The 11th annual Chuckanut Writers Conference, cohosted by Whatcom Community College and Village Books in Bellingham, Washington, was held online from June 21 to June 27. The conference featured breakout sessions in poetry, fiction, and creative...
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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.
ALERT: Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, some literary events are being canceled or postponed. Be sure to check with the event sponsor before making plans.
The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference will be held online from August 5 to August 8. The conference features evaluation and discussion of book-length and chapbook-length poetry manuscripts with poets, editors, and publishers. The faculty...
read more Event Date: August 5, 2022
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The Community of Writers offered workshops in poetry from June 18 to June 25, and in fiction, nonfiction, and memoir from July 18 to July 25 in Olympic Valley, near Lake Tahoe in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California. The program featured ...
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Craigardan offers two-week to one-month residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at Craigardan, a nonprofit arts and agricultural academic center in Keene, located on Hurricane Mountain in the Adirondack...
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The Cuttyhunk Island Writers’ Residency for fiction writers was held from September 16 to 23 and October 2 to 9 at the Avalon Inn on Cuttyhunk Island, seven nautical miles off the coast of southeastern Massachusetts. The residency offered ...
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The 2021 Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference was held online from February 18 to February 20. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as craft classes, discussions on publishing and the...
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The 2022 DISQUIET International Literary Program, sponsored by Dzanc Books and Centro Nacional de Cultura, will be held from June 26 to July 8 in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as...
read more Event Date: June 26, 2022
The Djerassi Resident Artists Program offere four- and five-week residencies from mid-March through mid-November to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 583-acre ranch located approximately 40 miles south of San Francisco...
read moreThe 2022 Elk River Writers Workshop will be held from August 7 to August 12 at Chico Hot Springs, a historic retreat in Pray, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park. The program features workshops, craft talks, outings, lectures, panel...
read more Event Date: August 7, 2022
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
Event Horizon offers residencies of one week to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on five acres of olive groves in Crete, Greece. Residents are provided with lodging on site or in nearby affiliate...
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The Fiction Meets Science Residency offers up to two residencies of three to nine months annually to fiction and nonfiction writers at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study in Delmenhorst, Germany. Residents are provided with...
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The Fine Arts Work Center’s annual summer workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction will be held from June 19 to August 19 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The faculty includes poets Erin Belieu, Elizabeth Bradfield, Traci Brimhall,...
read more Event Date: June 19, 2022
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
Franconia Sculpture Park offers four residencies of two weeks in late January to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at an outdoor sculpture park in Saint Croix River Valley, Minnesota. Residents are provided with a private...
read more Event Date: January 18, 2023
Application Deadline: September 1, 2022
The Frost Place Poetry Seminar was held from August 2 to August 8 at Robert Frost’s former homestead in Franconia, New Hampshire. The seminar featured poetry workshops, craft talks, readings, and one-on-one meetings with faculty. The faculty...
read moreThe 24th annual Get Lit! Festival was held online and in person from April 21 to April 24 at various venues in and around Spokane, Washington. The festival featured readings, craft classes, and panel discussions for poets, fiction writers, and...
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Good Contrivance Farm offers residencies of up to four weeks year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a Victorian farm in Reisterstown, Maryland, located 25 miles north of Baltimore. Residents are provided with...
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The Gotham Writers Conference was held online from October 15 to October 17. Sponsored by the Gotham Writers Workshop, the event was open to fiction and nonfiction writers, as well as graphic novelists and graphic memoirists. The first two days...
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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 2022 Guanajuato Writing Retreat: Writing – and Living – Boldly will be held from June 12 to June 19 at the Florecer Casitas in Guanajuato, the hilly capital city of Guanajuato state, in Mexico’s high plateau region. The retreat features...
read moreHambidge offers residencies of two weeks to six weeks from mid-February to mid-December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on 600 wooded acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Georgia. Residents are provided with a...
read more Event Date: February 15, 2023
Application Deadline: September 15, 2022
Financial Aid Deadline: September 15, 2022
Headlands Center for the Arts offers four- to six-week residencies from June to late October to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the coastal wilderness of the Marin Headlands outside San Francisco. Residents are provided...
read moreThe 2022 HippoCamp conference will be held from August 12 to August 14 at the Downtown Lancaster Marriott in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The conference features craft talks, publishing and marketing sessions, panel discussions, a story slam, and...
read more Event Date: August 12, 2022
The biennial Historical Novel Society North American Conference was held online from June 21 to June 27. The conference featured presentations, panels, pitch sessions with agents and editors, query critiques, and social events for historical...
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The 2022 Iceland Writers Retreat for fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers was held from April 27 to May 1 at the Edition Hotel in Reykjavík. The retreat featured workshops, panels, lectures, and time to write, as well as tours of...
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