Genre: Poetry

The 2025 Elk River Writers Workshop will be held from August 10 to August 15 at Chico Hot Springs, a historic retreat in Pray, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park. The program features workshops, craft talks, outings, lectures, panel discussions, and campfire readings for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. The faculty includes poets Kimberly Blaeser and Angie Trudell Vasquez, poet and memoirist Deborah A. Miranda, novelists Debra Magpie Earling and Oscar Hokeah, and memoirist Thomas C. Gannon. Tuition, which includes meals, is $1,700; some scholarships are available.

The Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop will be held from June 15 to June 20 at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, New York.

The Paris Writer’s Residency will offer a monthlong residency in October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the American University of Paris. The resident is provided with an en suite single or double room, which includes a work desk, at the Irish Cultural Center in Paris. Some rooms include a private study space, and residents have access to a shared kitchen. Access to the library at the Ecole Normale Supérieure is also offered. The resident receives travel reimbursement of up to €1,500 (approximately $1,544).

Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference was held from May 27 to May 30 at Mercy by the Sea, a retreat center and private beach in Madison, Connecticut. The conference featured workshops, seminars, readings, and panels. The faculty includes poets Chad Abushanab, Austin Allen, Melissa Balmain, Oliver de la Paz, Anna M. Evans, David Groff, Didi Jackson, Major Jackson, David M. Katz, Joshua Mehigan, and Clare Rossini. Participating publishing professionals include editors Jennifer Franklin (Hudson Valley Writers Center) and Allison Joseph (Crab Orchard Review).