Tags: colonies and retreats
Cancellations and Postponements: Retreats and Contests Affected by the Crisis

A growing list of conferences, festivals, and writing contests that have been affected by the coronavirus pandemic.
How to Create Your Own QPOC Writing Residency

Six queer writers of color create a collective space to pursue their work, no explanations or apologies necessary.
Ten More Retreats Where Your Big Book Could Be Born
Civitella Ranieri Foundation, Fogo Island Arts Residency, Iceland Writers Retreat, and more.
The Writers Retreats Where Big Books Are Born
Annie Proulx, Tayari Jones, Viet Thanh Nguyen, and ten more authors on the retreats that changed their lives.
The Aha! Moment: A Literature Panelist for the MacDowell Colony
An anonymous juror weighs in on a residency applicant’s successful writing sample.
Where Big Books Are Born: Danez Smith on the Millay Colony

The author of Don’t Call Us Dead on the retreat in Austerlitz, New York.
Where Big Books Are Born: Amina Gautier on the Camargo Foundation

The author of The Loss of All Lost Things on the retreat in Cassis, France.
Where Big Books Are Born: Christine Schutt on Yaddo

The author of Pure Hollywood on the retreat in Saratoga Springs, New York.
Where Big Books Are Born: Stephan Eirik Clark on the Anderson Center

The author of Sweetness #9 on the retreat in Red Wing, Minnesota.
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