Genre: Fiction

Tom Howard/John H. Reid Fiction & Essay Contest

Winning Writers
Entry Fee: 
$25
Deadline: 
May 1, 2025
Two prizes of $3,500 each, two gift certificates for two-year memberships to the literary database Duotrope, and publication on the Winning Writers website are given annually for a short story and an essay. Unpublished and previously published works are eligible. Sarah Halper and Mina Manchester will judge in fiction and creative nonfiction. Using only the online submission system, submit a short story or essay of up to 6,000 words with a $25 entry fee by May 1. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

La Baldi Residency

The La Baldi Residency, sponsored by the arts collective Cultivate, will offer two-week and one-month residencies from April through October to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in apartments and a small terratetto house in the historic hilltop village of Montegiovi, Italy. Residents will stay in private lodging with a fully equipped kitchen, a bathroom, and an outside sitting area. Some lodging options include a study. Individual writers and collaborative teams may apply.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
April 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

La Baldi Residency, 15504 Moravia Court, Derwood, MD 20855. Susan Main, Cultivate Director.

Susan Main
Cultivate Director
Contact City: 
Montegiovi
Country: 
IT

Iceland Writers Retreat

The 2025 Iceland Writers Retreat was from April 23 to April 27 at the Fosshotel in Reykjavík. The retreat features workshops, panels, lectures, receptions, and time to write for fiction and nonfiction writers, as well as literary tours of Iceland. The faculty included fiction writers Kevin Chong, Pedro Gunnlaugur Garcia, Meng Jin, Jonas Hassen Khemiri, and Curtis Sittenfeld; fiction and nonfiction writers Jann Arden, Yrsa Daley-Ward, Helen Macdonald, and Danny Ramadan; and nonfiction writers Thordis Elva and Rick Jervis. The cost of the retreat was 310,000 ISK (approximately $2,202).

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date: 
July 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Iceland Writers Retreat, P.O. Box 76, 212 Gardabaer, Iceland. Erica Jacobs Green and Eliza Reid, Cofounders. 

Erica Jacobs Green and Eliza Reid
Cofounders
Contact City: 
Reykjavík
Country: 
IS

Squam Writes Retreat

Squam Writes offered a retreat from June 5 to June 8 to fiction and creative nonfiction writers at Rockywold Deephaven Camps, a historic resort campsite on the shores of Squam Lake in Holderness, New Hampshire. Residents were provided lodging in cottages, cabins, and lodge rooms along the shores of the lake; time to write; and the opportunity to join optional craft-focused workshops led by the codirectors as well as optional peer critique groups. Professional feedback on your writing was available for an additional $75. The faculty included novelists Jilly Gagnon and Melissa Hed.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Squam Writes Retreat, 18 Bacon Road, Holderness, NH 03245. Jilly Gagnon and Melissa Hed, Codirectors.

Jilly Gagnon and Melissa Hed
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Holderness
Contact State: 
NH
Country: 
US

Fiction Meets Science Residency

The Fiction Meets Science Residency offers up to two residencies of three to ten months annually to fiction and nonfiction writers at the Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg Institute for Advanced Study in Delmenhorst, Germany. Residents are provided with a private apartment and office space at the institute, where they will connect with an interdisciplinary community of guest scientists. Residents are expected to give one lecture or reading and to attend the weekly lectures given by the scientist fellows at the institute.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Fiction Meets Science Residency, Hanse-Wissenschaftskolleg, Lehmkuhlenbusch 4, 27753 Delmenhorst, Germany. Susan M. Gaines, Project Director. 

Susan M. Gaines
Project Director
Contact City: 
Delmenhorst
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
27753
Country: 
DE

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

The 2025 AWP Conference and Bookfair was held from March 26 to March 29 at the Los Angeles Convention Center and also included a virtual component comprising prerecorded and live streamed events. The conference featured panel discussions, readings, discussion rooms, and a bookfair. Prior to March 25, the cost of the conference for in-person preregistration, including all virtual programming and content, was $375 for nonmembers, $255 for members, $105 for seniors, and $70 for students.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 1802, PMB 73708, Norfolk, VA 23510. (240) 696-8273.

Contact City: 
Los Angeles
Contact State: 
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
90015
Country: 
US
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Atlanta Writers Conference

The spring 2025 Atlanta Writers Conference, sponsored by the Atlanta Writers Club, will be held on May 2 and May 3 at the Westin Atlanta Airport Hotel. The conference includes a book fair featuring attendees’ books; presentations on the craft and business of writing, including a workshop on intellectual property and legal protection for writers; agent and editor pitch sessions; query letter critiques; manuscript excerpt critiques; and Q&A panels for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
May 2, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Atlanta Writers Conference, 8080 Jett Ferry Road, Atlanta, GA 30350. (404) 632-3525. George Weinstein, Conference Director. 

George Weinstein
Conference Director
Contact City: 
Atlanta
Contact State: 
GA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
30337
Country: 
US

American University of Paris Summer Creative Writing Institute

The American University of Paris Summer Creative Writing Institute will offer workshops to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from July 1 to July 23 on the university’s campus in the seventh arrondissement of Paris. The faculty includes poet and fiction writer Siân Melangell Dafydd; poet, fiction writer, and nonfiction writer Biswamit Dwibedy; poet and nonfiction writer Lisa Robertson; and fiction writer Amanda Dennis. The cost of tuition is €2,224 (approximately $2,289) for auditors or €4,448 (approximately $4,577) for transferable academic credit.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
July 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

American University of Paris Summer Creative Writing Institute, 5 Boulevard de la Tour-Maubourg, 75007 Paris, France. Andrea Christmas, Summer School and Financial Aid Coordinator.

Andrea Christmas
Summer School and Financial Aid Coordinator
Contact City: 
Paris
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
75007
Country: 
FR

Fine Arts Work Center Summer Workshop Program

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.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 15, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 26, 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

Lit Fest

The Lighthouse Writers Workshop’s 2025 Lit Fest was held from June 6 to June 13 online and at the Lighthouse Writers Workshop headquarters in Denver. The festival featured weekend and weeklong workshops, craft seminars, salons, business panels, and agent consultations for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty included poets Eduardo C.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 26, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 26, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Lit Fest, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 3844 York Street, Denver, CO 80205. (303) 297-1185. Torin Jensen, Assistant Director of Special Programs.

Torin Jensen
Assistant Director of Special Programs
Contact City: 
Denver
Contact State: 
CO
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
80205
Country: 
US

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