Genre: Creative Nonfiction

Vermont College of Fine Arts Postgraduate Writers’ Conference

May/June 2024

The 29th annual Vermont College of Fine Arts (VCFA) Postgraduate Writers’ Conference will be held from August 3 to August 9 on the Champlain College campus in Burlington, Vermont. Designed for writers with graduate degrees or equivalent experience, the conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as readings, craft talks, and one-on-one consultations with faculty members. Each workshop is limited to five or six participants. The faculty includes poets Eduardo C. Corral, Kathleen Graber, A.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
August 3, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 11, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
August 2, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Vermont College of Fine Arts Postgraduate Writers’ Conference, 36 College Street, Montpelier, VT 05602. Ellen Lesser, Director.

Ellen Lesser
Director
Contact City: 
Burlington
Contact State: 
VT
Country: 
US
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A red building with a green roof on the campus of the Vermont College of Fine Art
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Buinho Creative Hub Residencies

May/June 2024

Buinho Creative Hub offers residencies of two weeks to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the historic town of Messejana, Portugal. Residents are provided with a single- or double-occupancy room in one of three traditional Portuguese houses, as well as access to private and shared studios. The Buinho residence also features a central studio and backyard workshop. The cost of the residency is €800 to €1,000 (approximately $872 to $1,090) per month, depending on the room; transportation and meals are not included.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 11, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 11, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 11, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Buinho Creative Hub Residencies, Rua Nova de São Brás 43, 7600-346 Messejana, Portugal. Carlos Alcobia, General Manager.

Carlos Alcobia
General Manager
Contact City: 
Messejana
Country: 
PT
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Budapest and Prague Writing Retreat

May/June 2024

The Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Budapest and Prague Writing Retreat will be held from July 19 to July 27 in the historic city centers of Budapest and Prague. The retreat features writing and publishing workshops, craft seminars, and generative writing sessions for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty includes poets and prose writers Rita Banerjee and Diana Norma Szokolyai. The cost of the retreat is $4,800, which includes tuition, lodging at Hotel Oktogon in Budapest and Falkensteiner Hotel in Prague, daily breakfast, and special meals.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
July 19, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
June 1, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 15, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Cambridge Writers’ Workshop Budapest and Prague Writing Retreat, Cambridge Writers’ Workshop, Inc., Artist’s Row, 24 New Derby Street, Salem, MA 01970. (617) 401-8950. Diana Norma Szokolyai, Executive Artistic Director.

Diana Norma Szokolyai
Executive Artistic Director
Contact City: 
Budapest
Country: 
HU
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Headlands Center for the Arts

May/June 2024

Headlands Center for the Arts offers four- to ten-week residencies from mid-June to mid-November to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the coastal wilderness of the Marin Headlands outside San Francisco. Residents are provided with a private bedroom and work space in a shared house, round-trip airfare, five meals per week, and a $1,000 monthly stipend. Writers not currently enrolled in an academic program are eligible.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 15, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
June 10, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 11, 2024
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Ft. Barry, Sausalito, CA 94965. (415) 331-2787, ext. 24. Holly Blake, Senior Residency Manager.

Holly Blake
Senior Residency Manager
Contact City: 
Sausalito
Contact State: 
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
94965
Country: 
US
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A large white house nestled in trees and mountains.
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

In Cahoots Residency

May/June 2024

In Cahoots offers residencies of one or two weeks year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and scholars in the countryside of Petaluma, California, in scenic Sonoma County. Residents are provided with individual cottages, each with a private kitchen, bathroom, and studio for writing. The cost of the residency is $950 for one week or $1,600 for two weeks. To apply for residencies between January and May 2025, submit one to three writing samples totaling no more than 10 pages, a project proposal, and a curriculum vitae with a $25 application fee by June 1.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 11, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
June 1, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 11, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

In Cahoots Residency, 198 Liberty Road, Petaluma, CA 94952. Macy Chadwick, Founder and Director.

Macy Chadwick
Founder and Director
Contact City: 
Petaluma
Contact State: 
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
94952
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Indiana University Writers’ Conference

May/June 2024

The 2024 Indiana University Writers’ Conference will be held from June 6 to June 9 in Bloomington, Indiana. The conference features workshops, craft classes, panel discussions, and readings for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. The faculty includes poets Jos Charles and torrin a. greathouse, fiction writers Angela Jackson-Brown and Sequoia Nagamatsu, and nonfiction writers T Kira Māhealani Madden and Alex Marzano-Lesnevich. The cost of the conference, including tuition for a workshop and all classes, panels, and readings, is $825.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 6, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 11, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 11, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Indiana University Writers’ Conference, Ballantine Hall 440, 1020 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, IN 47405. Bob Bledsoe, Director.

Bob Bledsoe
Director
Contact City: 
Bloomington
Contact State: 
IN
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
writing conferences

Animals Are People Too

The Time Is Now
4.4.24

The human tendency to anthropomorphize may come with risks great or small, but could there also be benefits? Last month, Indigenous leaders of New Zealand, Tahiti, and the Cook Islands signed a historic treaty granting legal personhood to whales, with the hope that the bestowal will lead to negotiations with Polynesian governments to enforce greater protective rights for the animals, which hold a position of sacred cultural importance. This week, write a personal essay that reflects on a moment, memory, or encounter that propelled you to project humanlike qualities onto an animal, whether a pet, insect, pest, or country critter. Do your personal beliefs about personhood collide or align with arguments about humanity and nature, or different types of sentience and consciousness?

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