360 Xochi Quetzal offers monthlong residencies from December 14, 2017, to January 13, 2018, to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers in Chapala, Jalisco, Mexico, on the shores of Lake Chapala. Two writers will receive lodging in a...
read moreConferences & Residencies Contact Form
Conferences and Residencies Database
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.
Event Date: December 14, 2017
Application Deadline: July 31, 2017
The 30th annual Rally of Writers Conference was held on April 8 on the West Campus of Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. The conference featured workshops, craft and publishing talks, and author readings in poetry,...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
A.I.R. Studio Paducah offers residencies of two weeks to three months to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Lower Town Arts District of Paducah, Kentucky. Residents are provided with a private...
read more Application Deadline: November 11, 2017
The Algonkian Park Writer Retreat was held from March 22 to March 26 at Algonkian Regional Park in Sterling, Virginia, approximately 30 miles northwest of Washington, D.C. The retreat featured faculty consultations and time to write for fiction...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The Algonkian Writer Conference–New York City Pitch for fiction writers and creative nonfiction writers was held from March 16 to March 19 at the Ripley-Grier Studios in New York City. The conference featured workshops on writing and selling...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The third annual All Write Now! Writers’ Conference was held on July 15 at the Southeast Missouri State University Campus in Cape Girardeau, Missouri. Sponsored by the Heartland Writers Guild and the Southeast Missouri Writers’ Guild, the...
read moreThe American Academy in Berlin offers residencies of five months to ten months to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Hans Arnhold Center in Berlin, Germany. Residents are provided with airfare, housing, some meals, and...
read moreThe 40th annual American Literary Translators Association (ALTA) Conference will be held from October 5 to October 8 at the Radisson Blu Hotel in downtown Minneapolis. The conference features panels, workshops, readings, a book...
read more Event Date: October 5, 2017
The Anam Cara Writer’s and Artist’s Retreat offers one-week to one-month residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers near Eyeries in County Cork, Ireland, overlooking Coulagh Bay and the mountains and...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The Anderson Center at Tower View offers two- to four-week residencies from May through October to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 330-acre estate in Red Wing, Minnesota. Residents are provided with...
read more
The H. J. Andrews Experimental Forest offers one- to two-week residencies to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in October and November in the Oregon Cascades, 40 miles east of Eugene. The residency is open...
read more
The Adirondack Center for Writing offers six two-week residencies from October 7 to October 21 to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a lodge on Twitchell Lake, in the heart of the Adirondack Mountains. Residents are...
read moreThe 2017 Arkansas Literary Festival was held from April 27 to April 30 at the Central Arkansas Library system’s Main Library and other venues in Little Rock. The festival featured readings, panel discussions, performances, and workshops, as well...
read moreArt Farm offers residencies of two weeks to five months from June 1 to November 1 to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a working farm in Marquette, Nebraska, approximately 80 miles west of Lincoln....
read more
Residencies of one week to two months are offered to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators from late March to early June and from mid-September through early November at Omi International Arts...
read more Application Deadline: October 20, 2017
The 2017 Art Workshop International Workshops will be held from July 14 to August 10 at the Giotto Hotel in Assisi, Italy. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as individual consultations with...
read more
Artsmith offeres up to five weeklong residencies from January 2 to January 9, 2018, to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers at the Kangaroo House Bed and Breakfast on Orcas Island...
read more
The 41st annual Aspen Summer Words Writing Conference and Literary Festival was held from June 18 to June 23 at the Gant Hotel in Aspen, Colorado. The conference featured workshops, panels, readings, and a readers retreat, as...
read more
The 50th annual AWP Conference and Bookfair was held from February 8 to February 11 at the Washington Convention Center and Washington Marriott Marquis hotel in Washington, D.C. The conference featured 550 panel discussions and...
read moreThe 17th Atlanta Writers Conference for fiction and nonfiction writers will be held from November 3 to November 4 at the Renaissance Concourse Atlanta Airport Hotel in Atlanta. The conference features publishing panels, pitch sessions, manuscript...
read more Event Date: November 3, 2017
The Atlantic Center for the Arts offers three-week residencies to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 69-acre ecological preserve in New Smyrna Beach, Florida. Residents are provided with studio space...
read more
The 23rd annual Austin International Poetry Festival was held from April 9 to April 12. The festival offered readings, workshops, open mikes, and poetry slams in various venues throughout Austin, Texas. Participating poets included Carolyn Adams...
read more
The Baltic Writing Residency in Sweden offers a monthlong summer residency to a poet, fiction writer, or creative nonfiction writer at a furnished cottage in Stockholm, Sweden. The resident is provided with private lodging and a...
read more