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In this video, Nikki Giovanni reads a selection of her poems and speaks about her life and career for the Wright Conversations series hosted by the Charles H. Wright Museum of African American History in Detroit and PBS Books. Giovanni died at the age of eighty-one on December 9, 2024.
A.I.R. Studio Paducah offers residencies of two weeks to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Lower Town Arts District of Paducah, Kentucky. Residents are provided with a private apartment and studio space. The cost of the residency is $700 for two weeks or $1,000 for one month. To apply, submit up to five poems of any length or up to 10 pages of prose, a cover letter, a résumé, a writer’s statement, and contact information for three references with a $25 application fee.
A.I.R. Studio Paducah, c/o Alonzo Davis, 4410 Oglethorpe Street, #609, Hyattsville, MD 20781. (202) 374-5650. Kay Lindsey, Communications Coordinator.
The 2026 Macondo Writers Workshop will be held from July 20 to July 26 at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. The program features multigenre writing workshops, seminars, and free public readings for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who also identify as social activists. The faculty includes Jan Beatty, Marilyn Chin, Jessica Hagedorn, Robert Jones Jr., and Luis J. Rodriguez. The cost of the program is $855 for tuition and $688 for room and board. A commuter pass for attendees staying off campus is $279.
Macondo Writers Workshop, Trinity University, One Trinity Place, Northrup Hall 244, San Antonio, TX 78212. Pat Alderete, Applications Administrator.
The U.S. Forest Service, the National Park Service, and the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service offered one- to two-week residencies from June through August to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers who wished to take part in stewardship projects in the wilderness of Alaska. Residents were paired with a wilderness ranger with whom they explore the national forests, parks, or refuges, while assisting with research, fieldwork, and other light ranger duties.
Voices of the Wilderness Artist in Residence Program, P.O. Box 129, Girdwood, AK 99587. Barbara Lydon, Program Coordinator.
The annual Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop will be held from June 14 to June 19 at the Hollins University campus in Roanoke, Virginia. The conference features generative and critique workshops as well as craft talks, individual conferences with faculty members, readings, and social events for poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and writers working across genres, as well as one-on-one manuscript consultations. The faculty includes poet Rebecca Lindenberg; fiction writers Amanda Cockrell, Dorothy Hassan, Fred G.
Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop Summer Residential Program, Hollins University, 7916 Williamson Road, Roanoke, VA 24020. (540) 362-6225. Christine Powell, Program Director.
The 2026 Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference will be held from June 14 to June 20 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for poets and prose writers whose work deals with the environment and the natural world, features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures; craft classes; meetings with editors, agents, and publishers; and readings by faculty and guests. The faculty includes poets Jennifer Chang, Joseph O.
Bread Loaf Conferences, Bread Loaf Environmental Writers’ Conference, Middlebury College, 204 College Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. (802) 443-5286. Jason Lamb, Coordinator.
The Tin House Summer Workshop will be held from July 12 to July 19 at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. The program features poetry, novel, short fiction, and creative nonfiction workshops (eight participants per class) as well as one-on-one meetings with faculty and agents, craft lectures, author conversations, generative exercises, readings, and prom and karaoke nights. Tuition is $2,000; the fee for room and board in the Reed College dormitories is $600. Scholarships, payment plans, and application fee waivers were available.
Tin House Summer Workshop, 2601 NW Thurman Street, Portland, OR 97210. (503) 345-5123. Lance Cleland, Executive Workshop Director.
The Juniper Summer Writing Institute will be held from June 21 to June 27 at the University of Massachusetts campus in Amherst. The program features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as craft seminars, manuscript consultations, and readings. The faculty includes poets Leila Chatti, Craig Santos Perez, and Khadijah Queen; fiction writers Aria Aber, Noy Holland, and Dantiel W. Moniz; and nonfiction writer Eula Biss. Visiting writers include poets Desiree C.
Juniper Summer Writing Institute, University of Massachusetts Amherst, English Department, E354 South College, 150 Hicks Way, Amherst, MA 01003. (413) 545-8988. Betsy Wheeler, Director.
The Community of Writers offers workshops in poetry from June 22 to June 28 and in fiction and nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) from July 10 to July 17 in Olympic Valley, near Lake Tahoe in California’s Sierra Nevada. The program features workshops, craft talks, publishing panels, readings, and one-on-one conferences with faculty. The faculty includes poets Kazim Ali, Ama Codjoe, Carmen Giménez, Brenda Hillman, Brian Teare, and Matthew Zapruder; fiction writers Mac (Marisa) Crane, Leslie Daniels, Tyler Dilts, Janet Fitch, Francisco Goldman, Katy Hays, Dana Johnson, Louis B.
Community of Writers, P.O. Box 1416, Nevada City, CA 95959. (530) 470-8440. Brett Hall Jones, Executive Director.
The Jentel Artist Residency offers three-week residencies from mid-January to early December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the scenic foothills of the Bighorn Mountains, 20 miles southeast of Sheridan, Wyoming. Writers age 25 or older who reside in the United States (or are U.S. citizens living abroad) and who are not currently enrolled at an academic institution are eligible. Each resident is provided with a private room, a separate studio, a $300 stipend, and access to a shared library, recreation area, kitchen, and living area.
Jentel Artist Residency, 130 Lower Piney Road, Banner, WY 82832. (307) 737-2311. Lynn Reeves, Residency Program Manager.
