Genre: Poetry

The Frost Place

May/June 2026

The Frost Place Poetry Seminar will be held online from August 2 to August 6. The seminar features poetry workshops, craft talks, and faculty and student readings. The faculty includes poets Lauren Camp, Armen Davoudian, and Patrick Donnelly. The cost of the conference is $700. To apply, submit three poems of any length with a $25 application fee (waived for returning participants) by July 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Accessibility accommodations include closed captioning. Contact the program director via phone or e-mail for additional accessibility details.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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no
Event Date: 
August 2, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
July 1, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Frost Place, P.O. Box 74, Franconia, NH 03580. (603) 823-5510. Patrick Donnelly, Program Director.

Patrick Donnelly
Program Director
Contact City: 
Online
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Genre: 
Poetry

Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency

May/June 2026

The Adirondack Center for Writing will offer a two-week residency from September 20 to October 4 to six poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a lodge on Twitchell Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in New York. Three residents will be chosen from the Adirondack region and three will be chosen from anywhere else in the world. Residents are each provided with a private room and bathroom, work space, and meals. There is no cost to attend the residency, but residents are responsible for travel expenses to and from Twitchell Lake.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 20, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 18, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2026
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Anne LaBastille Memorial Writers Residency, Adirondack Center for Writing, P.O. Box 956, Saranac Lake, NY 12983. (518) 354-1261. Nathalie Thill, Executive Director. 

Nathalie Thill
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Twitchell Lake
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
12983
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

New York State Summer Writers Institute

May/June 2026

The 40th annual New York State Summer Writers Institute will be held from June 21 to July 18 at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs. The program features two- and four-week workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The faculty includes poets Peg Boyers, Megan Fernandes, Elisa Gonzalez, Ishion Hutchinson, Sandra Lim, Campbell McGrath, and Rosanna Warren; fiction writers Hannah Lillith Assadi, Elizabeth Benedict, Adam Braver, Joshua Cohen, Vinson Cunningham, Amy Hempel, Susan Minot, and Rick Moody; and creative nonfiction writers Phillip Lopate and Thomas Chatterton Williams.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 21, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

New York State Summer Writers Institute, Skidmore College, Office of Special Programs, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. (518) 580-5593. Christine Merrill, Senior Program Coordinator.

Christine Merrill
Senior Program Coordinator
Contact City: 
Saratoga Springs
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
12866
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women

May/June 2026

The Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women offers one-week residencies four times a year to twelve poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators who identify as women at McGee Island, a 110-acre private island located three miles east of Port Clyde, Maine. Residents are provided with lodging at a turn-of-the-century oceanfront summer cottage in single- or shared-occupancy rooms, three chef-prepared meals a day, transportation to and from the island, and the opportunity to participate in after-dinner readings and critiques as well as to kayak, hike, and use the onsite sauna.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 26, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 15, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women, 11 Willow Street, Hull, MA 02045. Pamela Loring, Cofounder and Program Director. 

Pamela Loring
Cofounder and Program Director
Contact City: 
McGee Island
Contact State: 
ME
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Taos Writers Conference

May/June 2026

The 10th annual Taos Writers Conference will be held from July 24 to July 26 at the headquarters of the Society of the Muse of the Southwest, a literary organization in Taos, New Mexico. The conference features in-person and online workshops for poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and writers working in hybrid genres, as well as critique sessions, faculty readings, and roundtable discussions on publishing. The faculty includes poets Sheila Carter-Jones, Kristina Marie Darling, Lise Goett, Renata Golden, Veronica Golos, Kyle Laws, Valerie Martinez, Juan J.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
July 24, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
June 1, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2026
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

Vasto Arts Workshops

May/June 2026

The 2026 Vasto Arts Workshops will be held from May 31 to June 6 and June 8 to June 13 at the liberty-style Villa Monteferrante in the town of Vasto, Italy, overlooking 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 for the May 31 to June 6 session includes poet, fiction writer, and copublisher of Guernica Editions, Michael Mirolla.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
May 31, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

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

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

Poetry in the Park: Aleena Ahmed, Ajamou Butler, Steven Espada Dawson, and Margaret Rozga

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In this Poetry in the Park event in Milwaukee’s Juneau Park hosted by Juneau Park Friends and Woodland Pattern, poets Aleena Ahmed, Ajamou Butler, Steven Espada Dawson, and Margaret Rozga read a selection of poems. Dawson, author of Late to the Search Party (Scribner, 2025), is featured in Literary MagNet in the May/June issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

Genre: 
Poetry
Tags: 
Aleena Ahmed
Ajamou Butler
Steven Espada Dawson
Margaret Rozga
Woodland Pattern
Late to the Search Party
Literary MagNet
May/June 2025

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

May/June 2026

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, studio space, and meals. The residency fee is $105 per day; full fellowships and need-based financial aid are available.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 19, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 15, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 10, 2026
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

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 19, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2026
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
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Outdoor patio potluck at the Studios of Key West
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Headlands Center for the Arts

May/June 2026

Headlands Center for the Arts offers four- to ten-week residencies from mid-March to mid-November to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and graphic novelists at its retreat center in the coastal wilderness of the Marin Headlands outside San Francisco. Residents are provided with a private bedroom and work space in a shared house, round-trip airfare, four meals per week, and a $1,000 monthly stipend. Writers not currently enrolled in an academic program are eligible.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 19, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
June 1, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2026
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Fort Barry, Sausalito, CA 94965. (415) 472-9478. Holly Blake, Senior Residency Manager.

Holly Blake
Senior Residency Manager
Contact City: 
Sausalito
Contact State: 
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
94965
Country: 
US
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A large white house nestled in trees and mountains.
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

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