The Aha! Moment: A Literature Panelist for the MacDowell Colony
An anonymous juror weighs in on a residency applicant’s successful writing sample.
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An anonymous juror weighs in on a residency applicant’s successful writing sample.
The author of Don’t Call Us Dead on the retreat in Austerlitz, New York.
The author of The Loss of All Lost Things on the retreat in Cassis, France.
The author of Pure Hollywood on the retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York.
The author of Sweetness #9 on the retreat in Red Wing, Minnesota.
The director of the American Academy in Rome and the program’s current literature fellows discuss the opportunities that the Academy’s eleven-month residencies offer emerging writers, as well as exciting new changes to the historic program.
Essayist and novelist Pico Iyer leads a writing workshop at the Tassajara Zen Mountain Center in the Ventana Wilderness of California, helping his pupils to understand the role of silence—and its relationship to language—in their work.
Two veteran retreat-goers offer advice for writers considering a residency, and pose important questions to consider before applying—from cost and length to setting creative goals to identifying the current stage of your project.
Yale students petition against “Major English Poets” course; life at an artist’s residency; poetry for LGBT Pride Month; and other news.
Whether it’s a daylong festival, a weekend conference, or a four-week residency, there are countless options for writers looking for a retreat. We rounded up more than eighty free conferences, residencies, and festivals across the country so that you can find the literary getaway that’s right for you—at little to no cost.