The 2025 DISQUIET International Literary Program, sponsored by Dzanc Books and Centro Nacional de Cultura, was held from June 22 to July 4 at the Centro Nacional de Cultura in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction...
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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 2025 Elk River Writers Workshop was held from August 10 to August 15 at Chico Hot Springs, a historic retreat in Pray, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park. The program featured workshops, craft talks, outings, lectures, panel discussions...
read moreThe Fine Arts Work Center’s 2025 weeklong summer workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction were held at the center from June 15 to August 16 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The faculty included poets Cameron Awkward-Rich, Samiya...
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The tenth annual Frost Farm Poetry Conference was held from August 15 to August 17 at the Robert Frost Farm in Derry, New Hampshire. The conference featured workshops, readings, and one-on-one consultations for poets. The faculty included poets...
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The 23rd annual Green Mountain Writers Conference was held from August 2 to August 6 at the historic Brandon Inn in Brandon, Vermont, a walkable Vermont village. The program featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well...
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The 2022 GrubStreet Muse & the Marketplace conference was held virtually with optional in-person events in and around GrubStreet’s Center for Creative Writing in Boston’s Seaport district, as public health guidelines allowed, from April 27 to...
read moreThe 16th annual Hampton Roads Writers Conference was held from November 7 to November 9 at the Holiday Inn Virginia Beach Norfolk Hotel and Conference Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The conference featured agent pitch sessions, critique...
read moreThe 2022 HippoCamp conference was held from August 12 to August 14 at the Downtown Lancaster Marriott in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The conference featured craft talks, publishing and marketing sessions, panel discussions, a story slam, and...
read moreThe biennial Historical Novel Society (HNS) North America Conference was held from June 26 to June 28 at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, as well as online. The conference featured presentations, panels, pitch sessions with agents and editors, an...
read moreThe 2025 Indiana University Writers’ Conference was held from June 5 to June 8 at University of Indiana in Bloomington. The conference featured workshops, craft classes, panel discussions, and readings for poets, fiction writers, and creative...
read moreThe eleventh annual Inkubator Writing Conference, sponsored by Literary Cleveland, was held from September 11 to September 13 at the Cleveland Public Library in downtown Cleveland. The conference featured workshops, craft talks, panel discussions...
read moreThe tenth annual Iota Short Forms Conference was held from October 16 to October 19 at the Cobscook Institute in Trescott, Maine, and its surrounding fifty acres of forest and former farmland. The conference featured writing classes, readings,...
read moreThe 2025 Jackson Hole Writers Conference was held from October 23 to October 25 at the Jackson Hole Center for the Arts in Jackson, Wyoming. The conference featured craft and publishing classes, lectures, panels, readings, and manuscript...
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The 23rd annual James River Writers Conference was held online and in person from October 3 to October 5 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond. The conference started with online master classes on October 3; the following two days...
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The Juniper Summer Writing Institute will be held from June 21 to June 27 at the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst. The program features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as craft seminars, manuscript...
read more Event Date: June 21, 2026
Application Deadline: February 5, 2026
The 2026 Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference will be held from May 16 to May 19 at the Kenai Peninsula College campus in Homer, Alaska, with views of the snowcapped mountain ranges across Kachemak Bay. The conference features craft classes as well...
read more Event Date: May 16, 2026
Application Deadline: January 31, 2026
Financial Aid Deadline: February 28, 2026
The 2025 Kauai Writers Conference was held from November 10 to November 16 at the Royal Sonesta Resort on Kalapaki Beach in Kauai, Hawai‘i. The event featured a three-day conference, master classes, one-on-one agent sessions,...
read moreThe 2025 Las Vegas Writers Conference, sponsored by the literary nonprofit Henderson Writers Group (HWG), was held from April 3 to April 5 at the Orleans Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas. Programming included presentations on craft, marketing, and...
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The spring 2023 Lit Camp was held from June 4 to June 9 at the Bell Valley Retreat Center in Mendocino County, California. The conference included craft talks and writing time for fiction and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty included...
read moreThe 2020 Literary Writers Conference was held online from December 2 to December 4. The conference, which was hosted by the Community of Literary Magazines and Presses, featured agent pitch sessions, pitch clinics, a query letter clinic, and...
read moreThe 14th annual LiTFUSE Poets’ Workshop was held from September 24 to September 26 at the Mighty Tieton Warehouse and nearby venues in Tieton, Washington. The workshop featured readings, performances, and master classes for poets. The faculty...
read moreThe 17th annual LiTFUSE UNiTE Poetry Workshop was held from September 22 to September 24 at the Mighty Tieton Warehouse and nearby venues in Tieton, Washington. The workshop featured readings, performances, craft talks, and master classes for...
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The 2026 Longleaf Writers Conference will be held from May 9 to May 16 at the Seaside Academic Village in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. The conference features workshops, craft seminars, sunset receptions, bonfire readings, and one-on-one...
read more Event Date: May 9, 2026
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The 2026 Macondo Writers Workshop will be held from July 20 to July 26 at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. The program features multigenre writing workshops, seminars, and free public readings for poets, fiction writers, and creative...
read more Event Date: July 20, 2026
Application Deadline: February 22, 2026
Financial Aid Deadline: February 22, 2026
The 2021 Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Writers’ Conference was held from June 6 to June 12 and from June 13 to June 19 at the Vineyard Arts Project (VAP) campus in downtown Edgartown on the island of Martha’s Vineyard,...
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