Genre: Poetry

REC.ON Ecovillage Artist & Writing Residency

September/October 2025

The REC.ON Ecovillage Artist & Writing Residency offers two- to four-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in the picturesque village of La Mata de Bolaimí near the Sierra María–Los Vélez mountains in Andalucía, Spain. Residents are provided with a private single- or double-occupancy room in a restored rural house and have shared access to a kitchen, a living room, a permaculture garden, and outdoor writing spaces. Residents can also work in the REC.ON gallery, a coworking and exhibition space for focused writing.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
August 27, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
August 27, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 27, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

REC.ON Ecovillage Artist & Writing Residency, Paraje Bolaimí s/n 04820 Vélez Rubio, Almería, Spain. Paulina Bielecka, Owner. 

Paulina Bielecka
Owner
Contact City: 
Vélez Rubio, Almería
Country: 
ES
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

List og Land Northern Lights Residency

September/October 2025

The List og Land Northern Lights Residency offers three-week residencies from October 1 to October 24 and from November 1 to November 24 at Laugaból Farm on Arnarfjörður, a fjord in Iceland, to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators. Residents who lodge at the farmhouse are provided with a double-occupancy room, two shared bathrooms, a full kitchen, a dining room, and a living room.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
September 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 27, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

List og Land Northern Lights Residency, Laugaból 0, 466 Bildadalur, Westfjörds, Iceland. (323) 552-1294. Leslie Schwartz, Cofounder.

Leslie Schwartz
Cofounder
Contact City: 
Arnarfjörður
Country: 
IS
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Kaatsbaan Weekend Retreats

September/October 2025

The Kaatsbaan Weekend Retreats offer three-day residencies from October 3 to October 5 and from November 21 to November 23 at Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, a 153-acre artist sanctuary in Tivoli, New York, to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators. Residents are provided with private motel-style rooms, which include a desk, an en suite bathroom, and views of the surrounding countryside, in the Dancers’ Inn. Residents may also lodge in a two-bedroom unit at the Gatehouse Apartments, which includes a private entrance and bathroom, a full kitchen, and a living area.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 3, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
August 27, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 27, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Kaatsbaan Weekend Retreats, Kaatsbaan Cultural Park, P.O. Box 482, Tivoli, NY 12583. (845) 757-5106, ext. 17. Adam Weinert, Residency and Events Manager.

Adam Weinert
Residency and Events Manager
Contact City: 
Tivoli
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
12583
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

SoCal Poets Lester Graves Lennon and Sehba Sarwar

Caption: 

In this Poetry.LA video, Altadena co-poets laureate Lester Graves Lennon and Sehba Sarwar read a selection of their poems and speak about how the Eaton Fire has affected their lives and community. Lennon and Sarwar were recently awarded a fellowship from the Academy of American Poets to launch their poetry project “After the Fires: Healing from Histories.”

Genre: 
Poetry
Tags: 
Lester Graves Lennon
Sehba Sarwar
poet laureate
Poetry.LA interview series
reading
interview
2025

The Poem I Wish I Had Read: For What Binds Us

Caption: 

“There are names for what binds us: / strong forces, weak forces. / Look around, you can see them.” Danusha Laméris reads and talks about “For What Binds Us” by Jane Hirshfield and shares why this poem is meaningful to her for “The Poem I Wish I Had Read” series in this video from the Boutelle-Day Poetry Center at Smith College.

Genre: 
Poetry
Tags: 
Danusha Laméris
Jane Hirshfield
The Poem I Wish I Had Read Series
Smith College
For What Binds Us

Beyond Stability

The Time Is Now
8.12.25

“I often think of poetry as something that is beyond the true and the false,” says poet and critic Michael Leong on what he feels is true about the art of poetry in a Literary Hub interview with Peter Mishler. “Poetry’s strangeness is so tied up with how it productively messes with what we previously thought were stable truths and stable falsehoods.” Taking inspiration from this notion that poetry exists in a space that is “beyond the true and the false,” write a poem that explores a seemingly stable truth or falsehood, one that you may be interested in interrogating and undermining. Experiment with using surrealist imagery, playing with expanding far out into the white space of the page to stretch further into the incongruity of your subject.

Treehouse Climate Action Poem Prize

Academy of American Poets
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
November 15, 2025
A prize of $1,000 and publication on the Academy of American Poets website is given annually for a poem that helps readers recognize “the vulnerable state of our environment.” Using only the online submission system, submit a poem of any length by November 15. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

John Lewis Writing Grants

Georgia Writers
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
October 1, 2025
Three grants of $500 each are given annually in poetry, fiction, and nonfiction to “elevate, encourage, and inspire the voices of Black writers in Georgia.” Grantees also receive a scholarship to attend and present a reading at the Red Clay Writers Conference, held in March 2026 at Kennesaw State University in Marietta, Georgia. Black writers who have been residents of Georgia for at least one year (or who are full-time students at a Georgia college or university at the time of application and on the date of the award) and who have published no more than one book are eligible to apply. Submit a poetry or prose writing sample of up to 10 pages and an artist’s statement of no more than 500 words discussing your work and goals as a writer by October 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for an application and complete guidelines.

Perugia Press Prize

Perugia Press
Entry Fee: 
$15
Deadline: 
November 15, 2025
A prize of $2,000, publication by Perugia Press, and 20 author copies is given annually for a first or second poetry collection by a writer who identifies as a woman, including all gender-expansive definitions of that term. Using only the online submission system, submit a manuscript of 45 to 85 pages with either a $30 entry fee, which includes a Perugia Press title, or a $15 reduced-rate fee by November 15. Fee waivers are available for BIWOC poets. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

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