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In this video from U.K. publisher Carcanet Press, Carl Phillips talks about the themes of memory and reflection within his seventeenth poetry collection, Scattered Snows, to the North (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), which is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
Prospect Street Writers House offers one- and two-week residencies in January and from May through November to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the Prospect Street residency in the village of North Bennington, Vermont. Residents are provided with lodging in dorm-style bedrooms with a private or shared bathroom and an en suite kitchenette and sitting room, as well as access to shared common spaces, including a kitchen, dining room, great room, library, porch, and half-acre garden with a terrace.
Prospect Street Writers House, 20 Prospect Street, North Bennington, VT 05257. (646) 369-0682. Gary Clark, Managing Director.
The Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers Guild Writing Residency offers one-week residencies during the month of March to nine emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Mount, Edith Wharton’s former home in Lenox, Massachusetts. Residents will receive a $500 stipend (and up to $250 in travel reimbursement); dedicated private work spaces at the Mount, a 1902 Georgian revival mansion; and lodging at a nearby inn with private bedrooms and bathrooms.
Edith Wharton & Straw Dog Writers Guild Writing Residency, The Mount, 2 Plunkett Street, P.O. Box 974, Lenox, MA 01240.
The tenth annual Iota Short Forms Conference was held from October 16 to October 19 at the Cobscook Institute in Trescott, Maine, and its surrounding fifty acres of forest and former farmland. The conference featured writing classes, readings, workshops, an open mic, and craft talks oriented toward forms of short prose writing, including essays, prose poems, short stories, flash fiction and nonfiction, micro essays, and more. The faculty included poet Gibson Fay-LeBlanc, fiction and nonfiction writer Suzanne Strempek Shea, and nonfiction writers Melanie Brooks and Penny Guisinger.
Iota Short Forms Conference, Cobscook Institute, 10 Commissary Point Road, Trescott TWP, ME 04652. (207) 733-2233. Emily Guirl, Community Programming Steward.
The 2024 Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, sponsored by Humanities Tennessee, was held on October 26 and October 27 at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Tennessee State Library & Archives, and Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. The festival featured readings, panel discussions, a bookfair, book signings, and music performances. Participating authors included poet and fiction writer Ron Rash, fiction writers Bonnie Jo Campbell and Rachel Khong, fiction and nonfiction writers Andre Dubus III and Ann Patchett, and nonfiction writer Erik Larson.
Southern Festival of Books, Humanities Tennessee, 615 Main Street, Suite B19, Nashville, TN 37206. (615) 770-0006. Serenity Gerbman, Director of Literature & Language Programs.
Sarasvati Creative Space offers residencies of one week to four months between April and November to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the 17-acre Camp Wonder Wander in the rural hills of Lewis County, Tennessee, near the Buffalo River. Limited space is also available between December and March; inquiries can be made via e-mail. Residents are provided with lodging in private bedrooms, some with en suite bathrooms, as well as access to shared kitchen, dining, porch, and laundry spaces. Studios are available based on the writer’s needs.
Sarasvati Creative Space, 599 Gaither Hinson Road, Waynesboro, TN 38485. (931) 345-7005. Valerie Sloan, Founder and Director.
The 2025 Kauai Writers Conference will be held from November 10 to November 16 at the Royal Sonesta Resort on Kalapaki Beach in Kauai, Hawai‘i. The event features a three-day conference, master classes, one-on-one agent sessions, and publishing consultations for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers.
Kauai Writers Conference, P.O. Box 37, Kapaa, HI 96746. David Katz, Director.
The 23rd annual James River Writers Conference was held online and in person from October 3 to October 5 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond. The conference started with online master classes on October 3; the following two days of programming included in-person pitch sessions with literary agents, first page and query letter critiques, workshops, panels, networking opportunities, and a poetry showcase for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers.
James River Writers Conference, James River Writers, P.O. Box 73841, Richmond, VA 23235. (804) 433-3790. Brynn Markham, Director of Programs and Communications.
The 16th annual Hampton Roads Writers Conference was held from November 7 to November 9 at the Holiday Inn Virginia Beach Norfolk Hotel and Conference Center in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The conference featured agent pitch sessions, critique sessions, and craft and publishing classes for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. Participating writers included poets Henry Hart and Kathy Smaltz; fiction writers Jody Hobbs Hesler, BettyJoyce Nash, and A.D. Nauman; and nonfiction writers Kate Lewis and Kyle Marie McMahon.
Hampton Roads Writers Conference, P.O. Box 56228, Virginia Beach, VA 23456. Lauran Strait, Cofounder and Executive Director.
The eleventh annual Inkubator Writing Conference, sponsored by Literary Cleveland, was held from September 11 to September 13 at the Cleveland Public Library in downtown Cleveland. The conference featured workshops, craft talks, panel discussions, readings, and a book fair for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers to help “empower writers, celebrate literary excellence, and amplify diverse voices.” Participating writers included poet Nandi Comer, fiction writer Jonathan Escoffery, and nonfiction writer Maris Kreizman. A virtual event featuring nonfiction writer Eve L.
Inkubator Writing Conference, Literary Cleveland, 13002 Larchmere Boulevard, Cleveland, OH 44120. Matt Weinkam, Executive Director.
