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.
Application Deadline: June 21, 2018
The Algonkian Park Writer Retreat was held from March 7 to March 11 at Algonkian Regional Park in Sterling, Virginia, approximately 30 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The retreat featured faculty consultations and time to write for fiction...
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The Algonkian Writer Conference–New York City Pitch for fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers was held from March 22 to March 25 at the Ripley-Grier Studios in New York City. The conference featured workshops on writing and selling...
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The third annual All Write Now! Writers’ Conference was held on July 15 at the Southeast Missouri State University Campus in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Sponsored by the Heartland Writers Guild and the Southeast Missouri Writers’ Guild, the...
read moreThe 41st annual American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Conference will be held from October 31 to November 3 at the Indiana Memorial Union at Indiana University in Bloomington. The conference features panels, workshops...
read more Event Date: October 31, 2018
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 50th annual AWP Conference and Book Fair was held from March 7 to March 10 at the Tampa Convention Center and the Marriott Tampa Waterside in Tampa. The conference featured 550 panel discussions and readings, a book fair,...
read moreThe Atlanta Writers Conference for fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and graphic novelists will be held from November 2 to November 3 at the Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel in Atlanta. The conference features publishing panels, pitch sessions,...
read more Event Date: November 2, 2018
Application Deadline: November 1, 2018
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 2018 Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference was held from June 1 to June 7 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for poets and prose writers whose work deals with the environment and the...
read moreThe 2018 Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference was held from June 1 to June 7 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for both emerging and established translators, included translation workshops in...
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The 2018 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference was held from August 15 to August 25 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference included workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures, craft...
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The Breathe Free Press Essayist Retreat was held from June 3 to June 13 at an oceanfront hotel in Sperlonga, Italy, on the Lazio Coast between Rome and Naples. The retreat offered eight nonfiction writers time to complete, develop, or begin a new...
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The Cagibi Fall 2018 Hudson Valley Writing Retreat will be held from October 18 to October 21 in Rhinebeck, New York. The retreat features daily workshops, one-on-one consultations, readings, and time to write for poets, fiction writers, and...
read more Event Date: October 18, 2018
Application Deadline: June 30, 2018
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 2018 Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Summer in Paris Writing Retreat will be held from July 25 to July 30 in the heart of the Montparnasse neighborhood in Paris, France. The retreat features workshops, craft seminars, literary...
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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 15th annual Chautauqua Writers’ Festival was held from June 20 to June 23 at the historic Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well...
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The 7th annual Chesapeake Writers’ Conference was held from June 24 to June 30 on the St. Mary’s College campus in St. Mary’s City, Maryland. The conference featured lectures, craft talks, readings, and panel discussions, as well as daily...
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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...
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