Genre: Fiction

PEN/Bare Life Review Grants

PEN America
Entry Fee: 
$0
Deadline: 
June 1, 2024
Two grants of $5,000 each will be given annually for poetry, fiction, and nonfiction works-in-progress “by immigrant and refugee writers, recognizing that the literature of migration is of inherent and manifest value.” Using only the online submission system, submit a writing sample of up to 40 pages of poetry or up to 75 pages of prose, a curriculum vitae, and an outline and description of the project by June 1. There is no entry fee. Visit the website for complete guidelines.

Agents & Editors Conference

May/June 2024

The Writers’ League of Texas (WLT) 2024 Agents & Editors Conference will be held from June 21 to June 23 at the Hyatt Regency on Lady Bird Lake in Austin, Texas. The conference features presentations, panels, authors in conversation, and a keynote address for fiction and creative nonfiction writers.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 21, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 17, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 17, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Agents & Editors Conference, Writers’ League of Texas, 611 South Congress Avenue, Suite 200 A-3, Austin, TX 78704. (512) 499-8914. Becka Oliver, Executive Director. 

Becka Oliver
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Austin
Contact State: 
TX
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Anne LaBastille Memorial Writing Residency

May/June 2024

The Adirondack Center for Writing will offer a two-week residency from September 22 to October 6 to six poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a lodge on Twitchell Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in New York. Three of the residents will be chosen from the Adirondack region and the other three from anywhere else in the world. Residents are each provided with a private room and bathroom, work space, and meals. There is no cost to attend the residency, but residents are responsible for travel expenses to and from Twitchell Lake.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 22, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 19, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 17, 2024
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Anne LaBastille Memorial Writing Residency, Adirondack Center for Writing, P.O. Box 956, Saranac Lake, NY 12983. (518) 354-1261. Nathalie Thill, Executive Director. 

Nathalie Thill
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Twitchell Lake
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
12983
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women

May/June 2024

The Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women offers one-week residencies three times a year to twelve poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators who identify as women at McGee Island, a 110-acre private island located three miles east of Port Clyde, Maine. Residents are provided with lodging at a turn-of-the-century oceanfront summer cottage in single- or shared-occupancy rooms, three chef-prepared meals a day, transportation to and from the island, and the opportunity to participate in after-dinner readings and critiques and to wander trails, kayak, or enjoy a sauna.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 7, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 17, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
June 15, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women, 11 Willow Street, Hull, MA 02045. Pamela Loring, Cofounder and Program Director.

Pamela Loring
Cofounder and Program Director
Contact City: 
McGee Island
Contact State: 
ME
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Loghaven Artist Residency

May/June 2024

Loghaven offers residencies of two to six weeks year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in five rehabilitated historic log cabins and newly built facilities on ninety acres of woodland in Knoxville, Tennessee. The residency includes an $850 weekly stipend for supplies and expenses, a travel subsidy on a sliding scale from $400 to $800, and up to $200 in reimbursement for materials shipping.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 17, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
July 15, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 17, 2024
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Loghaven Artist Residency, 1001 Loghaven Drive, Knoxville, TN 37920.

Contact City: 
Knoxville
Contact State: 
TN
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
37920
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference

May/June 2024

The 2024 Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference will be held from August 1 to August 3 on the Mendocino Coast in California. The conference features workshops for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, as well as craft seminars, panels, one-on-one manuscript consultations, and open mics. The faculty includes poet Douglas Manuel; poet and nonfiction writer Jane Wong; fiction writers Nic Anstett, Francesca Lia Block, Kate Folk, Gene Kwak, and Lio Min; fiction and nonfiction writer Henry Hoke; and nonfiction writers Jessica Ferri and Angela Garbes.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
August 1, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
June 30, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 17, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference, P.O. Box 2087, Ft. Bragg, CA 95437. 

Contact City: 
Mendocino
Contact State: 
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
95437
Country: 
US
Add Image: 
Waves along the rocky Mendocino Coast shoreline.
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Renaissance House Residency Program

May/June 2024

The Renaissance House Residency Program offers residencies of one to two weeks in July to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the former writing barn of Dorothy West in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts. The residencies include workshops, lectures, and time to write. Visiting writers include fiction and nonfiction writer Jill Nelson; nonfiction writers Nancy Slonim Aronie, Cole Brown, Jessica B. Harris, and Susan Klein; and scholar Salem Mekuria.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
July 1, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 17, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 17, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Renaissance House Residency Program, Helene Johnson and Dorothy West Foundation for Artists in Need, 484 West 43rd Street, Suite 37E, New York, NY 10036. (917) 747-0367. Abigail McGrath, Founder.

Abigail McGrath
Founder
Contact City: 
Martha’s Vineyard
Contact State: 
MA
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Sunlit Residency

May/June 2024

Sunlit Residency offers weekly residencies of one to three weeks and monthly residencies of up to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the Sue-Je Lee Gage Residency for Human Rights and Social Justice in Ithaca, New York. The residency provides time and space to write. The faculty includes fiction writer Nick Kowalczyk and translator Annette H. Levine, both of who live on-site and are available to consult with residents by request. Residents are provided with a private bedroom and full kitchen as well as shared studio space.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
May 17, 2024
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
May 17, 2024
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 17, 2024
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Sunlit Residency, 232 Valley Road, Ithaca, NY 14850. (607) 229-2683. Annette Levine, Executive Director.

Annette Levine
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Ithaca
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
14850
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

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