Genre: Poetry

Visual Arts Center of Richmond

March/April 2025

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) offers an 11-month residency from September 1, 2025, to July 31, 2026, to a poet, fiction writer, or nonfiction writer at the Virginia Dairy building in Richmond’s historic Fan District. The residency includes private studio space, an honorarium of $5,000, and a $500 budget for materials. The resident writer has the opportunity to teach up to two classes at VisArts on a paid contract basis, host regular studio visits with donors and open studio events, and give a public reading.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
June 21, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 21, 2026
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23220. Emily N., Exhibitions and Residencies Manager.

Emily N
Exhibitions and Residencies Manager
Contact City: 
Richmond
Contact State: 
VA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
23220
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference

March/April 2026

Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference was held from May 19 to May 22 at Mercy by the Sea, a retreat center and private beach in Madison, Connecticut. The conference features workshops, seminars, readings, and panels. The faculty includes poets Chad Abushanab, Austin Allen, Melissa Balmain, Anna M. Evans, Nicole Caruso Garcia, David Groff, Jennifer Michael Hecht, David M. Katz, Joshua Mehigan, and Clare Rossini. Participating publishing professionals include editors Kai Coggin (SWWIM) and Allison Joseph (Crab Orchard Review).

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

Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference, 63 Parry Drive, Hainesport, NJ 08036. (609) 346-5011. Anna M. Evans, Board President.

Anna M. Evans
Board President
Contact City: 
Madison
Contact State: 
CT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
06443
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry

Red Clay Writers Conference

March/April 2025

The 2025 Red Clay Writers Conference, sponsored by the Georgia Writers Association (GWA), was held on April 26 at Kennesaw State University. The conference featured writing workshops and panels on literary journals and publishing for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. Participating writers included poets Andrea Jurjević and Joshua L. Martin and novelist and memoirist Garrard Conley. Participating publishing professionals included Kurt Milberger (Kennesaw State University) and Anna Sandy-Elrod (Ghost Peach Press).

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

Red Clay Writers Conference, Kennesaw State University, 440 Bartow Avenue, MD 2701, Kennesaw, GA 30144. Gregory Emilio, Executive Director. 

Gregory Emilio
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Kennesaw
Contact State: 
GA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
30144
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Tremont Writers Conference

March/April 2026

The Tremont Writers Conference will be held from October 21 to October 25 at the Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, located in the eponymous national park six miles southwest of Townsend, Tennessee. The conference features workshops, author readings, and craft talks for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers, as well as outdoor activities, including hikes and campfires. The faculty includes poet Linda Parsons, fiction writers Kelli Jo Ford and Ron Rash, and nonfiction writer Crystal Wilkinson.

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

Tremont Writers Conference, Great Smoky Mountains Institute at Tremont, 9275 Tremont Road, Townsend, TN 37882. (865) 448-6709. Frances Figart and Jeremy Lloyd, Codirectors. 

Frances Figart and Jeremy Lloyd
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Townsend
Contact State: 
TN
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
37882
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Lit Fest

March/April 2025

The Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s 2025 Lit Fest was held from June 6 to June 13 online and at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop headquarters in Denver. The festival featured weekend and weeklong workshops, craft seminars, salons, business panels, and agent consultations for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty included poets Eduardo C.

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

Lit Fest, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 3844 York Street, Denver, CO 80205. (303) 297-1185. Torin Jensen, Assistant Director of Special Programs.

Torin Jensen
Assistant Director of Special Programs
Contact City: 
Denver
Contact State: 
CO
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
80205
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

The Lab Creative Writing Retreat

July/August 2026

The 2026 Lab Creative Writing Retreat will be held from September 30 to October 8 in Mexico City for four nights and at the Khungi Temple, a remote retreat center in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, for four nights. Programming includes time to write, craft lectures, generative writing exercises, process workshops, docent-led tours of museums and galleries, and other cultural excursions for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty include fiction writers Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 30, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
June 21, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 21, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Lab Creative Writing Retreat, 311 Second Street, Suite 811, Oakland, CA 94607. Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante, Codirectors.

Matthew Clark Davison and Alice LaPlante
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Mexico City
Country: 
MX
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Rockland Residency

March/April 2025

The Rockland Residency offered three-week residencies from October 8, 2025, to October 29, 2025 and from January 8, 2026, to January 29, 2026, to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators in the Rockland Woods, located on the Kitsap Peninsula across the Salish Sea from Seattle. Writers who were at least 25 years old and were not enrolled in a creative writing program were eligible.

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

Rockland Residency, 2615 E Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122. (206) 799-8209. Jodi Rockwell, Cofounder. 

Jodi Rockwell
Cofounder
Contact City: 
Kitsap Peninsula
Contact State: 
WA
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop Program

March/April 2026

The Fine Arts Work Center’s annual weeklong summer workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction will be held at the center from June 21 to August 21 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The faculty includes poets George Abraham, Cameron Awkward-Rich, Kimberly Blaeser, Franny Choi, Cornelius Eady, Vievee Francis, Santee Frazier, Didi Jackson, Major Jackson, Keetje Kuipers, Dante Micheaux, John Murillo, Hieu Minh Nguyen, Porsha Olayiwola, Matthew Olzmann, Oliver de la Paz, Rowan Ricardo Phillips, m.s.

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

Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop Program, 24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657. (508) 487-9960. Dustin Ross, Program Manager. 

Dustin Ross
Program Manager
Contact City: 
Provincetown
Contact State: 
MA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
02657
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies

March/April 2026

The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology will offer two- to twelve-week residencies from October 2026 to April 2027 to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the center’s main campus and adjacent 80-acre property, all located within the unique ecosystems of Cascade Head and the Salmon River Estuary in Otis, Oregon. Each resident is provided with a private cabin with a bedroom, bathroom, and kitchen, as well as private studio space and access to the Hale Reference Library. Residents are responsible for travel and living costs.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 1, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
June 21, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 21, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies, 56605 Sitka Drive, Otis, OR 97368. (541) 994-5485. Maria Elting, Program Manager. 

Maria Elting
Program Manager
Contact City: 
Otis
Contact State: 
OR
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
97368
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency

March/April 2026

The Edward F. Albee Foundation offers monthlong residencies year-round, except during the month of December, to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center on the eastern terminus of Long Island in Montauk, New York. Residents are provided with en suite bedrooms in a converted horse stable and separate working studios, as well as shared access to a library, a kitchen, and the center’s grounds.

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

Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency, 192 Lexington Avenue, Suite 903, New York, NY 10016. (212) 226-2020. Jakob Holder, Executive Director.

Jakob Holder
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Montauk
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
11954
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

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