The Baltic Writing Residency in Sweden offers a monthlong summer residency to a poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer at a furnished cottage in Stockholm, Sweden. The resident is provided with private lodging and a...
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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 BAU Institute offers residencies from July 23 to August 20 to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, located on the Mediterranean Sea approximately 30 minutes from...
read more Application Deadline: February 4, 2018
The 2018 Beall Poetry Festival was held from March 21 to March 23 at Baylor University in...
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The 2018 Bear River Writers’ Conference, sponsored by the University of Michigan, will be held from May 31 to June 4 at Camp Michigania on Walloon Lake, near Petoskey, Michigan. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative...
read more Event Date: May 31, 2018
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...
read moreThe ninth annual Bookstock Literary Festival, sponsored by Sustainable Woodstock, was held from July 28 to July 30 in Woodstock, Vermont. The festival featured workshops, readings, discussions, and a book fair for poets, fiction...
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The 2018 Boston Book Festival will be held on October 13 at various venues in Boston. The festival features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as readings and panels. Most events are free and open to the public. Visit...
read more Event Date: October 13, 2018
The 16th annual Brattleboro Literary Festival was held from October 12 to October 15 at various venues in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont. The festival featured readings, panels, and special events. Participants included poets...
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The 2018 Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference will be 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...
read more Event Date: June 1, 2018
Application Deadline: February 15, 2018
The 2018 Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference will be held from June 1 to June 7 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for both emerging and established translators, includes translation workshops in...
read more Event Date: June 1, 2018
Application Deadline: February 15, 2018
The 2018 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference will be held from August 15 to August 25 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference includes workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures,...
read more Event Date: August 15, 2018
Application Deadline: February 15, 2018
The Breathe Free Press Essayist Retreat will be held from June 3 to June 13 at an oceanfront hotel in Sperlonga, Italy, on the Lazio Coast between Rome and Naples. The retreat offers eight nonfiction writers time to complete, develop, or begin a...
read more Event Date: June 3, 2018
Application Deadline: February 28, 2018
The 11th annual Brooklyn Book Festival was held on September 18 at Brooklyn Borough Hall and Plaza in New York City. The festival featured readings, panels, and a book fair. Participants included poets Tina Chang, Yusef...
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The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston offers residencies of one to three months from July 1 to November 30 to midcareer poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France. Residents are provided with...
read more Application Deadline: February 15, 2018
Buinho Creative Hub offers residencies of two weeks to three months year-round to six poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the historic town of Messejana, Portugal. Residents are provided with private lodging and shared work...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
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
Caldera offers monthlong residencies from January to March to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Caldera Arts Center, located on 120 acres in the Central Cascades, 17 miles west of Sisters, Oregon. Caldera provides...
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Camac: The Centre d'Art Marnay Art Cenre offers residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
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 will be held from August 1 to August 6 at the Hotel Guadalupe in Granada, Spain. The retreat features workshops, craft seminars, and time to write for poets...
read more Event Date: August 1, 2018
Application Deadline: May 1, 2018
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...
read more Application Deadline: April 30, 2018
The 56th annual Cape Cod Writers Center Conference will be held from August 2 to August 5 at the Resort and Conference Center in Hyannis, Massachusetts. The conference features workshops and craft classes in poetry, fiction, and...
read more Event Date: August 2, 2018
The 2018 Catamaran Writing Conference will be held from August 5 to August 9 at the Robert Louis Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California. The conference features 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 will be held from June 20 to June 23 at the historic Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as...
read more Event Date: June 20, 2018
Application Deadline: April 30, 2018