The 2014 Library of Congress National Book Festival was held on August 30 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. The program featured readings and presentations by poet Billy Collins; fiction writers Paul Auster,...
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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 tenth annual Lighthouse Lit Fest was held from June 5 to June 19 at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop in Denver, Colorado. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as craft classes, one-on-one...
read moreLit Camp, sponsored by the San Francisco Writers Grotto, will be held from May 18 to May 21, at Mayacamas Ranch in Calistoga, California. The conference feature workshops, panels, and yoga for fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers. The...
read moreThe 2012 Literary Writers Conference–New York City was held from November 8 to November 9, 2012, at the New School University. The conference featured panels on publishing for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Participants...
read moreThe 11th annual LiTFUSE Poets’ Workshop will be held from September 22 to September 24 at the Mighty Tieton arts center in Tieton, Washington. The conference features workshops, readings, performances, and meditation for poets....
read more Event Date: September 22, 2017
Keep St. Pete Lit offered a two-week residency from April 8, 2017 to April 24, 2017, to a poet, fiction writer, or nonfiction writer at the Crafstman House in St. Petersburg, Florida. The resident was provided with a private room, work space, and...
read moreThe annual Lorca’s Granada Retreat was held from May 14 to May 28 in Granada, Spain. The retreat offered time to write, one-on-one consultations, and local excursions for published poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers writing in any...
read moreThe 2017 Louisiana Book Festival will be held on October 28 at the State Library of Louisiana, the State Museum, and the Louisiana State Capitol in Baton Rouge. The festival features lectures, panel discussions, book signings, and readings by...
read more Event Date: October 28, 2017
MacDowell Colony offers year-round residencies of up to two months to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 450-acre estate near Mt. Monadnock in Peterborough, New Hampshire. Residents are provided with a private room,...
read more Application Deadline: September 15, 2017
The 2017 Manhattanville College Summer Writers’ Week was held from June 19 to June 23 at Manhattanville College in Purchase, New York, 30 miles north of New York City. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction...
read moreThe inaugural Marfa Poetry Festival was held from August 9 to August 13 in Marfa, Texas. The festival, organized by Canarium Books and hosted by the Marfa Book Company and Hotel Saint George, featured readings, a book fair, poetry-related film...
read moreThe 2017 Marlboro Summer Writing Intensive, cosponsored by Words After War (a literary nonprofit for veterans and civilians), will be held at Marlboro College from July 30 to August 5 in Marlboro, Vermont. The theme of the conference is “...
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The 2017 Martha’s Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing Summer Seminar was held from July 9 to July 15 and from July 16 to July 22 on the island of Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The conference featured weeklong seminars with daily workshops...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The Martha’s Vineyard Writers Residency offered residencies of two to six weeks twice yearly to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on the island of Martha’s Vineyard. The last residency period was September...
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The Massachusetts Poetry Festival was held from May 5 to May 7 in downtown Salem. The festival featured workshops, panels, readings, music, visual arts presentations, and a book fair featuring small presses and literary magazines. Participating...
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The 2017 Mayborn Literary Nonfiction Conference was held from July 21 to July 23 at the Hilton Dallas/Fort Worth Lakes Executive Conference Center in Grapevine, Texas. The conference, whose focus this year was “The Power of...
read moreThe 28th annual Mendocino Coast Writers Conference was held from August 3 to August 5 at the Mendocino Coast Campus of Mendocino College in Fort Bragg, California. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and...
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The 33rd annual Miami Book Fair was held from November 13 to November 20 at the Wolfson Campus of Miami Dade College in downtown Miami. The festival included readings by more than 500 authors from around the world, as well as...
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The Mill House Residency, hosted by Writing By Writers, offers residencies from November 3 to November 17 to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in Bend, Oregon. Up to six writers are provided with private lodging in a one- or...
read more Event Date: November 3, 2017
Application Deadline: August 15, 2017
The Millay Colony for the Arts offers two-week and monthlong residencies from April through November to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at Steepletop, the former estate of Edna St. Vincent Millay in...
read more Application Deadline: October 1, 2017
The 2017 Minnesota Northwoods Writers Conference will be held from June 19 to June 25 on the Bemidji State University campus beside Lake Bemidji, 220 miles north of Minneapolis. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative...
read moreThe Mokulē‘ia Writers Retreat was held from May 3 to May 8 in Waialua, Hawaii, at Camp Mokulē‘ia on the North Shore of O‘ahu. The retreat offered workshops in fiction and nonfiction, as well as readings, one-on-one consultations, publishing...
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The 2017 Mont Blanc Writing Workshops was held from June 11 to June 23 in the French Alps in the town of Chamonix, France. The program featured workshops for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. The faculty...
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