Jump to navigation Skip to content
Write a poem that uses the metaphor of a bridge to represent a complex family dynamic, a short story that reconceptualizes historical fiction, or a lyrical essay that reflects on the stages of returning to a former self.
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.
La Baldi Residency, 15504 Moravia Court, Derwood, MD 20855. Susan Main, Cultivate Director.
The 2026 Iceland Writers Retreat will be held from April 15 to April 19 at the Fosshotel in Reykjavík. The retreat features workshops, panels, lectures, receptions, and time to write for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers, as well as literary tours of Iceland. The faculty includes poet, fiction writer, and nonfiction writer Ian Williams; poet and nonfiction writer Jesse Thistle; fiction writers Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah, Susan Choi, Katrín Jakobsdóttir, Ann-Marie MacDonald, and Kamila Shamsie; and nonfiction writers Helen Jukes and Evan Osnos.
Iceland Writers Retreat, P.O. Box 76, Gardabaer, Iceland 212. Erica Jacobs Green and Eliza Reid, Cofounders.
Squam Writes will offer a retreat from June 11 to June 14 for fiction and creative nonfiction writers at Rockywold Deephaven Camps, a historic resort campsite on the shores of Squam Lake in Holderness, New Hampshire. Residents are provided with lodging in rustic cabins along the shores of the lake; time to write; and the opportunity to join meditations, optional craft-focused workshops led by the codirectors, and optional peer critique groups. The faculty includes fiction writers Jilly Gagnon and Melissa Hed.
Squam Writes Retreat, 18 Bacon Road, Holderness, NH 03245. Jilly Gagnon and Melissa Hed, Codirectors.
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.
Fiction Meets Science Residency, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Lehmkuhlenbusch 4, Delmenhorst, Germany 27753. Susan M. Gaines, Project Director.
The 2026 AWP Conference and Bookfair was held from March 4 to March 7 at the Baltimore Convention Center and included a virtual component comprising prerecorded and live streamed events. The conference featured 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, was $380 for nonmembers, $260 for members, $110 for seniors, and $75 for students.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 1802, PMB 73708, Norfolk, VA 23510. (240) 696-8273.
The 28th annual Get Lit! Festival will be held online and in person from April 17 to April 19 at various venues in and around Spokane, Washington. The festival features readings, craft classes, panel discussions, and a bookfair for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Participating writers include poets Melissa Kwasny, Mita Mahato, Prageeta Sharma, and Maya Jewell Zeller; fiction writers Lindsey Drager, Leyna Krow, M.L. Smoker, and Zoe B. Wallbrook; and nonfiction writers Ren Cedar Fuller, John Messick, Erica Watson, and Lauren W. Westerfield.
Get Lit! Festival, Get Lit! Programs, 601 E Riverside Avenue, Room 440, Spokane, WA 99202. (509) 828-1435. Kate Peterson, Director.
The Paris Writer’s Residency will offer a monthlong residency in October to a poet, fiction writer, creative nonfiction writer, or translator 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 Arts Centre in Paris. Some rooms include a private study space, and residents have access to a shared kitchen and library at the Ecole Normale Supérieure. The resident receives travel reimbursement of up to €1,500 (approximately $1,750).
Paris Writer’s Residency, American University of Paris, 147 rue de Grenelle, Paris 75007, France. Amanda Dennis, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and English.
The American University of Paris Summer Creative Writing Institute will offer workshops to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from June 30 to July 22 on the university’s campus in the seventh arrondissement of Paris. The cost of tuition is €2,304 (approximately $2,688) for auditors or €4,608 (approximately $5,375) for transferable academic credit. Lodging is available in residence halls in shared apartments or individual studios and is arranged through the university. Apartments include a shared or single bedroom and a shared living room, kitchen, and bathroom.
American University of Paris Summer Creative Writing Institute, 129 rue de l’Université, Paris, France 75007. Emma Dunne, Summer School Coordinator.
The Fine Arts Work Center’s annual weeklong summer workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction will be held at the center from June 21 to August 21 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The faculty includes poets George Abraham, Cameron Awkward-Rich, Kimberly Blaeser, Franny Choi, Cornelius Eady, Vievee Francis, Santee Frazier, Didi Jackson, Major Jackson, Keetje Kuipers, Dante Micheaux, John Murillo, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Porsha Olayiwola, Matthew Olzmann, Oliver de la Paz, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, m.s.
Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop Program, 24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657. (508) 487-9960. Dustin Ross, Program Manager.
