The Time Is Now: Writing Prompts and Exercises
Write a poem that creates unexpected connections, a story from the point of view of someone older than you, or a pair of lyrical essays that explore your personal responses to losses and gains.
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Genre: Translation
Page One: Where New and Noteworthy Books Begin
The first lines of a dozen noteworthy books, including Florida Water by aja monet and I’ll Tell You When I’m Home by Hala Alyan.
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Arteles Creative Center
The Arteles Creative Center’s Silence Awareness Existence Residency Program offers one-month residencies to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators from January to March in the countryside region of Hämeenkyrö, Finland. Each resident is provided with a private bedroom and desk as well as access to shared kitchens, bathrooms, and studio spaces in two residency buildings. Residents also have access to a range of facilities, including a library, a meditation space, a sauna, and common areas. Two cars are available for transportation and exploration.
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RESIDENCY
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Event Date:
January 1, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Arteles Creative Center, Hahmajärventie 26, 38490 Haukijärvi, Finland. Amber Harmon, Residency Coordinator.
Amber Harmon
Residency Coordinator
Contact City:
Hämeenkyrö, Finland
Vashon Artist Residency
The Vashon Artist Residency offers two- and four-week residencies from January to November to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators on Vashon Island, a 20-minute ferry ride from Seattle. Residents are provided with a private room, a bathroom, and a shared kitchen, as well as access to a shared studio. Residents are responsible for travel and meal costs. The cost of the residency is determined on a sliding scale based on financial need; the full price is $1,875 for four weeks and $1,125 for two weeks.
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RESIDENCY
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no
Event Date:
January 1, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Vashon Artist Residency, 23125 Kingsbury Road SW, Vashon, WA 98070. (206) 408-7099. Heather Dwyer, Executive Director.
Heather Dwyer
Executive Director
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Vashon
Contact State:
WA
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
98070
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US
Polly Barton on The Place of Shells
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In this McNally Jackson Books event, Polly Barton reads from her English translation of Mai Ishizawa’s debut novel, The Place of Shells (New Directions, 2025), and talks about her experience researching the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in order to capture the historical, emotional center of Ishizawa’s writing in a conversation with Eliza St. James.
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Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women
The Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women offers one-week residencies three times a year to twelve poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators who identify as women at McGee Island, a 110-acre private island located three miles east of Port Clyde, Maine. Residents are provided with lodging at a turn-of-the-century oceanfront summer cottage in single- or shared-occupancy rooms, three chef-prepared meals a day, transportation to and from the island, and the opportunity to participate in after-dinner readings and critiques as well as kayaking, hiking, and taking a sauna.
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RESIDENCY
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no
Event Date:
September 20, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
yes
Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Financial Aid?:
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
June 16, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women, 11 Willow Street, Hull, MA 02045. Pamela Loring, Cofounder and Program Director.
Pamela Loring
Cofounder and Program Director
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McGee Island
Contact State:
ME
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US
Gell Writing Residency
The Gell Writing Residency, sponsored by Writers & Books, offers one- to three-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Gell: A Finger Lakes Creative Retreat in Naples, New York, situated on 24 acres in the Bristol Mountain foothills. Residents are provided with a renovated cottage with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a modern kitchen, a spacious living and dining area with a writing nook, and an outdoor deck.
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RESIDENCY
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no
Rolling Admissions:
yes
Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Gell Writing Residency, c/o Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607. (585) 473-2590, ext. 104. Chris Fanning, Deputy Director.
Chris Fanning
Deputy Director
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Naples
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NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
14512
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US
Sunlit Residency
Sunlit Residency offers weekly residencies of one to three weeks and monthly residencies of up to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the Sue-Je Lee Gage Residency for Human Rights and Social Justice in Ithaca, New York. The residency offers time and space to write and one-on-one consultations by request. The faculty includes fiction writer Nick Kowalczyk, creative nonfiction writer Hannah Bae, and translator Annette H. Levine.
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RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date:
September 21, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
yes
Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Sunlit Residency, 53 Whitted Road, Ithaca, NY 14850. (607) 229-2683. Annette Levine, Executive Director.
Annette Levine
Executive Director
Contact City:
Ithaca
Contact State:
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
14850
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US
Tulsa Artist Fellowship
The 2026–2028 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, sponsored by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, offers three-year residencies to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Archer Studios in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
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RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date:
September 21, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Free Admission:
yes
Contact Information:
Tulsa Artist Fellowship, 109 M.L.K. Jr Boulevard, Tulsa, OK 74103. (539) 302-4855.
Contact City:
Tulsa
Contact State:
OK
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
74103
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US
Vasto Arts Workshop
The 2025 Vasto Arts Workshop was held from September 6 to September 13 at the liberty-style Villa Monteferrante in the town of Vasto, Italy, which overlooks the Adriatic Sea. Programming included workshops, a guided tour of Vasto’s historic center, and visits to local artists’ studios for poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators. The faculty included poet and fiction writer Carolyn Marie Souaid and fiction writer and creative nonfiction writer Christopher DiRaddo.
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CONFERENCE
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yes
Event Date:
September 21, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
September 21, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Vasto Arts Workshop, Villa Monteferrante, Via Francesco Paolo Tosti 6, 66054 Vasto, Italy. Luigi Monteferrante, Director.
Luigi Monteferrante
Director
Contact City:
Vasto
Country:
IT
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