Genre: Poetry

Poets on the Coast: A Weekend Retreat for Women

May/June 2025

The 2025 Poets on the Coast: A Weekend Retreat for Women was held from September 5 to September 7 at the La Conner Inn in La Conner, Washington. The retreat featured poetry workshops and one-on-one mentoring with faculty. The faculty included poets Elizabeth Bradfield, Susan Landgraf, and Susan Rich. Tuition, which did not include lodging or meals, was $579 until May 31 or $589 thereafter, until August 15. Lodging was available at the conference hotel at a nightly rate of $169 to $199. A limited number of scholarships were available. Registration was first come, first served.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
January 23, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Poets on the Coast: A Weekend Retreat for Women, P.O. Box 16037, Seattle, WA 98116. (360) 466-3101.

Contact City: 
La Conner
Contact State: 
WA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
98257
Country: 
US
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Poetry

Massachusetts Poetry Festival

May/June 2025

The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival, sponsored by Mass Poetry, was held from May 30 to June 1 at several venues throughout Salem, Massachusetts, including the House of the Seven Gables, Old Town Hall, the Peabody Essex Museum, and St. Peter’s Church. Programming included headline readings, workshops, panels, a small press fair, multimedia events, open mics, and live performances. Participating poets include Diannely Antigua, Marilyn Chin, Ross Gay, Saeed Jones, Danez Smith, and Felicia Zamora.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
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yes
Event Date: 
January 23, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Mass Poetry, c/o Grubstreet, 50 Liberty Drive, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02210. M.P. Carver, Festival Director.

M.P. Carver
Festival Director
Contact City: 
Salem
Contact State: 
MA
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry

Chuckanut Writers Conference

The 2025 annual Chuckanut Writers Conference, cohosted by the Narrative Project, Sidekick Press, and Village Books and Paper Dreams, was held on June 27 and June 28 at Sehome High School in Bellingham, Washington. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as keynote addresses, craft talks, author panels, an open mic, a faculty reading, and breakout sessions that combined lecture, discussion, and generative writing sessions.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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yes
Event Date: 
January 23, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Chuckanut Writers Conference, 2700 Bill McDonal Parkway, Bellingham, WA 98225.

Contact City: 
Bellingham
Contact State: 
WA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
98225
Country: 
US
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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

The Frost Place

May/June 2025

The Frost Place Poetry Seminar was held online from August 3 to August 7, 2025. The seminar featured poetry workshops, craft talks, and faculty and student readings. The faculty included poets Patrick Donnelly, Kathy Fagan, and Deborah Paredez. The cost of the conference was $700. To apply, writers submitted three poems of any length with a $25 application fee (waived for returning participants) by July 1, 2025. Visit the website for complete guidelines. 

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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yes
Event Date: 
January 23, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Frost Place, P.O. Box 74, Franconia, NH 03580. (603) 823-5510. Patrick Donnelly, Program Director.

Patrick Donnelly
Program Director
Contact City: 
Online
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Poetry

Anne LaBastille Memorial Writing Residency

May/June 2025

The Adirondack Center for Writing offered a two-week residency from September 21 to October 5 to six poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a lodge on Twitchell Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in New York. Three residents will be chosen from the Adirondack region and three will be chosen from anywhere else in the world. Residents are each provided with a private room and bathroom, work space, and meals. There is no cost to attend the residency, but residents are responsible for travel expenses to and from Twitchell Lake.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date: 
January 23, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Anne LaBastille Memorial Writing Residency, Adirondack Center for Writing, P.O. Box 956, Saranac Lake, NY 12983. (518) 354-1261. Nathalie Thill, Executive Director. 

Nathalie Thill
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Twitchell Lake
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
12983
Country: 
US
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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

New York State Summer Writers Institute

May/June 2025

The 39th annual New York State Summer Writers Institute was held from June 22 to July 19 at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs. The program featured two- and four-week workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The faculty included poets Peg Boyers, Henri Cole, Megan Fernandes, Sandra Lim, and Rosanna Warren; fiction writers Elizabeth Benedict, Adam Braver, Vinson Cunningham, Amy Hempel, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Claire Messud, Susan Minot, and Rick Moody; and creative nonfiction writers Phillip Lopate and Thomas Chatterton Williams.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
January 23, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

New York State Summer Writers Institute, Skidmore College, Office of Special Programs, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. (518) 580-5593. Christine Merrill, Senior Program Coordinator. 

Christine Merrill
Senior Program Coordinator
Contact City: 
Saratoga Springs
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
12866
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women

May/June 2025

The Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women offers one-week residencies three times a year to twelve poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators who identify as women at McGee Island, a 110-acre private island located three miles east of Port Clyde, Maine. Residents are provided with lodging at a turn-of-the-century oceanfront summer cottage in single- or shared-occupancy rooms, three chef-prepared meals a day, transportation to and from the island, and the opportunity to participate in after-dinner readings and critiques as well as kayaking, hiking, and taking a sauna.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
January 23, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women, 11 Willow Street, Hull, MA 02045. Pamela Loring, Cofounder and Program Director. 

Pamela Loring
Cofounder and Program Director
Contact City: 
McGee Island
Contact State: 
ME
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

North Carolina Writers’ Network Squire Summer Writing Workshops

May/June 2025

The 2025 North Carolina Writers’ Network (NCWN) Squire Summer Writing Workshops was held from July 24 to July 27 at Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as panels, readings, and open mics. The faculty included poet Junious Ward, fiction writer Bryn Chancellor, and nonfiction writer Maddie Norris. The cost of the conference was $799 ($699 for NCWN members), which included tuition, group meals, and single-room on-campus housing; the cost for commuters was $599 ($449 for NCWN members).

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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yes
Event Date: 
January 23, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

North Carolina Writers’ Network Squire Summer Writing Workshops, Attn: SW25 Registration, P.O. Box 21591, Winston-Salem, NC 27120. (336) 293-8844. Ed Southern, Executive Director.

Ed Southern
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Davidson
Contact State: 
NC
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
28035
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Loghaven Artist Residency

May/June 2025

Loghaven offers residencies of two to six weeks year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in five rehabilitated historic log cabins and newly built facilities on ninety acres of woodland in Knoxville, Tennessee. The residency includes an $850 weekly stipend for supplies and expenses, a travel subsidy on a sliding scale from $400 to $800, and up to $200 in reimbursement for shipping materials.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
January 23, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Loghaven Artist Residency, 1001 Loghaven Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920. (865) 617-0353.

Contact City: 
Knoxville
Contact State: 
TN
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
37920
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Calabash International Literary Festival

May/June 2025

The Calabash International Literary Festival was held from May 23 to May 25 at the Jack Sprat restaurant and bar in the fishing village of Treasure Beach, Jamaica. Programming included author readings, panels, and live music events.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
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yes
Event Date: 
January 23, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 23, 2026
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Calabash International Literary Festival, 2A Bamboo Avenue #4, Kingston 6, Jamaica. Justine Henzell, Cofounder and Festival Producer.

Justine Henzell
Cofounder and Festival Producer
Contact City: 
Treasure Beach
Country: 
JM
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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

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