Genre: Creative Nonfiction

Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop Program

March/April 2026

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.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 21, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 5, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 5, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop Program, 24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657. (508) 487-9960. Dustin Ross, Program Manager. 

Dustin Ross
Program Manager
Contact City: 
Provincetown
Contact State: 
MA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
02657
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Tremont Writers Conference

March/April 2026

The Tremont Writers Conference will be held from October 21 to October 25 at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, located in the eponymous national park six miles southwest of Townsend, Tennessee. The conference features workshops, author readings, and craft talks for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers, as well as outdoor activities, including hikes and campfires. The faculty includes poet Linda Parsons, fiction writers Kelli Jo Ford and Ron Rash, and nonfiction writer Crystal Wilkinson.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 21, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 15, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 15, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Tremont Writers Conference, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, TN 37882. (865) 448-6709. Frances Figart and Jeremy Lloyd, Codirectors. 

Frances Figart and Jeremy Lloyd
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Townsend
Contact State: 
TN
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
37882
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies

March/April 2026

The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology will offer two- to twelve-week residencies from October 2026 to April 2027 to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the center’s main campus and adjacent 80-acre property, all located within the unique ecosystems of Cascade Head and the Salmon River Estuary in Otis, Oregon. Each resident is provided with a private cabin with a bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen, as well as private studio space and access to the Hale Reference Library. Residents are responsible for travel and living costs.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 1, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
May 5, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 5, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies, 56605 Sitka Drive, Otis, OR 97368. (541) 994-5485. Maria Elting, Program Manager. 

Maria Elting
Program Manager
Contact City: 
Otis
Contact State: 
OR
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
97368
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop

March/April 2026

The Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop will be held from June 14 to June 19 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York. The program features workshops, faculty readings, panels on publishing, and conversations with faculty members and Orion editors for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers “seeking to reflect their environments through their work.” The faculty includes poets Michael Kleber-Diggs and Roger Reeves, fiction and nonfiction writer Isle McElroy, and nonfiction writers Hannah Dela Cruz Abrams, Erica Berry, Maria Pinto, and Nick Triolo.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 14, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 1, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 5, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop, 187 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230. Kathleen Yale, Workshop Manager.

Kathleen Yale
Workshop Manager 
Contact City: 
Rhinebeck
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
12572
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
writing conferences

Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency

March/April 2026

The Edward F. Albee Foundation offers monthlong residencies year-round, except during the month of December, to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center on the eastern terminus of Long Island in Montauk, New York. Residents are provided with en suite bedrooms in a converted horse stable and separate working studios, as well as shared access to a library, a kitchen, and the center’s grounds.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 5, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
May 5, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 5, 2026
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency, 192 Lexington Avenue, Suite 903, New York, NY 10016. (212) 226-2020. Jakob Holder, Executive Director.

Jakob Holder
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Montauk
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
11954
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Atlanta Writers Conference

March/April 2026

The spring 2026 Atlanta Writers Conference, sponsored by the Atlanta Writers Club, will be held on May 1 and May 2 at the Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel. The conference includes a book fair featuring attendees’ books, presentations on the craft and business of writing, agent and editor pitch sessions, query letter critiques, manuscript excerpt critiques, author coaching, and Q&A panels for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. Virtual participation will be available for all agent and editor pitch sessions, query letter critiques, and manuscript excerpt critiques.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
May 1, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 2, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 5, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Atlanta Writers Conference, 8080 Jett Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA 30350. (404) 632-3525. George Weinstein, Conference Director.

George Weinstein
Conference Director
Contact City: 
Atlanta
Contact State: 
GA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
30337
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

You’re the Inspiration

The Time Is Now
2.13.25

In a recent New York Times Magazine interview, Dr. Anna Lembke, a Stanford psychiatrist who studies a variety of addictions from substance abuse to social media, talks about her speculative theory about contemporary society and narcissism. “Our culture is demanding that we focus on ourselves so much that what it’s creating is this deep need to escape ourselves,” she says. Take a break from self-actualization and write an essay that focuses on a close friend or loved one to create a lyrical profile of sorts. If you instinctively relate your observations and memories back to yourself, correct course and try to place the focus as much as possible on someone else. What emerges as a result?

Message of Love

The Time Is Now
2.6.25

Written around 2000 BCE in ancient Mesopotamia, “The Love Song of Shu-Sin” holds the record as the oldest known love poem. Forty centuries later, love poetry continues to be written, in times of joy and sorrow, for all different types of occasions in as many different styles as there are writers. Choose a favorite love poem and spend some time considering the people and things you’ve loved. Write a personal essay that reflects on the elements of the poem that most deeply resonate with you, whether it be the diction, imagery, or sentiments expressed. In what ways does this poem remind you of meaningful relationships in your life? How do these words reflect a message about love?

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