The 34th annual A Rally of Writers conference was held on April 9 at the West Campus of Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. The conference featured workshops, panel discussions, and readings in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction...
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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.
ALERT: Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, some literary events are being canceled or postponed. Be sure to check with the event sponsor before making plans.
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 apartment, Wi-Fi, studio...
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The Writers’ League of Texas (WLT) 2022 Agents & Editors Conference will be held from June 24 to June 26 at the Hyatt Regency on Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. The conference features presentations, panels, authors in conversation, a...
read more Event Date: June 24, 2022
The 44th annual American Literary Translators Association Conference was held online and in person throughout the months of September, October, and November. Programming included online pitch sessions from September 8 to September 24 and online...
read moreThe American University of Paris Summer Creative Writing Institute offers workshops to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from June 28 to July 21 on the university’s campus in the seventh arrondissement in Paris. The faculty...
read more Event Date: June 28, 2022
Application Deadline: June 1, 2022
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. Residents are provided with...
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The 2022 General Artist Residency Program offers residencies of two weeks or one month during May, September, and October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Tower View, a 350-acre historic estate in Red...
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The Adirondack Center for Writing offers a residency from September 25 to October 9 to six poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a lodge on Twitchell Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in New York. Three of the residents will...
read more Event Date: September 25, 2022
Residencies of one week to two months are offered to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators from late March through early June and from early September through early November at Omi International Arts Center,...
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The 46th annual Aspen Summer Words Writing Conference and Literary Festival will be held from June 19 to June 24 at the Gant, a resort in the mountain town of Aspen, Colorado. The conference features workshops, including a workshop with a focus...
read more Event Date: June 19, 2022
The 2022 AWP Conference and Bookfair was held from March 23 to March 26 at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia and also included a virtual component comprising prerecorded and livestreamed events. The conference featured panel...
read moreThe 2022 Atlanta Writers Conference, sponsored by the Atlanta Writers Club, was held online and in person from May 6 to May 7 at the Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel. The conference featured presentations on the craft and business of writing,...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The 2022 Biographers International Organization (BIO) Conference was held online from May 13 to May 15. The conference featured panels on current issues in biography and the craft of biography, including discussions on building suspense, getting...
read more Event Date: May 13, 2022
The Bogliasco Foundation offers monthlong residencies from January to May and from September to December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the coastal fishing village of Bogliasco, Italy, located seven miles southeast...
read more Event Date: January 1, 2023
The 20th annual Brattleboro Literary Festival was held online and in person in downtown Brattleboro, Vermont, from October 14 to October 17. The festival featured readings, panels, and special events. Participants included poets Joshua Brandon...
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The 2022 Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference will be held from June 13 to June 19 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for poets and prose writers whose work deals with the environment and the natural world...
read more Event Date: June 13, 2022
The 2022 Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference will be held from June 13 to June 19 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for both emerging and established translators, features translation workshops in poetry, fiction...
read more Event Date: June 13, 2022
The 2022 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference will be held from August 17 to August 27 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures; craft classes;...
read more Event Date: August 17, 2022
The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston offered residencies of one to three months from July 1 to November 30 to mid-career poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Dora Maar House in Ménerbes, France. Residents were provided...
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Buinho Creative Hub offers residencies of two weeks to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the historic town of Messejana, Portugal. Residents are provided with private lodging and shared work...
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The 2020 Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Spring in New Orleans Writing Retreat was held from March 19 to March 22 at the Pelham Hotel, a five-minute walk from the French Quarter. The retreat featured multi-genre and publishing workshops, craft...
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The 2021 Cape Cod Writers Center Conference was held online from August 5 to August 7. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as mentoring sessions with faculty and a talk on trends in publishing....
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The 2021 Catamaran Writing Conference was held from July 25 to July 29 at the Robert Louis Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California. The conference also offered virtual enrollment for remote participants. The conference featured workshops,...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The 2022 Chautauqua Writers’ Festival will be held from June 22 to June 25 at the historic Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as readings and...
read more Event Date: June 22, 2022
Application Deadline: May 31, 2022
The 11th annual Chuckanut Writers Conference, cohosted by Whatcom Community College and Village Books in Bellingham, Washington, was held online from June 21 to June 27. The conference featured breakout sessions in poetry, fiction, and creative...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions