Genre: Poetry

Mesa Verde Writers Conference

May/June 2025

The Mesa Verde Writers Conference, sponsored by Mancos Creative District, will be held on July 10 and July 11 at the Mancos Commons Building in downtown Mancos, Colorado. The conference features workshops for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, and is followed on July 12 by a literary festival with pop-up activities throughout Mancos. Participating authors include poet January Gill O’Neil, poet and fiction writer Lisa C. Taylor, and fiction writers Angie Hodapp and Mark Stevens. The cost of the conference, which includes workshops, readings, and meals, is $425.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
July 10, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Mesa Verde Writers Conference, c/o Mancos Creative District, P.O Box 754, Mancos, CO 81328. Lisa C. Taylor, Codirector.

Lisa C. Taylor
Codirector
Contact City: 
Mancos
Contact State: 
CO
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
81328
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

North Carolina Writers’ Network Squire Summer Writing Workshops

May/June 2025

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

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
July 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
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

The Studios of Key West

May/June 2025

The Studios of Key West offers monthlong residencies to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Old Town campus in Key West, Florida. Residents are provided with private lodging and work space. There is no cost to attend the residency, but residents are expected to participate in one community event during their stay. Residents are responsible for their own meals and transportation expenses.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton Street, Key West, FL 33040. (305) 296-0458. Elena Devers, Deputy Director.

Elena Devers
Deputy Director
Contact City: 
Key West
Contact State: 
FL
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
33040
Country: 
US
Add Image: 
Outdoor patio potluck at the Studios of Key West
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Sunlit Residency

May/June 2025

Sunlit Residency offers weekly residencies of one to three weeks and monthly residencies of up to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the Sue-Je Lee Gage Residency for Human Rights and Social Justice in Ithaca, New York. The residency offers time and space to write and one-on-one consultations by request. The faculty includes fiction writer Nick Kowalczyk, creative nonfiction writer Hannah Bae, and translator Annette H. Levine.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Sunlit Residency, 53 Whitted Road, Ithaca, NY 14850. (607) 229-2683. Annette Levine, Executive Director.

Annette Levine
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Ithaca
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
14850
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Taos Writers Conference

May/June 2025

The ninth annual Taos Writers Conference will be held from July 25 to July 27 at Society of the Muse of the Southwest, a literary organization in Taos, New Mexico. The conference features workshops for poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and writers working in hybrid genres, as well as critique sessions, faculty readings, and roundtable discussions with authors on publishing. The faculty includes poets Aaron Abeyta, Holly Day, Veronica Golos, and Kyle Laws; fiction and nonfiction writers Sallie Bingham, E.J.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
July 25, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
June 28, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Taos Writers Conference, P.O. Box 3225, Taos, NM 87571. (575) 758-0081. Jan Smith, Executive Director.

Jan Smith
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Taos
Contact State: 
NM
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
87571
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Tulsa Artist Fellowship

May/June 2025

The 2026–2028 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, sponsored by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, offers three-year residencies to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Archer Studios in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 28, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Tulsa Artist Fellowship, 109 M.L.K. Jr Boulevard, Tulsa, OK 74103. (539) 302-4855.

Contact City: 
Tulsa
Contact State: 
OK
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
74103
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Vasto Arts Workshop

May/June 2025

The 2025 Vasto Arts Workshop will be held from September 6 to September 13 at the liberty-style Villa Monteferrante in the town of Vasto, Italy, which overlooks the Adriatic Sea. Programming includes workshops, a guided tour of Vasto’s historic center, and visits to local artists’ studios for poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators. The faculty includes poet and fiction writer Carolyn Marie Souaid and fiction writer and creative nonfiction writer Christopher DiRaddo.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 6, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
July 1, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Vasto Arts Workshop, Villa Monteferrante, Via Francesco Paolo Tosti 6, 66054 Vasto, Italy. Luigi Monteferrante, Director.

Luigi Monteferrante
Director
Contact City: 
Vasto
Country: 
IT
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

May/June 2025

The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts offers residencies of varying lengths (up to six weeks) year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on the historic grounds of Mt. San Angelo in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Residents are provided with private lodging and studio space, meals, and access to the facilities of nearby Sweet Briar College. The residency fee is $75 per day; full fellowships and need-based financial aid are available.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 154 San Angelo Drive, Amherst, VA 24521. (434) 946-7236.

Contact City: 
Amherst
Contact State: 
VA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
24521
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Editors’ Prize Book Award

Cider Press Review
Entry Fee: 
$27
Deadline: 
June 30, 2025
A prize of $1,000, publication by Cider Press Review, and 25 author copies is given annually for a poetry collection. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $27 entry fee by June 30. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

PEN/Heim Translation Fund Grants

PEN America
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
June 1, 2025
Ten grants of $4,000 each are given annually to support the translation of book-length works of poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction that have not previously appeared in English or have appeared only in an “outdated or otherwise flawed translation.” A separate grant of $5,000, called the PEN Grant for the English Translation of Italian Literature, is also given to support the translation of a book of fiction or nonfiction from Italian into English. Manuscripts with up to two translators are accepted. Using only the online submission system, submit a translation sample of 8 to 10 pages of poetry or prose, a copy of the same passage in the original language, a biography and bibliography of the translated author, a project statement, and the curriculum vitae of the translator by June 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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