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Genre: Poetry
Sawako Nakayasu on Creativity and Translation
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In this event hosted by the Helen Zell Writers’ Program at the University of Michigan, poet and translator Sawako Nakayasu reads from her books Some Girls Walk Into the Country They Are From (Wave Books, 2020) and Pink Waves (Omnidawn, 2023), and talks about the creative repetition inherent to translation and her relationship to improvisational forms in music and dance.
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La Baldi Residency
The La Baldi Residency, sponsored by the arts collective Cultivate, will offer two-week and one-month residencies from April through October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in apartments and a small terratetto house in the historic hilltop village of Montegiovi, Italy. Residents will stay in private lodging with a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom, and an outside sitting area. Some lodging options include a study. Individual writers and collaborative teams may apply.
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RESIDENCY
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no
Event Date:
April 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
La Baldi Residency, 15504 Moravia Court, Derwood, MD 20855. Susan Main, Cultivate Director.
Susan Main
Cultivate Director
Contact City:
Montegiovi
Country:
IT
Maggie Millner on Love Poems
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In this video, Maggie Millner, Yale Review senior editor and author of Couplets: A Love Story (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023), talks about her favorite love poems, including Thom Gunn’s “The Hug” and June Jordan’s “Resolution #1,003.”
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Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
The 2025 AWP Conference and Bookfair was held from March 26 to March 29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and also included a virtual component comprising prerecorded and live streamed events. The conference featured panel discussions, readings, discussion rooms, and a bookfair. Prior to March 25, the cost of the conference for in-person preregistration, including all virtual programming and content, was $375 for nonmembers, $255 for members, $105 for seniors, and $70 for students.
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CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?:
yes
Event Date:
June 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 1802, PMB 73708, Norfolk, VA 23510. (240) 696-8273.
Contact City:
Los Angeles
Contact State:
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
90015
Country:
US
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Washington Prize
The Word Works
Entry Fee:
$25
Deadline:
March 15, 2025
A prize of $1,500 and publication by the Word Works is given annually to a U.S. or Canadian poet for a poetry collection. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 48 to 80 pages with a $25 entry fee by March 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies
The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology will offer two- to twelve-week residencies from October 2025 to April 2026 to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the center’s adjacent 80-acre property, located within the unique ecosystems of Cascade Head and the Salmon River Estuary in Otis, Oregon. Each resident is provided with a private room, bathroom, and kitchen in a house, 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, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
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
Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency
The Edward F. Albee Foundation offers monthlong residencies year-round 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. There is no cost to attend, although residents are responsible for meals and travel expenses.
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
yes
Event Date:
June 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
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
Rockland Residency
The Rockland Residency will offer 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 are at least 25 years old and are not enrolled in a creative writing program are eligible.
Type:
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
October 8, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
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
A Rally of Writers
The 38th annual A Rally of Writers conference was held on April 12 at the West Campus of Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. The conference featured workshops, craft classes, panel discussions, and readings in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Participating writers included poets Dennis Hinrichsen and Ruelaine Stokes; fiction writers Caitlin Horrocks and Alex Kourvo; and nonfiction writer Robert M Weir. Fiction writer Erin Bartels gave the keynote address.
Type:
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?:
yes
Event Date:
June 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
June 24, 2025
Free Admission:
no
Contact Information:
A Rally of Writers, P.O. Box 4253, East Lansing, MI 48823. Rob Edwards, President.
Rob Edwards
President
Contact City:
Lansing
Contact State:
MI
Contact Zip / Postal Code:
48917
Country:
US
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