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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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Hedgebrook Master Class Retreats Conference Whidbey Island, WA Hedgebrook offers the Women Writers Master Class Retreat Series of weeklong sessions limited to six participants each. The programs include workshops, one-on-one meetings with master instructors, and time to write.... |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 10/19/12 |
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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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Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers Conference Tulsa, OK The 2012 Nimrod Conference for Readers and Writers was held on October 26 and October 27 at the University of Tulsa in Oklahoma. The program features workshops in poetry, fiction,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 10/26/12 | 10/26/12 | |
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Power of Words Conference Conference Plainfield, VT The 2012 Power of Words Conference was held from October 26 to October 29 at Pendle Hill, a Quaker study center in Wallingford, Pennsylvania, outside Philadelphia. The biennial conference features... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 10/26/12 | ||
Boston Book Festival Festival Cambridge, MA The 2012 Boston Book Festival was held on October 26 and October 27 at various venues in Boston. The festival features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 10/26/12 | ||
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Louisiana Book Festival Festival Baton Rouge, LA The ninth annual Louisiana Book Festival was held on October 27, 2012, at the State Library of Louisiana, the State Museum, and the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. The... |
Fiction | Yes | 10/27/12 |