Genre: Poetry

The Playa Flamingo Writing Residency, sponsored by Atmosphere Press, offers two five-day residencies from May to August to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, or translators at the Punta Plata condominium in Playa Flamingo, a white sand beach located in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The residency features space and time to write and an online reading in which residents present their work. Residents are provided with a two-bedroom condo that includes two bathrooms, a full kitchen, a patio, private beach access, and a shared outdoor pool.

Writeaways offered a weeklong retreat from February 24 to March 3 to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers (including creative nonfiction writers) at the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, a 26-acre estate in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Residents were provided with time and space to write, writing workshops, and private writing consultations. The faculty included poet and fiction writer Mimi Herman and fiction and nonfiction writer John Yewell.

Creekside Arts offers three-week residencies from mid-May to early June to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on the coastal redwoods of Freshwater, California. Residents are provided with a private room, kitchen, bathroom, and studio in a cottage, cabin, tiny house, or Airstream trailer, as well as access to collaborative work spaces where gatherings are held with other residents, permanent members of the Creekside Arts community, and artists from the larger Humboldt County.

Hambidge offers residencies of two weeks to two months from February through December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on 600 forested acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Georgia. Each resident is provided with a private cottage, which includes a bedroom, a studio, a full kitchen, and a bathroom. The cost of the residency is $250 per week; meals are included. Limited financial aid scholarships and several merit-based Distinguished Fellowships were available.