Genre: Poetry

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies

March/April 2025

The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology will offer two- to twelve-week residencies from October 2025 to April 2026 to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the center’s adjacent 80-acre property, located within the unique ecosystems of Cascade Head and the Salmon River Estuary in Otis, Oregon. Each resident is provided with a private room, bathroom, and kitchen in a house, as well as private studio space and access to the Hale Reference Library. Residents are responsible for travel and living costs.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies, 56605 Sitka Drive, Otis, OR 97368. (541) 994-5485. Maria Elting, Program Manager. 

Maria Elting
Program Manager
Contact City: 
Otis
Contact State: 
OR
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
97368
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency

March/April 2025

The Edward F. Albee Foundation offers monthlong residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center on the eastern terminus of Long Island in Montauk, New York. Residents are provided with en suite bedrooms in a converted horse stable and separate working studios, as well as shared access to a library, a kitchen, and the center’s grounds. There is no cost to attend, although residents are responsible for meals and travel expenses.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
June 22, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency, 192 Lexington Avenue, Suite 903, New York, NY 10016. (212) 226-2020. Jakob Holder, Executive Director.

Jakob Holder
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Montauk
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
11954
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Rockland Residency

March/April 2025

The Rockland Residency will offer three-week residencies from October 8, 2025, to October 29, 2025, and from January 8, 2026, to January 29, 2026, to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators in the Rockland Woods, located on the Kitsap Peninsula across the Salish Sea from Seattle. Writers who are at least 25 years old and are not enrolled in a creative writing program are eligible.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 8, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Rockland Residency, 2615 E Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122. (206) 799-8209. Jodi Rockwell, Cofounder. 

Jodi Rockwell
Cofounder
Contact City: 
Kitsap Peninsula
Contact State: 
WA
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

A Rally of Writers

March/April 2025

The 38th annual A Rally of Writers conference was held on April 12 at the West Campus of Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. The conference featured workshops, craft classes, panel discussions, and readings in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Participating writers included poets Dennis Hinrichsen and Ruelaine Stokes; fiction writers Caitlin Horrocks and Alex Kourvo; and nonfiction writer Robert M Weir. Fiction writer Erin Bartels gave the keynote address.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
June 22, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

A Rally of Writers, P.O. Box 4253, East Lansing, MI 48823. Rob Edwards, President. 

Rob Edwards
President
Contact City: 
Lansing
Contact State: 
MI
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
48917
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
writing conferences

Visual Arts Center of Richmond

March/April 2025

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) offers an 11-month residency from September 1, 2025, to July 31, 2026, to a poet, fiction writer, or nonfiction writer at the Virginia Dairy building in Richmond’s historic Fan District. The residency includes private studio space, an honorarium of $5,000, and a $500 budget for materials. The resident writer has the opportunity to teach up to two classes at VisArts on a paid contract basis, host regular studio visits with donors and open studio events, and give a public reading.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23220. Emily N., Exhibitions and Residencies Manager.

Emily N
Exhibitions and Residencies Manager
Contact City: 
Richmond
Contact State: 
VA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
23220
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

The Lab Creative Writing Retreat

March/April 2025

The 2025 Lab Creative Writing Retreat will be held from June 14 to June 21 at the Son Sion villa in the village of Porreres, located on a Mediterranean island 30 minutes south of Mallorca, Spain. Programming includes workshops, one-on-one meetings with authors and agents, and space and time to write for poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 14, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 22, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Lab Creative Writing Retreat, 11 Martha Drive, Melville, NY 11747. Matthew Clark Davison, Codirector.

Matthew Clark Davison
Codirector
Contact City: 
Porreres
Country: 
ES
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

The Pistil by Ben Lerner

Caption: 

“Noses of bats, it’s time / To write the first poem in English / Each line the last, small / rain turning glass.” In this Poetry Book Society video, Ben Lerner reads his poem “The Pistil,” which appears in a special U.K. slipcase edition of his collection The Lights released by Granta Books and the Poetry Books Society.

Genre: 
Poetry
Tags: 
Ben Lerner
The Lights
Granta Books
Poetry Book Society
reading
2024

Etymology

The Time Is Now
2.11.25

Did you know that the word robust comes from the Latin word robur meaning “oak tree?” Merriam-Webster’s “12 Words Whose History Will Surprise You” provides the fascinating etymological history of words such as boudoir, phlegm, amethyst, and assassin, essentially mini lessons demonstrating an English word’s linguistic origins from an assortment of languages, including Medieval Latin, Greek, Arabic, French, and Middle English. Jot down a list of some of your favorite nouns, verbs, and adjectives, and look up their origin stories. (Tip: Merriam-Webster often lists a word’s etymology in the “Word History” section.) Write a poem inspired by this newly discovered and intriguing story behind the language, incorporating past iterations of the word into your verse.

A Reading With Lise Goett and Mark Wunderlich

Caption: 

Lise Goett reads from her third poetry collection, The Radiant (Tupelo Press, 2024), in this Jules’ Poetry Playhouse virtual reading with Mark Wunderlich hosted by Jules Nyquist and John Roche. The Radiant is featured in Page One in the January/February issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Genre: 
Poetry
Tags: 
Lise Goett
The Radiant
Tupelo Press
reading
Mark Wunderlich
Poetry Playhouse
Jules Nyquist
John Roche
Page One
January/February 2025

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