Genre: Poetry

Anderson Center Artist Residency Program

November/December 2024

The 2024 Anderson Center Artist Residency Program offers residencies of two weeks or one month from August through October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Tower View, a 350-acre historic estate in Red Wing, Minnesota. Residents are provided with a private room, studio space, and meals. To apply, writers submitted a writing sample of up to 10 pages, artist and community engagement statements, and a work plan with a $30 application fee by January 14, 2025.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
August 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
January 14, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 21, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Anderson Center Artist Residency Program, 163 Tower View Drive, P.O. Box 406, Red Wing, MN 55066. (651) 388-2009. Laurel Stinson, Advancement and Residency Director.

Laurel Stinson
Advancement and Residency Director
Contact City: 
Red Wing
Contact State: 
MN
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
55066
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Good Hart Artist Residency

November/December 2024

The Good Hart Artist Residency offers two- to three-week residencies year-round to artists and writers, including poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, in the woods bordering the “Tunnel of Trees” Scenic Heritage Route in Good Hart, Michigan, a village located on Lake Michigan. One artist or writer attends the residency at a time. The resident is provided with a private bedroom, a living room, an open loft with a reading area, a patio, a kitchen, and a bathroom.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 21, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
January 8, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 21, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Good Hart Artist Residency, 910 N. Lamkin Road, Harbor Springs, MI 49740. (231) 412-0688. Carrie Tebeau, Executive Director.

Carrie Tebeau
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Good Hart
Contact State: 
MI
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
49740
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Todos Santos Writers Workshop Winter Session

November/December 2024

The 2025 Todos Santos Writers Workshop Winter Session was held from February 1, 2025, to February 8, 2025, in Todos Santos, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The workshop offered daily classes and craft seminars in poetry, fiction, and memoir; one-on-one consultations with faculty; an open mic; a fiesta featuring regional food and cocktails; and beach hikes. The faculty included poet and nonfiction writer Christopher Merrill, fiction and nonfiction writers Gina Frangello and Karen Karbo, nonfiction writer Rex Weiner, and memoirist Jeanne McCulloch. The cost of tuition was $2,200.

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

Todos Santos Writers Workshop Winter Session, C. Horizonte 10, Brisas del Pacífico, 23300 Todos Santos. B.C.S., Mexico. Jeanne McCulloch and Rex Weiner, Codirectors.

Jeanne McCulloch and Rex Weiner
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Todos Santos, Baja California Sur
Country: 
MX
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Event Horizon

November/December 2024

Event Horizon offers residencies of two weeks to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on eight acres of olive groves in Crete, Greece. Residents are provided with lodging on site or in nearby affiliate housing, which includes a traditional Cretan house, a converted stone windmill, and two caravans, as well as work space in modern studios built from converted shipping containers. Residents will have access to nearby beaches and towns, including Fourní Village, Mirabello Bay, and Neapolis.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 21, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
July 21, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Event Horizon, Fourní Village, Lasithi, 72400, Crete, Greece. Julienne Dolphin Wilding, Director. 

Julienne Dolphin Wilding
Director
Contact City: 
Crete
Country: 
GR
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Event Horizon Amphitheatre
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Firecracker Awards 

Community of Literary Magazines & Presses
Entry Fee: 
$65
Deadline: 
November 15, 2024
Three prizes of $2,000 each are given annually for a book of poetry, a book of fiction, and a book of creative nonfiction published by an independent press in the current year ($1,000 for each author and $1,000 for their respective publisher). Works in translation and graphic novels are accepted. Using only the online submission system, publishers may submit books of poetry or prose published in 2024 with a $65 entry fee ($55 for CLMP members) for the first book and a $30 fee ($25 for CLMP members) for each additional entry by November 15. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

C.P. Cavafy Poetry Prize

Poetry International
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
December 1, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Poetry International is given annually for a single poem. The editors will judge. Using only the online submission system, submit up to three poems of any length with a $15 entry fee ($3 for each additional poem) by December 1. All entries are considered for publication. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Prose & Poetry Chapbook Contest

Action, Spectacle
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
December 31, 2024
A prize of $1,000, publication by Action, Spectacle, and 25 author copies will be given annually for a chapbook of poetry, prose, or hybrid-genre work. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 20 to 32 pages with a $23 entry fee by December 31. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Writing Fellowships

Fine Arts Work Center
Entry Fee: 
$40
Deadline: 
November 15, 2024
Fellowships for a seven-month residency at the Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, Massachusetts, are given annually to four poets and four fiction writers who have not published a full-length book in any genre. Each fellowship includes a private apartment, a monthly stipend of $1,250, and an exit stipend of $1,000. To apply for fellowships beginning in October 2025, submit up to 15 pages of poetry or 35 pages of fiction (include a synopsis if submitting a novel) and a curriculum vitae with a $40 entry fee before noon (EST) on November 15; submissions are also accepted from noon on November 15 to before noon on December 1 with a $55 entry fee, and from noon on December 1 to midnight on December 15 with a $65 entry fee. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award

Poetry Society of America
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
December 31, 2024
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Poetry Society of America website is given annually for poetry from a manuscript-in-progress. Using only the online submission system, submit 10 pages of poetry with a $15 entry fee by December 31. There is no entry fee for PSA members. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Writing Contest

Winter Anthology
Entry Fee: 
$11
Deadline: 
January 10, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication in Winter Anthology is given annually for a group of poems, a short story, a novel excerpt, or an essay. Using only the online submission system, submit up to 100 pages of poetry or prose with an $11 entry fee by January 10, 2025. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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