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...
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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 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 morePrairie Center of the Arts offered residencies from July through September to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in...
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...
read moreThe 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 31st annual Rally of Writers Conference was held on April 14 on the West Campus of Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. The conference featured workshops, craft and publishing talks, and readings in poetry,...
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Readercon 29 will be held from July 12 to July 15 at the Quincy Marriott in Quincy, Massachusetts. The conference, devoted to “imaginative literature,” features panel discussions, talks, author readings, author signings, and a book fair....
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The Red Gate Residency Program offers residencies of one month to six months to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in loft spaces and apartments in Beijing. Residents are provided with housing and work space. The residency...
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The 2018 Redrock Creative Writing Seminar was held on March 3 at the St. George Community Building in St. George, Utah, approximately 40 miles west of Zion National Park. The seminar featured classes and readings in poetry, fiction, and creative...
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The Renaissance House Residency Program, sponsored by the Helene and Dorothy West Foundation for Artists in Need, offers residencies of one to four weeks during the month of February in Palm Springs, California, to poets, fiction writers, and...
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The Renaissance House Residency Program, sponsored by the Helene and Dorothy West Foundation for Artists in Need, offers residencies of one to two weeks from June to September to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction...
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The Rensing Center offers residencies of three weeks to three months from March to August to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Southern Appalachian foothills of Pickens, South Carolina. Residents are provided with...
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The sixth annual Ridgefield Writers Conference was held on September 21 at the Ridgefield Library in Ridgefield, Connecticut. The conference featured workshops in fiction and creative nonfiction, panels, author readings, opportunities to query...
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The Roads to Write Retreat was held from June 2 to June 10 on scenic byways through Utah, Nevada, and Arizona. The retreat, meant to inspire “growth, community, art, and the written word,” featured tours of the Grand Canyon, Lake Powell, Bryce...
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Rocky Mountain National Park offered two-week residencies from June through September to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the historic cabin of the late author and editor William Allen White, situated among the Rocky...
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ROOSTERGNN Global News Network (RGNN) offers residencies of one month to one year to English- and Spanish-language poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the barrio de Salamanca neighborhood of central Madrid. Writers will...
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The Rutgers-New Brunswick Writers' Conference was held from June 2 to June 3 at the Rutgers University Continuing Education Center in Somerset, New Jersey. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative...
read moreThe 15th annual Saints and Sinners Literary Festival was held from May 23 to May 25 in various venues in New Orleans. The festival, which "brings the LGBT literary community together to celebrate the literary arts," featured readings, panels,...
read moreSalem Art Works offered a two-week residency from July 7 to July 20 for fiction writers in Salem, New York. Fiction and creative nonfiction writers working on novels or memoirs were eligible. The residency included workshops on outlining a novel...
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The Constance Saltonstall Foundation for the Arts offers two- and four-week residencies from May to September to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Saltonstall Arts Colony, located on 200 rural acres...
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The 2019 San Miguel Writers’ Conference and Literary Festival will be held from February 13 to February 17 at the Hotel Real de Minas in...
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The 13th annual Sanibel Island Writers Conference, sponsored by Florida Gulf Coast University, was held from November 8 to November 11 at the BIG ARTS center on Sanibel Island, Florida. The conference featured workshops in...
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The 46th annual Santa Barbara Writers Conference was held from June 17 to June 22 at the Hyatt Santa Barbara in California. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures, meetings with agents,...
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