Genre: Creative Nonfiction

University of Guelph

MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Toronto, Canada
Application Deadline: 
Tue, 12/02/2025
Application Fee: 
$150 (Canadian)

University of Victoria

MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Victoria, Canada
Application Deadline: 
Mon, 12/01/2025
Application Fee: 
$179 Canadian (international students), $139.75 (domestic students)

University of British Columbia

MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
Vancouver, BC, Canada
Application Deadline: 
Tue, 01/06/2026
Application Fee: 
$168.25 Canadian (for international applicants), $114 Canadian (for Canadian applicants)
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

University of California, Davis

MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction, Cross-Genre
Davis, CA
Application Deadline: 
Mon, 01/05/2026
Application Fee: 
$135 for domestic applications, $155 for international applications

Albertus Magnus College

MFA Program
Poetry, Fiction, Creative Nonfiction
New Haven, CT
Application Deadline: 
Rolling Admissions
Application Fee: 
$50
Affiliated Publications/Publishers: 

Breakwater Literary Magazine

Aspen Literary Festival

The Aspen Literary Festival, sponsored by Aspen Words and presented by Book of the Month, was held from September 26 to September 28 in multiple venues in downtown Aspen, Colorado. Programming included panels, moderated conversations with fiction and creative nonfiction writers, and onsite bookstores.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
October 31, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
October 31, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
October 31, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Aspen Literary Festival, 110 E. Hallam Street, Suite 109, Aspen, CO 81611. (970) 925-3122. Haley Rieveschl, Program Coordinator.

Haley Rieveschl
Program Coordinator
Contact City: 
Aspen
Contact State: 
CO
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
81611
Country: 
US

Green Mountain Writers Conference

The 23rd annual Green Mountain Writers Conference was held from August 2 to August 6 at the historic Brandon Inn in Brandon, Vermont, a walkable Vermont village. The program featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as discussions, one-on-one consultations, and readings. The faculty included poets Justen Ahren, Joan Aleshire, and Verandah Porche; fiction writers Jensen Beach, Elizabeth Inness-Brown, and Stephen P. Kiernan; creative nonfiction writer Chuck Clarino; and poet and nonfiction writer Yvonne Daley.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
October 31, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
October 31, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
October 31, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Green Mountain Writers Conference, 47 Hazel Street, Rutland, VT 05701. (802) 236-6133. Yvonne Daley, Director.

Yvonne Daley
Director
Contact City: 
Brandon
Contact State: 
VT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
05701
Country: 
US
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Kentucky Book Festival

The 2022 Kentucky Book Festival, presented by Kentucky Humanities, was held October 27 and October 29 in Lexington, Kentucky. The festival included a ticketed luncheon with fiction and nonfiction writer Geraldine Brooks and biographer and historian Emily Bingham on October 27 and culminated with a daylong celebration featuring book signings, story-times, discussions, and other events with 150 authors on October 29 at Joseph-Beth Booksellers.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
October 31, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
October 31, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
October 31, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Kentucky Book Festival, Kentucky Humanities, 206 East Maxwell Street, Lexington, KY 40508. (859) 257-4317. Sara Woods, Director.

Sara Woods
Director
Contact City: 
Lexington
Contact State: 
KY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
40508
Country: 
US

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