Genre: Poetry

Community of Writers

January/February 2025

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.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 21, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Community of Writers, P.O. Box 1416, Nevada City, CA 95959. (530) 470-8440. Brett Hall Jones, Executive Director.

Brett Hall Jones
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Olympic Valley
Contact State: 
CA
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Jentel Artist Residency

January/February 2025

The Jentel Foundation offers three-week residencies from mid-January to mid-December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the scenic foothills of the Bighorn Mountains, 20 miles southeast of Sheridan, Wyoming. Writers age 25 or older who reside in the United States (or are U.S. citizens living abroad) and who are not currently enrolled at an academic institution are eligible. Each resident is provided with a private room, a separate studio, a $300 stipend, and access to a shared library, recreation area, kitchen, and living area.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
May 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Jentel Artist Residency, 130 Lower Piney Road, Banner, WY 82832. (307) 737-2311. Lynn Reeves, Residency Program Manager.

Lynn Reeves
Residency Program Manager
Contact City: 
Sheridan
Contact State: 
WY
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Millay Arts

January/February 2025

Millay Arts offers two- and four-week residencies from April through November, as well as weeklong group residencies in December, to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at Steepletop, the former estate of Edna St. Vincent Millay in Austerlitz, New York. Each residency includes a private room, studio, and meals. Residents also have access to shared living spaces, a workstation, and the Alumni and Nancy Graves Memorial libraries.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
August 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
March 1, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Millay Arts, 454 East Hill Road, P.O. Box 3, Austerlitz, NY 12017. (518) 392-3103. Calliope Nicholas, Codirector.

Calliope Nicholas
Codirector
Contact City: 
Austerlitz
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
12017
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

BAU at Camargo Foundation Summer Arts Residency

January/February 2025

The BAU Institute offers 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 have been working independently for over 10 years are eligible. Residents are 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 are available.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
July 22, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 28, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

BAU at Camargo Foundation Summer Arts Residency, 133 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10012. Gia Angelone, Program Director. 

Gia Angelone
Program Director
Contact City: 
Cassis
Country: 
FR
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

January/February 2025

The 2025 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference will be held from August 13 to August 23 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures; craft classes; meetings with editors, agents, and publishers; and readings by faculty and guests. The faculty includes poets Ishion Hutchinson, Tomás Q. Morín, Valzhyna Mort, V.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
August 13, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Bread Loaf Conferences, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury College, 204 College Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. (802) 443-5286. Jason Lamb, Coordinator. 

Jason Lamb
Coordinator
Contact City: 
Ripton
Contact State: 
VT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
05753
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

5 Over 50: 2024 Virtual Reading

Caption: 

In this virtual reading and conversation, Poets & Writers features editor India Lena González introduces the 2024 cohort of “5 Over 50” debut authors: Suzette Mullen, author of The Only Way Through Is Out (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024); Dorsía Smith Silva, author of In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry Press, 2024); Uchenna Awoke, author of The Liquid Eye of a Moon (Catapult, 2024); Parul Kapur, author of Inside the Mirror (University of Nebraska Press, 2024); and Deborah Jackson Taffa, author of Whiskey Tender (Harper, 2024).

Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
5 Over 50
India Lena González
November/December 2024
Suzette Mullen
Dorsía Smith Silva
Uchenna Awoke
Parul Kapur
Deborah Jackson Taffa
reading
conversation
Poets & Writers Live

Bogliasco Foundation

January/February 2025

The Bogliasco Foundation offers monthlong residencies from January to May and from September to December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the coastal fishing village of Bogliasco, Italy, seven miles southeast of Genoa. Residents are provided with a private room, workspace, and meals, and are invited to attend cultural events in Bogliasco and Genoa. There is no cost to attend the residency, but residents are responsible for their own travel expenses.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 19, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
March 7, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Bogliasco Foundation, 1 East 53rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022. (212) 486-0874.

Contact City: 
Bogliasco
Country: 
IT
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Bogliasco
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference

January/February 2025

The 2025 Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference will be held from June 15 to June 21 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference, designed for both emerging and established translators, features translation workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures, craft classes, meetings with editors and agents, and readings by faculty and guests. The faculty includes translators Jennifer Grotz, Anton Hur, Madhu H. Kaza, Aaron Robertson, Damion Searls, and Matvei Yankelevich.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Bread Loaf Conferences, Bread Loaf Translators’ Conference, Middlebury College, 204 College Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. (802) 443-5286. Jason Lamb, Coordinator.

Jason Lamb
Coordinator
Contact City: 
Ripton
Contact State: 
VT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
05753
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Creekside Arts Artist-Residency Program

January/February 2025

Creekside Arts offers three-week residencies from mid-May to early June to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on the coastal redwoods of Freshwater, California. Residents are provided with a private room, kitchen, bathroom, and studio in a cottage, cabin, tiny house, or Airstream trailer, as well as access to collaborative work spaces where gatherings are held with other residents, permanent members of the Creekside Arts community, and artists from the larger Humboldt County.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 19, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Creekside Arts Artist-Residency Program, 475 Howard Heights Road, Eureka, CA 95503. (707) 998-8452. Marceau Verdiere, Creekside Arts Residency Coordinator.

Marceau Verdiere
Creekside Arts Residency Coordinator
Contact City: 
Freshwater
Contact State: 
CA
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

The Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference

January/February 2025

The 2025 Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference will be held from June 4 to June 10 at the Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, Maine. The conference features a full-manuscript pre-conference reading with two sets of editorial comments, workshops, and attendee and faculty readings for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. One-on-one agent pitching as well as pitching practice sessions will take place post-conference via Zoom on June 28.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 4, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 19, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 19, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference, P.O. Box 472, Brunswick, ME 04011. Shanna McNair, Founding Director.

Shanna McNair
Founding Director
Contact City: 
Phippsburg
Contact State: 
ME
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
04562
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

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