The Studios of Key West offers monthlong residencies to emerging and established poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Old Town campus at the historic Armory in Key West, Florida. Residents are provided with private...
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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 32nd annual Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers was held from July 8 to July 14 at the Wallowa Lake Lodge in Wallowa Lake, Oregon. The program featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as panel...
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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...
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The 2018 Texas Book Festival was held from October 27 to October 28 on the State Capitol grounds in Austin, Texas. The festival featured approximately three hundred nationally and critically recognized authors, panels, book signings, discussions...
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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...
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The 2019 Writer’s Hotel NYC Writers Conference was held from June 5 to June 11 in New York City at the Bryant Park Hotel, the Roger Smith Hotel, the Library Hotel, the Casablanca Hotel, and the Algonquin Hotel. The conference featured workshops...
read moreThe 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,...
read more Financial Aid Deadline: March 10, 2019
The 15th annual Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop was held from June 9 to June 14 on the campus of Hollins University in Roanoke, Virginia. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as craft seminars,...
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The sixth annual Todos Santos Writers Workshop was held from February 2, 2019, to February 9, 2019, at Casa Dracula, a historic landmark house in Todos Santos, Mexico. The retreat offered daily workshops and seminars in poetry,...
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The 10th annual Tucson Festival of Books was held from March 10 to March 11 on the University of Arizona campus in Tucson. The festival featured workshops in fiction and creative nonfiction, as well as readings, author talks, panels, and a book...
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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...
read moreThe Ucross Foundation offers residencies of two to six weeks during the spring and fall to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 20,000-acre working cattle ranch in the foothills of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains. Residents...
read more Application Deadline: September 1, 2019
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...
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The Underground Workshop was held from June 8 to June 15 in the Pearl District of Portland, Oregon. The workshop, which was open to fiction writers, included workshops, individual manuscript consultations, local excursions, readings, and an...
read more Financial Aid Deadline: April 7, 2019
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...
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The 24th annual Postgraduate Writers’ Conference was held from August 12 to August 18 on the Vermont College of Fine Arts campus in Montpelier. Designed for writers with graduate degrees or equivalent experience, the conference featured workshops...
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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...
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Financial Aid Deadline: October 1, 2019
Villa Josefina offers three- and seven-day residencies in May, June, August, September, October, and November for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers at a house in Josefuv Dul, a village in the Czech Republic approximately 70 miles...
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The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts (VCCA) offers residencies of two weeks to two months year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Residents are...
read moreThe 24th annual Virginia Festival of the Book was held from March 21 to March 25, 2018, in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia, to celebrate books and promote literacy. The festival featured readings, panels, discussions with writers...
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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...
read moreThe 63rd annual Wesleyan Writers Conference was held from June 12 to June 16 at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Connecticut. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as panel discussions, readings...
read more Financial Aid Deadline: March 15, 2019
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....
read moreThe 2018 Word of South Festival was held from April 13 to April 15 at Cascades Park in downtown Tallahassee, Florida. The festival, which celebrates the connection between music and literature, featured onstage performances and discussions with...
read moreThe 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...
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