions |
2/15/13 | |
Vermont College of Fine Arts Postgraduate Writers’ Conference Conference Montpelier, VT The 18th annual Postgraduate Writers’ Conference will be held from August 12 to August 18 on the Vermont College of Fine Arts campus in Montpelier. The conference, designed... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 8/12/13 |
Rolling Admissions |
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Vegas Valley Book Festival Festival Las Vegas, NV The 2012 Vegas Valley Book Festival was held from November 1 to November 3 at various venues in Las Vegas. The festival features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Spoken Word | Yes | 11/1/12 | ||
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Utah Humanities Council Book Festival Festival Salt Lake City, UT The 2012 Utah Humanities Council Book Festival was held on October 20 at the City Library in Salt Lake City. The festival features readings, open mikes, and bookmaking and printmaking... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Spoken Word | Yes | 10/20/12 | ||
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University of North Dakota Writers Conference Festival Grand Forks, ND The 44th annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference will be held from March 19 to March 23 in Grand Forks. This year’s theme is “A Portrait of the Artist.”... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 3/19/13 |