Genre: Poetry

Writeaways

January/February 2025

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.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
February 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 1, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 21, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Writeaways, P.O. Box 62012, Durham, NC 27715. Mimi Herman and John Yewell, Codirectors.

Mimi Herman and John Yewell
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Southern Pines
Contact State: 
NC
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
28388
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Shannaghe Residency Program

January/February 2025

The Shannaghe Residency Program offers two- and four-week residencies from April through November to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers at the Shannaghe residence, a renovated house barn in Belfast, Maine. Residents are provided with private accommodations, which include a room, a workspace, a kitchen, and two bathrooms. The cost of the residency is $100 per week.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
April 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Shannaghe Residency Program, 121 City Point Road, Belfast, ME 04915. (312) 802-2989. Lee Reilly, Director.

Lee Reilly
Director
Contact City: 
Belfast
Contact State: 
ME
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
04915
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Creekside Arts Artist-Residency Program

January/February 2025

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.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 21, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 21, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Creekside Arts Artist-Residency Program, 475 Howard Heights Road, Eureka, CA 95503. (707) 998-8452. Marceau Verdiere, Creekside Arts Residency Coordinator.

Marceau Verdiere
Creekside Arts Residency Coordinator
Contact City: 
Freshwater
Contact State: 
CA
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

The Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference

January/February 2025

The 2025 Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference will be held from June 4 to June 10 at the Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, Maine. The conference features a full-manuscript pre-conference reading with two sets of editorial comments, workshops, and attendee and faculty readings for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. One-on-one agent pitching as well as pitching practice sessions will take place post-conference via Zoom on June 28.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 4, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 19, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 21, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference, P.O. Box 472, Brunswick, ME 04011. Shanna McNair, Founding Director.

Shanna McNair
Founding Director
Contact City: 
Phippsburg
Contact State: 
ME
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
04562
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Hambidge Creative Residency Program

January/February 2025

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.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
February 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Hambidge Creative Residency Program, P.O. Box 339, Rabun Gap, GA 30568. (706) 746-7324. Beth Loveland, Office and On-site Programs Coordinator. 

Beth Loveland
Office and On-site Programs Coordinator
Contact City: 
Rabun Gap
Contact State: 
GA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
30568
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Windhover Writers’ Festival

January/February 2025

The Windhover Writers’ Festival was held from February 19 to February 21 at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. The programming included workshops, faculty readings, panels, and social events for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. Visiting writers included poet Dana Gioia, fiction writer Katy Carl, and nonfiction writer Daniel Bowman Jr. The cost of registration, which included meals, was $90 ($60 for students). Lodging at the conference hotel was available at a nightly rate of $145. Writers registered by January 31.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
February 19, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
January 31, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 21, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Windhover Writers’ Festival, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, P.O. Box 8450, 900 College Street, Belton, TX 76513. (254) 295-4561. Toby F. Coley, Director.

Toby F. Coley
Director
Contact City: 
Belton
Contact State: 
TX
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
76513
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference

January/February 2025

The 2025 Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference will be held from June 15 to June 21 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for both emerging and established translators, features translation workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures, craft classes, meetings with editors and agents, and readings by faculty and guests. The faculty includes translators Jennifer Grotz, Anton Hur, Madhu H. Kaza, Aaron Robertson, Damion Searls, and Matvei Yankelevich.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 1, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
February 1, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Bread Loaf Conferences, Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference, Middlebury College, 204 College Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. (802) 443-5286. Jason Lamb, Coordinator.

Jason Lamb
Coordinator
Contact City: 
Ripton
Contact State: 
VT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
05753
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Aldo and Estella Leopold Residency

January/February 2025

The Aldo and Estella Leopold Residency offers monthlong residencies from May through October to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers in the late environmental essayist Aldo Leopold’s cabin in Tres Piedras, New Mexico. Writers exploring “the relevance of Aldo Leopold’s ideas to 21st century cultural and environmental issues” and/or “committed to reshaping the cultural story about the relationship between humans and nature” are eligible. An additional residency is offered in a single-room casita overlooking the Galisteo Basin Preserve in Galisteo, New Mexico.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
May 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 21, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Aldo and Estella Leopold Residency, P.O. Box 40122, Albuquerque, NM 87196. (973) 476-9112. Nina Simon, Program Director.

Nina Simon
Program Director
Contact City: 
Tres Piedras
Contact State: 
NM
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
87577
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Playa Flamingo Writing Residency in Costa Rica

January/February 2024

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.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
May 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 28, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 21, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Playa Flamingo Writing Residency in Costa Rica, 7107 Foxtree Cove, Austin, TX 78750. (518) 764-1918. Lisa Mottolo, Assistant Editor of Atmosphere Press.

Lisa Mottolo
Assistant Editor
Contact City: 
Guanacaste
Country: 
CR
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

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