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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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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 | ||
Constance Saltonstall Arts Colony Residency Ithaca, NY The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts awards monthlong, summer residencies at the Constance Saltonstall Arts Colony in a rural setting five miles from Ithaca, New York, to poets... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 1/1/13 | ||
Crossroads Writers Conference and Literary Festival Conference Macon, GA The 2012 Crossroads Writers Conference and Literary Festival was held from October 5 to October 7, 2012, at the Marriott City Center in Macon, Georgia. The conference features talks, panels,... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Spoken Word | No | 10/5/12 | ||
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Dallas Fort-Worth Writers’ Conference Conference Dallas, TX The Dallas Fort-Worth Writers’ Workshop will host its sixth annual writers’ conference from May 4 to May 5 at the Hurst Convention Center in Hurst, Texas. The conference features workshops... |
Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 5/4/13 |
Rolling Admissions |
4/4/13 |
Denali National Park Artist-in-Residence Program Residency Denali National Park, AK Denali National Park and Preserve offers ten-day residencies from June through mid-September to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in a rustic cabin 43 miles into the park. Residents... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | Yes | 9/30/12 | ||
Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference Conference Tempe, AZ The 2013 Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference will be held from February 22 to February 24 on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe. The conference features workshops in... |
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction | No | 2/22/13 | 2/17/13 |