Genre: Poetry

Longleaf Writers Conference

The 2024 Longleaf Writers Conference was held from May 11 to May 18 at the Seaside Academic Village in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida. The conference featured workshops, craft seminars, sunset receptions, bonfire readings, and one-on-one consultations with agents for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty included poets Leona Sevick, Seth Brady Tucker, and Adam Vines; poet and fiction writer Melissa Ginsburg; fiction writers Dean Bakopoulos, Matt Bondurant, and Snowden Wright; and creative nonfiction writer Beth (Bich Minh) Nguyen.

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CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
July 22, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
July 22, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 22, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Longleaf Writers Conference, 168 Smolian Circle, Seaside, FL 32459. (303) 868-3873. Seth Brady Tucker, Executive Director.

Seth Brady Tucker
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Santa Rose Beach
Contact State: 
FL
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US
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Poetry
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Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference

January/February 2025

The 2025 Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference was held from May 17 to May 20 at the Kenai Peninsula College campus in Homer, Alaska, with views of the snowcapped mountain ranges across Kachemak Bay. The conference featured craft classes as well as craft conversations, readings, panels, and individual consultations for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers.

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CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
July 22, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
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Application Deadline: 
July 22, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 22, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Kachemak Bay Writers’ Conference, Kenai Peninsula College, 533 East Pioneer Avenue, Homer, AK 99603. (907) 235-1612. Erin Coughlin Hollowell, Conference Director.

Erin Coughlin Hollowell
Conference Director
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Homer
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AK
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
99603
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US
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Poetry
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Ucross Residency Program

Ucross offered two-, four-, and six-week residencies from February through early June and from August through early December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 20,000-acre ranch in Ucross, Wyoming, located 27 miles southeast of Sheridan. Residents were provided with a private bedroom and studio space, chef-prepared meals, and a $1,500 stipend. To apply, writers submitted 10 pages of poetry or 20 pages of prose, a project description, and contact information for two references with a $40 application fee by January 15. Visit the website for more information.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date: 
July 22, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 22, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 22, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Ucross Residency Program, 30 Big Red Lane, Clearmont, WY 82835. (307) 737-2291. Tracey Y. Kikut, Program Director.

Tracey Y. Kikut
Program Director
Contact City: 
Ucross
Contact State: 
WY
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Joy Harjo and Camille T. Dungy on Nature Poems

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In this 2023 National Book Festival event, Joy Harjo, author of Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light: Fifty Poems for Fifty Years (Norton, 2022), and Camille T. Dungy, author of Soil: The Story of a Black Mother’s Garden (Simon & Schuster, 2023), read from their work and discuss writing about nature in a conversation moderated by NPR’s Ayesha Rascoe. Dungy’s essay “Manifest Some Magic: Get Out of Your Own Way and Do the Darn Thing” is included in the January/February issue of Poets & Writers Magazine.

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Poetry
Creative Nonfiction
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Joy Harjo
Weaving Sundown in a Scarlet Light
Camille T. Dungy
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January/February 2024

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