Genre: Poetry

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.

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.

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.

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.