Genre: Poetry

Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop Program

March/April 2025

The Fine Arts Work Center’s annual weeklong summer workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction will be held at the center from June 15 to August 16 in Provincetown, Massachusetts.

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CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
June 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
August 7, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop Program, 24 Pearl Street, Provincetown, MA 02657. (508) 487-9960. Sara Siegel, Program Manager.

Contact City: 
Provincetown
Contact State: 
MA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
02657
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop

March/April 2025

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

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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no
Event Date: 
June 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
August 7, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Orion Environmental Writers’ Workshop, 187 Main Street, Great Barrington, MA 01230. Kathleen Yale, Workshop Manager. 

Kathleen Yale
Workshop Manager 
Contact City: 
Rhinebeck
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
12572
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
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writing conferences

Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival

March/April 2025

The 2025 Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival will be held from April 25 to April 27 on the Sarah Lawrence College campus in Bronxville, New York, 30 minutes by train from New York City. The festival features workshops, readings, panel discussions, and craft talks. The faculty includes poets Hala Alyan, Caroline Bird, Sophie Cabot Black, Victoria Redel, Sam Sax, R. A. Villanueva, and Kerri Webster. All events are free and open to the public. Visit the website for more information.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
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no
Event Date: 
April 25, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
August 7, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Sarah Lawrence College Poetry Festival, 1 Mead Way, Bronxville, NY 10708. Tyson Berardo and Ellie Gold Laabs, Codirectors. 

Tyson Berardo and Ellie Gold Laabs
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Bronxville
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
10708
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Tags: 
literary festivals

Paris Writer’s Residency

March/April 2025

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).

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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no
Event Date: 
October 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
August 7, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Paris Writer’s Residency, American University of Paris, 147 rue de Grenelle, Paris 75007, France. Amanda Dennis, Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and English. 

Amanda Dennis
Associate Professor of Comparative Literature and English
Contact City: 
Paris
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
75007
Country: 
FR
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

The Writer’s Retreat at Good Contrivance Farm

March/April 2025

Good Contrivance Farm, an educational nonprofit, offers residencies of up to four weeks year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a Victorian farm in Reisterstown, Maryland, located 24 miles north of Baltimore. Workshops and craft classes with visiting faculty are offered outdoors from May to September. The faculty includes poet and nonfiction writer Ross Gay, memoirist R. Eric Thomas, and publishing professional Jane Friedman (Jane Friedman Media).

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

The Writer’s Retreat at Good Contrivance Farm, 2015 Emory Road, Reisterstown, MD 21136. (443) 529-2939. 

Contact City: 
Reisterstown
Contact State: 
MD
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
21136
Country: 
US
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Barn apt
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference

March/April 2025

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).

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
August 7, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
August 7, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Poetry by the Sea: A Global Conference, 63 Parry Drive, Hainesport, NJ 08036. (609) 346-5011. Anna M. Evans, Board President. 

Anna M. Evans
Board President
Contact City: 
Madison
Contact State: 
CT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
06443
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry

The Pistil by Ben Lerner

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“Noses of bats, it’s time / To write the first poem in English / Each line the last, small / rain turning glass.” In this Poetry Book Society video, Ben Lerner reads his poem “The Pistil,” which appears in a special U.K. slipcase edition of his collection The Lights released by Granta Books and the Poetry Books Society.

Genre: 
Poetry
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Ben Lerner
The Lights
Granta Books
Poetry Book Society
reading
2024

Etymology

The Time Is Now
2.11.25

Did you know that the word robust comes from the Latin word robur meaning “oak tree?” Merriam-Webster’s “12 Words Whose History Will Surprise You” provides the fascinating etymological history of words such as boudoir, phlegm, amethyst, and assassin, essentially mini lessons demonstrating an English word’s linguistic origins from an assortment of languages, including Medieval Latin, Greek, Arabic, French, and Middle English. Jot down a list of some of your favorite nouns, verbs, and adjectives, and look up their origin stories. (Tip: Merriam-Webster often lists a word’s etymology in the “Word History” section.) Write a poem inspired by this newly discovered and intriguing story behind the language, incorporating past iterations of the word into your verse.

A Reading With Lise Goett and Mark Wunderlich

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Lise Goett reads from her third poetry collection, The Radiant (Tupelo Press, 2024), in this Jules’ Poetry Playhouse virtual reading with Mark Wunderlich hosted by Jules Nyquist and John Roche. The Radiant is featured in Page One in the January/February issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Poetry
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Lise Goett
The Radiant
Tupelo Press
reading
Mark Wunderlich
Poetry Playhouse
Jules Nyquist
John Roche
Page One
January/February 2025

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