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Genre: Fiction
La Baldi Residency
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:
May 1, 2026
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
April 7, 2026
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
Iceland Writers Retreat
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.
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
April 15, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
no
Application Deadline:
April 7, 2026
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
April 7, 2026
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Iceland Writers Retreat, P.O. Box 76, Gardabaer, Iceland 212. Erica Jacobs Green and Eliza Reid, Cofounders.
Erica Jacobs Green and Eliza Reid
Cofounders
Contact City:
Reykjavík
Country:
IS
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Squam Writes Retreat
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.
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
June 11, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
no
Application Deadline:
April 30, 2026
Financial Aid?:
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
April 30, 2026
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
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Fiction Meets Science Residency
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:
April 7, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
no
Application Deadline:
May 15, 2026
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
April 7, 2026
Free Admission:
yes
Contact Information:
Fiction Meets Science Residency, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Lehmkuhlenbusch 4, Delmenhorst, Germany 27753. Susan M. Gaines, Project Director.
Susan M. Gaines
Project Director
Contact City:
Delmenhorst
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
27753
Country:
DE
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Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
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.
Type:
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?:
yes
Event Date:
April 7, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
April 7, 2026
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
April 7, 2026
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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Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency
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:
April 7, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
April 7, 2026
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
April 7, 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
Atlanta Writers Conference
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:
April 7, 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
The Writer’s Retreat at Good Contrivance Farm
Good Contrivance Farm, an educational nonprofit, offers residencies of up to four weeks year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a Victorian farm in Reisterstown, Maryland, located 24 miles north of Baltimore. Workshops and craft classes with visiting faculty are offered outdoors from May to September. The faculty includes poet and nonfiction writer Ross Gay, memoirist R. Eric Thomas, and publishing professional Jane Friedman (Jane Friedman Media).
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
yes
Event Date:
April 7, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
yes
Application Deadline:
April 7, 2026
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
April 7, 2026
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
The Writer’s Retreat at Good Contrivance Farm, 2015 Emory Road, Reisterstown, MD 21136. (443) 529-2939.
Contact City:
Reisterstown
Contact State:
MD
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
21136
Country:
US
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Elk River Writers Workshop
The 2026 Elk River Writers Workshop will be held from October 18 to October 23 at Chico Hot Springs, a historic retreat in Pray, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park. The program features workshops, craft talks, panel discussions, campfire readings, and a Yellowstone field trip for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. The faculty includes poets and nonfiction writers Chris La Tray and Deborah A. Miranda, and fiction writers Jamie Ford and Diane Wilson.
Type:
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
October 18, 2026
Rolling Admissions:
no
Application Deadline:
September 1, 2026
Financial Aid?:
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
June 1, 2026
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
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