A Summer Retreat for Writers: Finding Inspiration, Contemplation, and Creativity, was held from July 5 to July 9 at the Mariandale Retreat Center in Ossining, located in the lower Hudson Valley region of New York. The retreat featured daily...
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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.
The 41st annual American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Conference was held from October 31 to November 3 at the Indiana Memorial Union at Indiana University in Bloomington. The conference featured panels, workshops,...
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The 2018 Art Workshop International Workshops will be held from July 20 to August 16 at the Giotto Hotel in Assisi, Italy. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as individual consultations with...
read more Application Deadline: June 20, 2018
The 2019 AWP Conference and Book Fair will be held from March 27 to March 30 at the Oregon Convention Center in Portland, Oregon. The conference features more than 550 events, panel discussions, and readings; a book fair; and...
read more Event Date: March 27, 2019
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The 2019 Atlanta Writers Conference, sponsored by the Atlanta Writers Club, will be held from May 3 to May 4 at the Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel. The conference features publishing panels, pitch sessions, manuscript and query letter critiques,...
read more Event Date: May 3, 2019
Application Deadline: April 3, 2019
The 2018 Bear River Writers’ Conference, sponsored by the University of Michigan, was held from May 31 to June 4 at Camp Michigania on Walloon Lake, near Petoskey, Michigan. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative...
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The 2018 Belize Writers’ Conference for fiction and creative nonfiction writers was held from April 23, 2018, to April 28, 2018, at a beachfront eco-lodge in Belize. The conference featured panels, workshops, master classes and critique sessions...
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The 2019 Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference will be held from May 31 to June 6 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for poets and prose writers whose work deals with the environment and...
read more Event Date: May 31, 2019
Application Deadline: February 15, 2019
The 2019 Bread Loaf in Sicily Conference will be held from September 22 to September 28 in the ancient hilltop town of Erice, on the western coast of Sicily. The conference includes workshops in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and...
read more Event Date: September 22, 2019
Application Deadline: April 15, 2019
The 2019 Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference will be held from May 31 to June 6 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for both emerging and established translators, features translation workshops in...
read more Event Date: May 31, 2019
Application Deadline: February 15, 2019
The 2019 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference will be held from August 14 to August 24 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures,...
read more Event Date: August 14, 2019
Application Deadline: February 15, 2019
The Cagibi Fall 2018 Hudson Valley Writing Retreat was held from October 18 to October 21 in Rhinebeck, New York. The retreat featured daily workshops, one-on-one consultations, readings, and time to write for poets, fiction writers, and creative...
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The 2018 Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Spring in New Orleans Retreat was held from April 13 to April 16 in the Algiers Point neighborhood, a short ferry ride from the French Quarter. The retreat featured multi-genre and publishing workshops, craft...
read more Application Deadline: March 20, 2018
The 2018 Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Summer in Granada Writing Retreat was held from August 1 to August 6 at the Hotel Guadalupe in Granada, Spain. The retreat featured workshops, craft seminars, and time to write for poets,...
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The 56th annual Cape Cod Writers Center Conference was held from August 2 to August 5 at the Resort and Conference Center in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The conference featured workshops and craft classes in poetry, fiction, and...
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The 2018 Catamaran Writing Conference was held from August 5 to August 9 at the Robert Louis Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California. The conference featured workshops, craft talks, and daily excursions for poets, fiction writers, and...
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The 2018 Centrum Port Townsend Writers’ Conference will be held from July 15 to July 22 at Fort Worden State Park, a turn-of-the-century army base accessible to saltwater beaches, wooded hills, and the Olympic Mountains in Washington. The...
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The 2019 Chautauqua Writers’ Festival will be held from June 19 to June 22 at the historic Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as...
read more Event Date: June 19, 2019
Application Deadline: May 31, 2019
The eighth annual Chesapeake Writers’ Conference will be held from June 23 to June 29 on the St. Mary’s College campus in St. Mary’s City, Maryland. The conference features lectures, craft talks, readings, and panel discussions, as well as daily...
read more Event Date: June 23, 2019
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The 2018 Chuckanut Writers Conference, cohosted by Whatcom Community College and Village Books, was held on June 22 and June 23 on the campus of Whatcom Community College in the scenic coastal city of Bellingham, Washington. The conference...
read moreThe 2018 Community of Literary Magazines and Presses (CLMP) Literary Writers Conference was held from December 6 to December 7 at the New School in New York City. The conference featured workshops in professional publishing and publicity to poets...
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The Colgate Writers’ Conference will be held from June 16 to June 22 at Colgate University in Hamilton, New York. The conference features workshops, readings, craft talks, and panel discussions for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers....
read more Event Date: June 16, 2019
Application Deadline: March 30, 2019
Financial Aid Deadline: March 30, 2019
The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference will be held from April 5 to April 8 at the Arlington Inn in Arlington, Vermont. The conference features evaluation and discussion of book-length and chapbook-length poetry manuscripts...
read more Event Date: April 5, 2019
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The Community of Writers at Squaw Valley offers workshops in poetry from June 22 to June 29 and in fiction and creative nonfiction from July 8 to July 15 in Squaw Valley, near the north shore of Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains. The...
read more Event Date: June 22, 2019
Application Deadline: March 28, 2019
Financial Aid Deadline: March 28, 2019
The 2018 Creative Nonfiction Writers’ Conference was held from May 24 to May 26 on the campus of Point Park University in downtown Pittsburgh. The conference featured craft talks, publishing discussions, agent consultations, manuscript reviews,...
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