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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.
| Event | Genre | Free? | Event Date | Application Deadline |
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Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency Montauk, NY The Edward F. Albee Foundation provides four- and six-week residencies from mid-May to mid-October to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 3/1/13 | ||
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International Women’s Writing Guild Spring Big Apple Conference Conference New York, NY The Spring Big Apple conference, sponsored by the International Women’s Writing Guild (IWWG), will be held from April 13 to April 14 at the Scandinavia House in New York City.... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 4/13/13 | ||
Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts Residency Nebraska City, NE The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts offers two- to eight-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Missouri River town of Nebraska... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 3/1/13 | ||
Kundiman Asian American Poetry Retreat Conference Bronx, NY The Kundiman Asian American Poetry Retreat will be held from June 19 to June 23 at Fordham University’s Rose Hill campus in the Bronx in New York City. The retreat... |
Poetry | No | 6/19/13 | 2/1/13 | |
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National Black Writers Conference Conference Brooklyn, NY The 2013 National Black Writers Conference Biennial Symposium will be held on March 30 at Medgar Evers College in New York City. The daylong event features readings, panels,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 3/30/13 | ||
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San Miguel Writers’ Conference Conference San Miguel de Allende, Mexico The 2013 San Miguel Writers’ Conference and Literary Festival will be held from February 13 to February 17 in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico. The bilingual (English and Spanish) conference... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 2/13/13 |