Genre: Poetry

Sewanee Writers’ Conference

March/April 2024

The 34th annual Sewanee Writers’ Conference was held from July 16 to July 28 on the campus of the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee. The conference featured workshops, special topics classes, lectures, one-on-one meetings with faculty, and readings for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. The faculty included poets Marianne Chan, Eduardo C.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Sewanee Writers’ Conference, University of the South, 735 University Avenue, Sewanee, TN 37383. 

Contact City: 
Sewanee
Contact State: 
TN
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
37383
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

National Black Writers Conference

The 17th National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) was held from March 20 to March 23 at Medgar Evers College, City University of New York.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
November 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

National Black Writers Conference, Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College, City University of New York, 1650 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225. Charlotte Hunter, Chief of Staff. 

Charlotte Hunter
Chief of Staff
Contact City: 
New York
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
11225
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
writing conferences

Nimrod Literary Awards

Nimrod International Journal
Entry Fee: 
$20
Deadline: 
April 1, 2024

Two prizes of $2,000 each and publication in Nimrod International Journal are given annually for a poem or a group of poems and a work of fiction.

Ou-telier Residency

The Ou Gallery’s Ou-telier program offers two- and four-week residencies starting on the 1st and 17th of every month year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in a historic boatbuilding workshop in the Cowichan Valley/unceded Quw’utsun territory on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada. Residents are provided with a studio and a private bedroom in shared suites each equipped with a kitchen and bathroom.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
November 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Ou-telier Residency, The Ou Gallery, 3091 Agira Road, Duncan, BC V9L 3Y3, Canada. Barclay Rose, Cofounder. 

Barclay Rose
Cofounder
Contact City: 
Vancouver Island
Contact State: 
BC
Country: 
CA
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Richard Snyder Memorial Publication Prize

Ashland Poetry Press
Entry Fee: 
$27
Deadline: 
May 1, 2024
A prize of $1,000, publication by Ashland Poetry Press, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. Matthew Rohrer will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 96 pages with a $27 entry fee by May 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Antivenom Poetry Award

Elixir Press
Entry Fee: 
$30
Deadline: 
March 31, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication by Elixir Press is given annually for a first or second poetry collection. Kathleen Winter will judge. Submit a manuscript of at least 48 pages with a $30 entry fee by March 31. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Tags: 
first book awards | second book awards

Cosmic Connection

The Time Is Now
2.13.24

“You have changed me already. I am a fireball / That is hurtling towards the sky to where you are,” begins Dorothea Lasky’s “Poem to an Unnameable Man” from her 2010 collection, Black Life. The poem’s speaker regales their addressee with the projected story of their intense connection, as Lasky incorporates cosmic imagery, a confessional tone, and grandiose language combined with an intimate, idiosyncratic voice. This week write a poem that traverses the galaxy and addresses someone or something you feel tethered to, as if you’re “hurtling towards” them. As you write, play around with figurative language that points to both sizable and smaller, nuanced observations.

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