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Vermont Studio Center

Vermont Studio Center (VSC) offers two-, three-, and four-week residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in Johnson, Vermont, a village located in the heart of the northern Green Mountains. VSC offers time and space to write, readings, craft talks, and individual consultations with invited visiting writers. Residents are provided with a private room, a private or shared bathroom, private studio space, and meals as well as shared access to a kitchen and communal spaces.

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RESIDENCY
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Event Date: 
December 15, 2025
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Application Deadline: 
December 15, 2025
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Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 15, 2025
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Contact Information: 

Vermont Studio Center, 80 Pearl Street, P.O. Box 613, Johnson, VT 05656. (802) 635-2727.

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Johnson
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VT
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05656
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US
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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Get the Word Out: 2025 Fall Fiction Reading

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In this video, Ricardo Hernandez, assistant director of Programs & Partnerships at Poets & Writers, hosts a celebratory reading by the 2025 Fall Fiction cohort of Get the Word Out, a publicity incubator for early career authors. Introduced by writer and publicist May-Zhee Lim, readers include Hillary Behrman, Denise Derya Brandt, Kim Coleman Foote, Sophia Huneycutt, Rachel León, Kat Lewis, Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay, Radhika Singh, Grace Spulak, and Diana Xin.

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Fiction
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Get the Word Out
Hillary Behrman
Denise Derya Brandt
Kim Coleman Foote
Sophia Huneycutt
Rachel León
Kat Lewis
Rajendrani Mukhopadhyay
Radhika Singh
Grace Spulak
Diana Xin
Ricardo Hernandez
May-Zhee Lim

Neraki International Writers Workshops

The 2026 Neraki International Writers Workshops will be held from June 5 to June 14 at a seaside private home and seminar space in Katigiorgis, Greece. The workshop features craft classes, generative writing sessions, small-group workshops, individual meetings with mentors, unstructured time for writing, and various wellness activities for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty includes poet and fiction writer Paula Closson Buck and fiction and creative nonfiction writer Jim Buck.

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CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
June 5, 2026
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Application Deadline: 
February 15, 2026
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Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Neraki International Writers Workshops, c/o Paula Closson Buck, 145 Jean Boulevard, Lewisburg, PA 17837. (570) 412-2366. Paula Closson Buck, Cofounder.

Paula Closson Buck
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Katigiorgis
Country: 
GR
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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Writeaway in Italy

Writeaways offers a weeklong retreat from April 10 to April 17 to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers (including creative nonfiction writers) at the 17th century Villa Cinci and Villa Casanova located in the Chianti region of Tuscany, Italy. Residents are provided with time and space to write, writing workshops, private writing consultations, and a cooking class. The faculty includes poet and fiction writer Mimi Herman and fiction and nonfiction writer John Yewell.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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no
Event Date: 
April 10, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 1, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
December 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Writeaways, Writeaway in Italy, P.O. Box 62012, Durham, NC 27715. Mimi Herman and John Yewell, Codirectors.

Mimi Herman and John Yewell
Codirectors
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Tuscany
Country: 
IT
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network: Legacies Reading

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In this Green Apple Books event, the Diasporic Vietnamese Artists Network (DVAN) presents a night of readings featuring writers François Luong, Aimee Phan, Minnie Phan, and Thien Pham, sponsored by the San Francisco Public Library and San Francisco Arts Commission.

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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
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François Luong
Aimee Phan
Minnie Phan
Thien Pham
San Francisco Public Library
San Francisco Arts Commission
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illustration
2025

The Clash

The Time Is Now
12.10.25

In many holiday movies and holiday-themed episodes of popular TV series, a clashing of traditions stands as a focal point: the combination of Christmas and Hanukkah in The O.C.’s “Chrismukkah” episodes; the tension between older and younger generations in Home for the Holidays; attending extravagant and polished parties while withholding truths in Metropolitan and Happiest Season; and the uncomfortableness of houseguests in The Family Stone and Happy Christmas. Write a short story in which these differences come to a head because of a newly enmeshed relationship, whether that be between housemates, a romantic couple, in-laws, or different sides of the family. How do your characters’ personalities reveal themselves over the course of the narrative? Consider the ways you might craft the story to demonstrate how multiple layers of power dynamics operate in both blatant and subtle ways.

Caine Prize for African Writing

Caine Prize for African Writing
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
February 27, 2026

A prize of £10,000 (approximately $13,323) is given annually for a previously published short story by a writer of African descent.

Bryan Washington: Palaver

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In this episode of Poured Over: The Barnes & Noble Podcast hosted by Miwa Messer, Bryan Washington speaks about how his experiences in Tokyo and Osaka informed his latest novel, Palaver (Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2025), and how third-person narratives reflect the estrangement of being in a different country.

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Fiction
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Bryan Washington
Palaver
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Poured Over
Miwa Messer
podcast
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Japan
2025

Hazel Rowley Prize

Biographers International Organization
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
March 1, 2026

A prize of $5,000 is given annually for a work-in-progress by a debut biographer. The winner also receives a review of their manuscript proposal by an agent, publicity through the Biographers International Organization (BIO) website and the Biographer’s Craft newsletter, registration to the annual BIO Conference in May, and a one-year BIO membership. Writers who have not previously published or who are not under contract to write a book of biography, history, or other work of narrative nonfiction are eligible. Using only the online submission system, submit a writing sample, a manuscript proposal, and a résumé in one document totaling no more than 20 pages with a $25 entry fee by March 1. Visit the website for the required entry form and complete guidelines.

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