Genre: Poetry

The annual Tinker Mountain Writers’ Workshop was held from June 8 to June 12 at the Hollins University campus in Roanoke, Virginia. The conference featured generative manuscript workshops and tutorials in poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, and multigenre work, as well as craft talks, individual conferences with faculty members, readings, and social events. The faculty included poet and nonfiction writer James McKean; fiction writers Amanda Cockrell, Dorothy Hassan, Fred G. Leebron, Daniel Mueller, and Rachele Salvini; and nonfiction writer Kristin Dombek.

The Tin House Summer Workshop will be held from July 13 to July 20 at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. The program features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction (8 to 10 participants per class), as well as one-on-one meetings with faculty, agents, and editors; craft lectures; author conversations; generative exercises; readings; and karaoke. The faculty includes poet, fiction writer, and nonfiction writer Billy-Ray Belcourt; fiction writer Danielle Evans; fiction and nonfiction writer Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah; and nonfiction writer T Kira Māhealani Madden.

The Community of Writers offers workshops in poetry from June 21 to June 27 and in fiction and nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) from July 7 to July 14 in Olympic Valley, near Lake Tahoe in California’s Sierra Nevada. The program features workshops, craft talks, publishing panels, readings, and one-on-one conferences with faculty. The faculty includes poets Anthony Cody, Forrest Gander, Brenda Hillman, Jane Miller, Gregory Pardlo, and Evie Shockley; fiction writers Lou Berney, Venita Blackburn, Kirstin Chen, Rickey Fayne, Jamie Ford, Katy Hays, Louis B.

The BAU Institute offered a four-week residency from July 22 to August 19 to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, a commune on the Mediterranean coast approximately 30 minutes from Marseille. Midcareer writers who had been working independently for over 10 years were eligible. Residents were provided with a private apartment and access to the Camargo campus, including a reference library, gardens, and a Greek theater. Two travel grants of $1,500 each were available.