Genre: Creative Nonfiction

ALTA First Translation Prize

American Literary Translators Association
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
March 17, 2025
A prize of $3,000 will be given annually for a book of poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction translated from any language into English and published in the previous year. The translator will receive $2,000, and the editor will receive $1,000. Translators who have not published a book in translation are eligible. Publishers or translators may submit a book published in 2024 by March 17. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Susan Kamil Scholarship for Emerging Writers

Book Industry Charitable Foundation
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
March 25, 2025
Two prizes of $12,500 each will be given annually for an excerpt of a poetry, fiction, or creative nonfiction manuscript-in-progress written by a bookseller. Writers who are working on full-length manuscripts of poetry, fiction (including graphic novels), or creative nonfiction (including memoirs), who have not previously published a book in any genre, and who are currently employed at a bookstore or comic book store in the United States (after at least three consecutive months of employment) are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit six pages of poetry or prose, an overview of the work-in-progress, and a letter of recommendation by March 31. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

La Baldi Residency

November/December 2025

The La Baldi Residency, sponsored by Cultivate, offers two-week and one-month residencies from April through October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators, in Montegiovi, Italy. Residents are provided with private lodging in apartments, a house, or a palazzo with a fully equipped kitchen and outdoor sitting area. Individual writers and collaborative teams may apply.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
April 1, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
January 2, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

La Baldi Residency, 15504 Moravia Court, Derwood, MD 20855. Susan Main, Cultivate Director.

Susan Main
Cultivate Director
Contact City: 
Montegiovi
Country: 
IT
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Iceland Writers Retreat

March/April 2025

The 2025 Iceland Writers Retreat was from April 23 to April 27 at the Fosshotel in Reykjavík. The retreat features workshops, panels, lectures, receptions, and time to write for fiction and nonfiction writers, as well as literary tours of Iceland. The faculty included fiction writers Kevin Chong, Pedro Gunnlaugur Garcia, Meng Jin, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, and Curtis Sittenfeld; fiction and nonfiction writers Jann Arden, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Helen Macdonald, and Danny Ramadan; and nonfiction writers Thordis Elva and Rick Jervis. The cost of the retreat was 310,000 ISK (approximately $2,202).

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
December 25, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Iceland Writers Retreat, P.O. Box 76, 212 Gardabaer, Iceland. Erica Jacobs Green and Eliza Reid, Cofounders. 

Erica Jacobs Green and Eliza Reid
Cofounders
Contact City: 
Reykjavík
Country: 
IS
Genre: 
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
writing retreats

Squam Writes Retreat

March/April 2025

Squam Writes offered a retreat from June 5 to June 8 to fiction and creative nonfiction writers at Rockywold Deephaven Camps, a historic resort campsite on the shores of Squam Lake in Holderness, New Hampshire. Residents were provided lodging in cottages, cabins, and lodge rooms along the shores of the lake; time to write; and the opportunity to join optional craft-focused workshops led by the codirectors as well as optional peer critique groups. Professional feedback on your writing was available for an additional $75. The faculty included novelists Jilly Gagnon and Melissa Hed.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
December 25, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Squam Writes Retreat, 18 Bacon Road, Holderness, NH 03245. Jilly Gagnon and Melissa Hed, Codirectors.

Jilly Gagnon and Melissa Hed
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Holderness
Contact State: 
NH
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Fiction Meets Science Residency

March/April 2025

The Fiction Meets Science Residency offers up to two residencies of three to ten months annually to fiction and nonfiction writers at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study in Delmenhorst, Germany. Residents are provided with a private apartment and office space at the institute, where they will connect with an interdisciplinary community of guest scientists. Residents are expected to give one lecture or reading and to attend the weekly lectures given by the scientist fellows at the institute.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
December 25, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Fiction Meets Science Residency, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Lehmkuhlenbusch 4, 27753 Delmenhorst, Germany. Susan M. Gaines, Project Director. 

Susan M. Gaines
Project Director
Contact City: 
Delmenhorst
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
27753
Country: 
DE
Genre: 
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

January/February 2026

The 2026 AWP Conference and Bookfair will be held from March 4 to March 7 at the Baltimore Convention Center and will also include a virtual component comprising prerecorded and live streamed events. The conference features panel discussions, readings, public receptions, and a bookfair. Prior to March 4, the cost of the conference for in-person preregistration, including all virtual programming and content, is $380 for nonmembers, $260 for members, $110 for seniors, and $75 for students.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
March 4, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
March 4, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 1802, PMB 73708, Norfolk, VA 23510. (240) 696-8273.

Contact City: 
Baltimore
Contact State: 
MD
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
conferences

Elk River Writers Workshop

March/April 2025

The 2025 Elk River Writers Workshop was held from August 10 to August 15 at Chico Hot Springs, a historic retreat in Pray, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park. The program featured workshops, craft talks, outings, lectures, panel discussions, and campfire readings for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. The faculty included poets Kimberly Blaeser and Angie Trudell Vasquez, poet and memoirist Deborah A. Miranda, novelists Debra Magpie Earling and Oscar Hokeah, and memoirist Thomas C. Gannon. Tuition, which included meals, was $1,700; some scholarships were available.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
December 25, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Elk River Writers Workshop, Elk River Arts & Lectures, P.O. Box 2212, Livingston, MT 59047. Andrea Peacock, Program Manager. 

Andrea Peacock
Program Manager
Contact City: 
Pray
Contact State: 
MT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
59065
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Paris Writer’s Residency

March/April 2025

The Paris Writer’s Residency offered a monthlong residency in October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the American University of Paris. The resident is provided with an en suite single or double room, which includes a work desk, at the Irish Cultural Center in Paris. Some rooms include a private study space, and residents have access to a shared kitchen. Access to the library at the Ecole Normale Supérieure is also offered. The resident receives travel reimbursement of up to €1,500 (approximately $1,544).

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
December 25, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 25, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Paris Writer’s Residency, American University of Paris, 147 rue de Grenelle, Paris 75007, France. Amanda Dennis, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and English. 

Amanda Dennis
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and English
Contact City: 
Paris
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
75007
Country: 
FR
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

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