The 2023 Cape Cod Writers Center Conference was held from August 3 to August 6 at the Resort and Conference Center at Hyannis in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, an agent...
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Looking to meet up with agents and editors? To join a supportive writing community? Or to find the perfect environment to fuel your writing practice? The Conferences & Residencies database includes details about over two hundred writing conferences, writers residencies, and literary festivals.
The 2023 Catamaran Writing Conference was held from July 30 to August 3 at the Robert Louis Stevenson School in Pebble Beach, California. The conference featured small group workshops, lectures, craft talks, and daily excursions for poets,...
read moreThe Celia and Wally Gilbert Artist-in-Residence Program offers residencies of one to three weeks year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers looking to ìexplore the scientific process and interact with international...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The 2023 Chautauqua Writers’ Festival was held from June 21 to June 24 at the historic Chautauqua Institution in Chautauqua, New York. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as readings and panel...
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The tenth annual Chesapeake Writers’ Conference was held from June 18 to June 24 on the St. Mary’s College campus in St. Mary’s City, Maryland. The conference featured lectures, craft talks, readings, panel discussions, and daily workshops in...
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The 11th annual Chuckanut Writers Conference, cohosted by Whatcom Community College and Village Books in Bellingham, Washington, was held online from June 21 to June 27. The conference featured breakout sessions in poetry, fiction, and creative...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The Civitella Ranieri Foundation “Forms of Wonder” workshop will be held from November 16 to November 25 at the 15th-century Civitella Ranieri Castle in Umbria, Italy. The workshop features writing sessions, craft lectures, and excursions to...
read more Event Date: November 16, 2024
Application Deadline: June 1, 2024
The Colrain Poetry Manuscript Conference will be held online from June 28 to July 1. The conference features evaluation and discussion of book-length and chapbook-length poetry manuscripts with poets, editors, and publishers. The faculty includes...
read more Event Date: June 28, 2024
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The Community of Writers offers workshops in poetry from June 17 to June 23 and in fiction and nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) from July 8 to July 15 in Olympic Valley, near Lake Tahoe in California’s Sierra Nevada. The program...
read more Event Date: June 17, 2024
Application Deadline: March 1, 2024
Financial Aid Deadline: March 1, 2024
Craigardan offers two-week to one-month residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at Craigardan, a nonprofit arts and agricultural academic center in Keene, located on Hurricane Mountain in the Adirondack...
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Creekside Arts offers three-week residencies from May 18 to June 10 to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on the coastal redwoods of Freshwater, California. Residents are provided with a private room, kitchen, bathroom, and...
read more Event Date: May 18, 2024
Application Deadline: February 15, 2024
The Cuttyhunk Island Writers’ Residency for fiction writers will be held from September 11 to September 18 at the Avalon Inn on Cuttyhunk Island, seven nautical miles off the coast of southeastern Massachusetts. The residency offers workshops,...
read more Event Date: September 11, 2024
Application Deadline: May 15, 2024
Financial Aid Deadline: May 15, 2024
The 2021 Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference was held online from February 18 to February 20. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as craft classes, discussions on publishing and the...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The 2024 DISQUIET International Literary Program, sponsored by Dzanc Books and Centro Nacional de Cultura, will be held from June 23, 2024, to July 5, 2024, at the Centro Nacional de Cultura in Lisbon, Portugal. The conference features workshops...
read more Event Date: June 23, 2024
Application Deadline: December 1, 2023
Financial Aid Deadline: January 5, 2024
The Djerassi Resident Artists Program offere four- and five-week residencies from mid-March through mid-November to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on a 583-acre ranch located approximately 40 miles south of San Francisco...
read moreThe Edith Wharton–Straw Dog Writers Guild Writers-in-Residence Program offered one-week residencies during the month of March to nine emerging poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Mount, Edith Wharton’s former home in...
read more Event Date: March 1, 2024
The 2024 Elk River Writers Workshop will be held from August 11 to August 16 at Chico Hot Springs, a historic retreat in Pray, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park. The program features workshops, craft talks, outings, lectures, panel...
read more Event Date: August 11, 2024
Application Deadline: May 1, 2024
Financial Aid Deadline: April 1, 2024
The Essere Writer & Artist Residency, which will be held from September 21, 2024, to October 5, 2024, offers two-week residencies in the medieval Camporsevoli estate in the Cetona province of Tuscany, Italy. The residency features programming...
read more Event Date: September 21, 2024
Application Deadline: January 15, 2024
Financial Aid Deadline: January 15, 2024
Event Horizon offers residencies of two weeks to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on five acres of olive groves in Crete, Greece. Residents are provided with lodging on site or in nearby affiliate...
read more Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
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...
read more Application Deadline: May 15, 2024
The Fine Arts Work Center’s (FAWC) annual summer workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction will be held from June 16 to August 16 in Provincetown, Massachusetts. The faculty includes poets Cameron Awkward-Rich, Samiya Bashir,...
read more Event Date: June 16, 2024
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
The Foreword Writing and Publishing Retreat will be held from September 22 to September 28 at a chalet in Chamonix, France, a resort area at the base of Mont Blanc, the highest summit in the Alps, near the junction of France, Italy, and...
read more Event Date: September 22, 2024
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions
Franconia Sculpture Park offers eight residencies of two weeks in January and October to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at an outdoor sculpture park located in the St. Croix River Valley, in Shafer, Minnesota. Residents...
read more Event Date: January 10, 2024
The Frost Place Poetry Seminar will be held online from August 4 to August 8. The seminar features poetry workshops, craft talks, and faculty readings. The faculty includes poets Patrick Donnelly, Janice N. Harrington, and Jane Huffman. The cost...
read more Event Date: August 4, 2024
Application Deadline: July 1, 2024
The 26th annual Get Lit! Festival was held online and in person from April 11 to April 14 at various venues in and around Spokane, Washington. The festival featured readings, writing workshops, craft classes, open mics, and panel discussions for...
read more Event Date: April 11, 2024
Application Deadline: Rolling Admissions