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“I’d love to be the kind of writer who sits down at my desk at a specific and predictable time...and write, but I’ve never been that writer. —torrin a greathouse, author of DEED.
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Genre: Poetry
SparkTalks: Daniel Borzutsky
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In this short reading hosted by the University of Illinois Chicago’s SparkTalks series, Daniel Borzutzky reads “Apparatus #519” from his poetry collection The Murmuring Grief of the Americas (Coffee House Press, 2024), which is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Carl Phillips on Scattered Snows, to the North
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In this video from U.K. publisher Carcanet Press, Carl Phillips talks about the themes of memory and reflection within his seventeenth poetry collection, Scattered Snows, to the North (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2024), which is featured in Page One in the September/October issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.
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Prospect Street Writers House
Prospect Street Writers House offers one- and two-week residencies in January and from May through November to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the Prospect Street residency in the village of North Bennington, Vermont. Residents are provided with lodging in dorm-style bedrooms with a private bathroom and an en suite kitchenette and sitting room, as well as access to shared common spaces, including a kitchen, dining room, great room, library, office, porch, and a half-acre garden with a terrace.
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RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
January 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
yes
Application Deadline:
May 31, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
May 31, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Prospect Street Writers House, 20 Prospect Street, North Bennington, VT 05257. (802) 730-4125. Gary Clark, Managing Director.
Gary Clark
Managing Editor
Contact City:
North Bennington
Contact State:
VT
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
05257
Country:
US
Edith Wharton–Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence Program
The Edith Wharton–Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence Program offers one-week residencies during the month of March to nine emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Mount, Edith Wharton’s former home in Lenox, Massachusetts. Residents will be provided a $500 stipend; dedicated private work spaces at the Mount, a 1902 Georgian revival mansion; and lodging at a nearby hotel with private bedrooms and bathrooms.
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
March 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
no
Application Deadline:
October 1, 2024
Financial Aid?:
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
October 1, 2024
Free Admission:
yes
Contact Information:
Edith Wharton–Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence Program, The Mount, P.O. Box 974, Lenox, MA 01240.
Contact City:
Lenox
Contact State:
MA
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
01240
Country:
US
Iota Short Forms Conference
The ninth annual Iota Short Forms Conference was held from October 20 to October 23 at the Cobscook Institute in Trescott, Maine, and its surrounding fifty acres of forest and former farmland. The conference featured writing classes, readings, workshops, an open mic, and craft talks oriented toward forms of short prose writing, including essays, prose poems, short stories, flash fiction and nonfiction, micro essays, and more. The faculty included fiction and nonfiction writer Ann Hood and nonfiction writer Penny Guisinger.
Type:
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
October 20, 2024
Rolling Admissions:
no
Application Deadline:
September 30, 2024
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
May 31, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Iota Short Forms Conference, Cobscook Institute, 10 Commissary Point Road, Trescott TWP, ME 04652. Beana Hopkins, Community Steward.
Beana Hopkins
Community Steward
Contact City:
Trescott
Contact State:
ME
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
04652
Country:
US
Southern Festival of Books
The 2024 Southern Festival of Books: A Celebration of the Written Word, sponsored by Humanities Tennessee, was held on October 26 and October 27 at the Bicentennial Capitol Mall State Park, Tennessee State Library & Archives, and Tennessee State Museum in Nashville. The festival featured readings, panel discussions, a bookfair, book signings, and music performances. Participating authors included poet and fiction writer Ron Rash, fiction writers Bonnie Jo Campbell and Rachel Khong, fiction and nonfiction writers Andre Dubus III and Ann Patchett, and nonfiction writer Erik Larson.
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FESTIVAL
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no
Event Date:
October 26, 2024
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
May 31, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
May 31, 2025
Free Admission:
yes
Contact Information:
Southern Festival of Books, Humanities Tennessee, 615 Main Street, Suite B19, Nashville, TN 37206. (615) 770-0006. Serenity Gerbman, Director of Literature & Language Programs.
Serenity Gerbman
Director of Literature & Language Programs
Contact City:
Nashville
Contact State:
TN
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
37206
Country:
US
Sarasvati Creative Space
Sarasvati Creative Space offers residencies of one week to four months year-round to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the 17-acre Camp Wonder Wander in the rural hills of Lewis County, Tennessee, near the Buffalo River. Residents are provided with lodging in private bedrooms, some with en suite bathrooms, as well as access to shared kitchen, dining, porch, and laundry spaces. Studios are also available based on the writer’s needs.
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
yes
Event Date:
May 31, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
yes
Application Deadline:
May 31, 2025
Financial Aid?:
yes
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Sarasvati Creative Space, 559 Gaither Hinson Road, Waynesboro, TN 38485. (931) 321-3520. Valerie Sloan, Founder and Director.
Valerie Sloan
Founder and Director
Contact City:
Lewis County
Contact State:
TN
Country:
US
Kauai Writers Conference
The 2024 Kauai Writers Conference was held from November 11 to November 17 at the Royal Sonesta Resort on Kalapaki Beach in Kauai, Hawai‘i. The event featured a three-day conference, master classes, one-on-one agent sessions, and publishing consultations for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers.
Type:
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
November 11, 2024
Rolling Admissions:
yes
Application Deadline:
May 31, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
May 31, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Kauai Writers Conference, P.O. Box 37, Kapaa, HI 96746. David Katz, Director.
David Katz
Director
Contact City:
Kauai
Contact State:
HI
Country:
US
James River Writers Conference
The 22nd annual James River Writers Conference was held online and in person from October 4 to October 6 at the Greater Richmond Convention Center in Richmond. The conference started with online master classes on October 4; the following two days of programming included in-person pitch sessions with literary agents, first page and query letter critiques, workshops, panels, networking opportunities, and a poetry showcase for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. Participating writers included poets Courtney LeBlanc, Joanna S. Lee, and Junious “Jay” Ward; fiction writers Cheryl A.
Type:
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
October 4, 2024
Rolling Admissions:
no
Application Deadline:
September 30, 2024
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
May 31, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
James River Writers Conference, James River Writers, P.O. Box 73841, Richmond, VA 23235. (804) 433-3790. Brynn Markham, Director of Programs and Communications.
Brynn Markham
Director of Programs and Communications
Contact City:
Richmond
Contact State:
VA
Country:
US
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