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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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Anam Cara Writer's and Artist's Retreat Residency West Cork, Ireland The Anam Cara Writer’s and Artist’s Retreat offers one-week to one-month residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and other artists in West Cork, Ireland, overlooking... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 7/20/13 |
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6/16/13 |
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Beall Poetry Festival Festival Waco, TX The 19th annual Beall Poetry Festival was held from April 3 to April 6 at Baylor University in Waco, Texas. The festival features readings, panel discussions, and the Virginia... |
Poetry | Yes | 4/3/13 | ||
Centrum Port Townsend Writers’ Conference Conference Port Townsend, WA Centrum Port Townsend Writers’ Conference will be held from July 7 to July 21 at Fort Worden State Park, a turn-of-the-century army base accessible to saltwater beaches, wooded... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 7/7/13 |
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Conference on Southern Literature Conference Chattanooga, TN The 17th biennial Conference on Southern Literature, presented by the Arts and Education Council, will be held from April 18 to April 20, 2013, in Chattanooga, Tennessee. The conference offers... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 4/18/13 | ||
Field's End Spring Writers' Seminar Conference Poulsbo, WA The Field’s End Spring Writers’ Seminar will be held on April 27 at the IslandWood center on Bainbridge Island, Washington. The conference offers workshops in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 4/27/13 |
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Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop Program Conference Provincetown, MA The Fine Arts Work Center’s annual summer workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction will be held from June 16 to August 23 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The faculty includes poets... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 6/16/13 | 4/20/13 |