Conferences and Residencies Database

Taleamor Park offers two-week residencies from May through September and residencies of at least two weeks from October to April to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a scenic 375-acre working grain farm in northern...

The Moth offers residencies of one to two weeks year-round to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers in a converted barn in Cavan, Ireland, approximately two hours northwest of Dublin. Residents are provided with private lodging...

The 17th annual Tin House Summer Writer’s Workshop was held from July 7 to July 14 at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. The program featured workshops in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and graphic narrative, as well as seminars, readings,...

The seventh annual Todos Santos Writers Workshop will be held from February 1, 2020, to February 8, 2020, at Casa Dracula, a historic landmark house in Todos Santos, Mexico. An optional second week, open to first week participants only, will be...

The Writers Studio, sponsored by the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, was held from February 7, 2019, to February 10, 2019, on the UCLA campus in Los Angeles. The conference featured workshops in fiction and creative nonfiction...

The 17th annual Under the Volcano Master Classes and Residency will be held from January 9, 2020, to January 19, 2020, in Tepoztlán, Mexico, a village located in the foothills of volcanoes approximately one hour from Mexico City. The conference...

The 50th annual University of North Dakota Writers Conference was held from March 20 to March 22 on the University of North Dakota campus in Grand Forks, North Dakota. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction...

The Vermont Studio Center offers 2- to 12-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in Johnson, Vermont, a village in the northern Green Mountains. The center provides residents with a...

The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) offers residencies of two weeks to two months to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. VCCA accommodates up to 13 writers at a time...

The U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service offer residencies of one to two weeks from June through August to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers to take part...

Willapa Bay AiR offers monthlong residencies from March through September to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on 16 wooded acres near Oysterville, Washington, 30 miles north of the Columbia River....

The eighth annual WordSpring creative writing conference was held on April 27 at Butte College in Oroville, California, 75 miles north of Sacramento. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The faculty...