The 2018 North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference was held from November 2 to November 4 at the Hilton University Charlotte in North Carolina. The conference featured workshops and master classes in poetry, fiction, and...
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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 North Cascades Institute offers residencies of one week to three months year-round to poets, ficiton writers, and nonfiction writers at the North Cascades Environmental Learning Center in Washington’s...
read moreThe Ohioana Book Festival was held on April 14 at the Sheraton Columbus at Capitol Square in Columbus, Ohio. The program featured readings, panels, a book fair, and book signings with more than 120 Ohio authors. Participating writers included...
read moreThe 2019 Omnidawn Poetry Writing Conference will be held from June 6 to June 9 at Saint Mary’s College in Moraga, California, fifteen miles east of San Francisco. The conference features workshops, craft talks, and readings for poets. The faculty...
read more Event Date: June 6, 2019
Application Deadline: April 20, 2019
Financial Aid Deadline: April 20, 2019
The One Story Summer Writers Conference was held from July 22 to July 27 at the Old American Can Factory in Brooklyn, New York. The conference featured workshops in fiction; craft lectures; and panels with authors, editors, and agents. The...
read moreThe Orion in the Wilderness retreat, cosponsored by the Omega Institute, was held from March 10 to March 15 at the American Museum of Natural History’s Southwestern Research Station in Cave Creek Canyon in Portal, Arizona, surrounded by the...
read moreThe Other Words Literary Conference, presented by the Florida Literary Arts Coalition (FLAC), was held from October 11 to October 13 on the campus of the University of Tampa. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative...
read more Application Deadline: September 15, 2018
The Ox-Bow School of Art offers two-, three-, and five-week residencies from September 1 to October 5 to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers on the Ox-Bow campus in Saugatuck, Michigan, located near the shores of Lake Michigan and the...
read more Application Deadline: May 1, 2019
The Pacific Northwest Writers Association (PNWA) Conference was held from September 13 to September 16 at the DoubleTree Seattle Airport Hotel. The conference featured lectures, pitch sessions with agents, and publishing workshops. Fiction writer...
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The Residency Writers Conference, sponsored by the Master of Fine Arts in Writing program at Pacific University, will be held from January 10 to January 20, 2019 in Seaside, Oregon, and from June 13 to June 23, 2019 in Forest Grove, Oregon. The...
read moreThe 15th annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival was held from January 21, 2019, to January 26, 2019, at the Delray Beach Center for the Arts in downtown Delray Beach, Florida. The festival featured workshops, readings, craft talks,...
read more Application Deadline: November 12, 2018
The 2018 Paris Writers’ Workshop was held from June 24 to June 30 at the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris. The program featured daily master classes in poetry,...
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The Pele’s Fire Writing Retreat was held from February 28 to March 6 at the Kalani Oceanside Retreat, located on 120 acres of secluded rainforest in Pahoa, Hawaii. The retreat featured workshops for poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction...
read moreThe 2018 PEN World Voices Festival of International Literature will be held from April 16 to May 22 at various venues in New York City. The festival features readings, performances, and panel discussions for poets, fiction writers, and creative...
read moreThe 18th annual Poetry at Round Top Festival will be held from April 12 to April 14 at the Round Top Festival Institute campus in Round Top, Texas. The program features workshops, readings, lectures, craft talks, and panel...
read more Event Date: April 12, 2019
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The ninth annual Poetry in the Park Workshop, sponsored by the Utah State Poetry Society, the Zion Park Forever Project, and the Zion Canyon Field Institute, was held on March 2 at Zion National Park near Springdale, Utah. The...
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The eighth annual Poets on the Coast weekend writing retreat for women poets was held from September 7 to September 9 at the Country Inn in the historic river town of La Conner, Washington. The retreat included a poetry workshop...
read moreThe 2018 Literary Arts’ Portland Book Festival, formerly known as Wordstock, was held on November 10 at the Portland Art Museum and neighboring venues in downtown Portland, Oregon. The festival featured writing workshops, author...
read moreThe 15th annual Power of Words Conference was held from October 12 to October 14 on the Goddard College campus in Plainfield, Vermont. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as performances, talks,...
read moreThe 2018 Printers Row Lit Fest was held from June 9 to June 10 in the Printers Row neighborhood of Chicago. The festival featured readings, author conversations, book signings, a poetry slam, and a book fair. All events were...
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The 2019 Priory Writers’ Retreat will be held from July 18 to July 21 at the Priory, a former monastery for Benedictine nuns in Wisconsin’s Chippewa Valley. The retreat features workshops, lectures, craft talks, open mics, and excursions into...
read more Event Date: July 18, 2019
Application Deadline: April 30, 2019
The fifth annual Publish and Promote Your Book Conference for fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers was held on June 23 at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville, New York. The conference featured panels on book publishing and marketing...
read moreThe Ragdale Foundation offers residencies of 18 and 25 days year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on 50 acres of prairie in Lake Forest, Illinois, 30 miles north of Chicago. Residents are provided...
read moreThe 32nd annual Rally of Writers Conference will be held on April 6 on the West Campus of Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. The conference features workshops, panel discussions, and readings in poetry, fiction, and...
read more Event Date: April 6, 2019
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
Red Mountain Press offers two- and four-week residencies in November to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in a private home on Sanibel Island, Florida. Residents are provided with private lodging, dinners, access to a shared...
read more Application Deadline: April 30, 2019