Genre: Poetry

Massachusetts Poetry Festival

May/June 2025

The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival, sponsored by Mass Poetry, was held from May 30 to June 1 at several venues throughout Salem, Massachusetts, including the House of the Seven Gables, Old Town Hall, the Peabody Essex Museum, and St. Peter’s Church. Programming included headline readings, workshops, panels, a small press fair, multimedia events, open mics, and live performances. Participating poets include Diannely Antigua, Marilyn Chin, Ross Gay, Saeed Jones, Danez Smith, and Felicia Zamora.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
June 20, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
June 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 20, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Mass Poetry, c/o Grubstreet, 50 Liberty Drive, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02210. M.P. Carver, Festival Director.

M.P. Carver
Festival Director
Contact City: 
Salem
Contact State: 
MA
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry

Chuckanut Writers Conference

May/June 2026

The 2026 annual Chuckanut Writers Conference, cohosted by Village Books and Paper Dreams, Sidekick Press, and Chanticleer Book Reviews, will be held from June 25 to June 27 at Sehome High School in Bellingham, Washington. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as keynote addresses, craft talks, author panels, an open mic, a faculty reading, and breakout sessions that combine lecture, discussion, and generative writing sessions.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 25, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
June 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 20, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Chuckanut Writers Conference, 1200 11th Street, Bellingham WA 98226.

Contact City: 
Bellingham
Contact State: 
WA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
98225
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

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
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
August 2, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
July 1, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 20, 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: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
June 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 20, 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: 
June 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 20, 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: 
June 20, 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

Vermont College of Fine Arts Postgraduate Writers’ Conference

May/June 2025

The 30th annual Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) Postgraduate Writers’ Conference was held from August 2 to August 8, 2025, on the Champlain College campus in Burlington, Vermont. Designed for writers with graduate degrees or equivalent experience, the conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as readings, craft talks, and one-on-one consultations with faculty members. Each workshop was limited to five or six participants. The faculty included poets Kathleen Graber, Tomás Q.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
June 20, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
June 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 20, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Vermont College of Fine Arts Postgraduate Writers’ Conference, 36 College Street, Montpelier, VT 05602. Ellen Lesser, Director.

Ellen Lesser
Director
Contact City: 
Burlington
Contact State: 
VT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
05401
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Chesapeake Writers’ Conference

May/June 2026

The 13th annual Chesapeake Writers’ Conference will be held from June 21 to June 27 on the St. Mary’s College campus in St. Mary’s City, Maryland. The conference features lectures, craft talks, readings, panel discussions, and daily workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The faculty includes poet Karen Leona Anderson, fiction writers Matt Burgess and Jerry Gabriel, and creative nonfiction writers Randle Browning and Jennifer Cognard-Black. The cost of tuition is $850; the cost of tuition with college course credit is $1,450.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 21, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
June 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 20, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Chesapeake Writers’ Conference, St. Mary’s College, Montgomery Hall, 47645 College Drive, St. Mary’s City, MD 20686. Crystal Oliver, Conference Director.

Crystal Oliver
Conference Director
Contact City: 
St. Mary’s City
Contact State: 
MD
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
20686
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Gell Writing Residency

May/June 2026

The Gell Writing Residency, sponsored by Writers & Books, offers one- to three-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Gell: A Finger Lakes Creative Retreat in Naples, New York, situated on 24 acres in the Bristol Mountain foothills. Residents are provided with a renovated cottage with two bedrooms, two bathrooms, a modern kitchen, a spacious living and dining area with a writing nook, and an outdoor deck. Lodging costs are $85 per day for three to six days, $76 per day for 7 to 12 days, and $69 per day for 13 to 19 days.

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

Gell Writing Residency, c/o Writers & Books, 740 University Avenue, Rochester, NY 14607. (585) 473-2590, ext. 104. Chris Fanning, Deputy Director.

Chris Fanning
Deputy Director
Contact City: 
Naples
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
14512
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers

May/June 2026

The 39th annual Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers will be held from June 23 to June 28 at Wallowa Lake Lodge on the shores of Wallowa Lake, Oregon. The weeklong conference features generative writing workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as panel discussions, craft talks, open mics, and readings. The faculty includes poet, fiction writer, and nonfiction writer Tim Z. Hernandez; poet and nonfiction writer Kim Stafford; fiction writer Beth Piatote; nonfiction writers Craig Childs, Perrin Kerns, and Ana Maria Spagna; and independent editor Chip Blake.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 23, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
June 23, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 20, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Summer Fishtrap Gathering of Writers, P.O. Box 38, Enterprise, OR 97828. (541) 426-3623. Shannon McNerney, Executive Director.

Shannon McNerney
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Wallowa Lake
Contact State: 
OR
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
97846
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

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