Genre: Poetry

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

March/April 2025

The 2025 AWP Conference and Bookfair was held from March 26 to March 29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and also included a virtual component comprising prerecorded and live streamed events. The conference featured panel discussions, readings, discussion rooms, and a bookfair. Prior to March 25, the cost of the conference for in-person preregistration, including all virtual programming and content, was $375 for nonmembers, $255 for members, $105 for seniors, and $70 for students.

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CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
November 26, 2025
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Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 26, 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: 
Los Angeles
Contact State: 
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
90015
Country: 
US
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Washington Prize

The Word Works
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
March 15, 2025
A prize of $1,500 and publication by the Word Works is given annually to a U.S. or Canadian poet for a poetry collection. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee by March 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Lit Fest

March/April 2025

The Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s 2025 Lit Fest was held from June 6 to June 13 online and at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop headquarters in Denver. The festival featured weekend and weeklong workshops, craft seminars, salons, business panels, and agent consultations for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty included poets Eduardo C.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
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Event Date: 
November 26, 2025
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ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Lit Fest, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 3844 York Street, Denver, CO 80205. (303) 297-1185. Torin Jensen, Assistant Director of Special Programs.

Torin Jensen
Assistant Director of Special Programs
Contact City: 
Denver
Contact State: 
CO
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
80205
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Get Lit! Festival

March/April 2025

The 27th annual Get Lit! Festival was held online and in person from April 10 to April 13 at various venues in and around Spokane, Washington. The festival featured readings, craft classes, panel discussions, and a bookfair at Montvale Event Center for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Participating writers included poets Andrés Cerpa, Ayokunle Falomo, and Margot Kahn; fiction writers Debra Magpie Earling, Jessica E.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
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yes
Event Date: 
November 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Get Lit! Festival, Get Lit! Programs, 601 E Riverside Avenue, Room 440, Spokane, WA 99202. (509) 828-1435. Kate Peterson, Director. 

Kate Peterson
Director
Contact City: 
Spokane
Contact State: 
WA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
99202
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
literary festivals

Poetry at Round Top Festival

March/April 2025

The 23rd annual Poetry at Round Top Festival was held from April 25 to April 27 at the Round Top Festival Institute campus in Round Top, Texas. The program featured workshops, readings, craft talks, open mics, panel discussions, and manuscript consultations. The faculty included poets Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Hayan Charara, Mark Doty, Amanda Johnston, Joan Logghe, Cecily Parks, and Kim Stafford. Poets Katie Dozier and Timothy Green will be the workshop leaders. The cost of the conference was $150 ($50 for students) or $75 to attend only Saturday programming.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
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yes
Event Date: 
November 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
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Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Poetry at Round Top Festival, Round Top Festival Institute, 248 Jaster Road, Round Top, TX 78954. (979) 249-3129. Katherine Durham Oldmixon Garza, Director. 

Katherine Durham Oldmixon Garza
Director
Contact City: 
Round Top
Contact State: 
TX
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
78954
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry

Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival

March/April 2025

The 2025 Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival was held from April 25 to April 27 on the Sarah Lawrence College campus in Bronxville, New York, 30 minutes by train from New York City. The festival featured workshops, readings, panel discussions, and craft talks. The faculty included poets Hala Alyan, Caroline Bird, Sophie Cabot Black, Victoria Redel, Sam Sax, R. A. Villanueva, and Kerri Webster. All events were free and open to the public. Visit the website for more information.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
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yes
Event Date: 
November 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
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Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708. Tyson Berardo and Ellie Gold Laabs, Codirectors. 

Tyson Berardo and Ellie Gold Laabs
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Bronxville
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
10708
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Tags: 
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The Lab Creative Writing Retreat

March/April 2025

The 2025 Lab Creative Writing Retreat was held from June 14 to June 21 at the Son Sion villa in the village of Porreres, located on a Mediterranean island 30 minutes south of Mallorca, Spain. Programming included workshops, one-on-one meetings with authors and agents, and space and time to write for poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date: 
November 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Lab Creative Writing Retreat, 11 Martha Drive, Melville, NY 11747. Matthew Clark Davison, Codirector.

Matthew Clark Davison
Codirector
Contact City: 
Porreres
Country: 
ES
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop Program

March/April 2025

The Fine Arts Work Center’s 2025 weeklong summer workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction were held at the center from June 15 to August 16 in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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yes
Event Date: 
November 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

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

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

Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop

March/April 2025

The 2025 Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop was held from June 15 to June 20 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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yes
Event Date: 
November 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
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: 
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The Writer’s Retreat at Good Contrivance Farm

March/April 2025

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: 
November 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 26, 2025
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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