Genre: Creative Nonfiction

Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair

March/April 2025

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 11, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 11, 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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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
conferences

Get Lit! Festival

March/April 2025

The 27th annual Get Lit! Festival was held online and in person from April 10 to April 13 at various venues in and around Spokane, Washington. The festival featured readings, craft classes, panel discussions, and a bookfair at Montvale Event Center for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. Participating writers included poets Andrés Cerpa, Ayokunle Falomo, and Margot Kahn; fiction writers Debra Magpie Earling, Jessica E.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
April 10, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Get Lit! Festival, Get Lit! Programs, 601 E Riverside Avenue, Room 440, Spokane, WA 99202. (509) 828-1435. Kate Peterson, Director. 

Kate Peterson
Director
Contact City: 
Spokane
Contact State: 
WA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
99202
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
literary festivals

Chicago Writers Association Conference

March/April 2025

The Chicago Writers Association Conference was held from March 21 to March 23 at the Warwick Allerton Hotel in Chicago. The program featured faculty presentations, workshops, panel discussions, master classes, pitch sessions, author interviews, and social events for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. The faculty included poet Curtis L. Crisler; poet and fiction writer Stuart Dybek; poet, fiction writer, and nonfiction writer Dipika Mukherjee; and fiction writers Ann Garvin, Dana Kaye, Eric Charles May, and Jeremy T. Wilson.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 11, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Chicago Writers Association Conference, P.O. Box 6505, Evanston, IL 60204. (312) 520-5090. Samantha Hoffman, Executive Director.

Samantha Hoffman
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Chicago
Contact State: 
IL
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
60611
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies

March/April 2025

The Sitka Center for Art and Ecology will offer two- to twelve-week residencies from October 2025 to April 2026 to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators at the center’s adjacent 80-acre property, located within the unique ecosystems of Cascade Head and the Salmon River Estuary in Otis, Oregon. Each resident is provided with a private room, bathroom, and kitchen in a house, as well as private studio space and access to the Hale Reference Library. Residents are responsible for travel and living costs.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies, 56605 Sitka Drive, Otis, OR 97368. (541) 994-5485. Maria Elting, Program Manager. 

Maria Elting
Program Manager
Contact City: 
Otis
Contact State: 
OR
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
97368
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency

March/April 2025

The Edward F. Albee Foundation offers monthlong residencies year-round to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the William Flanagan Memorial Creative Persons Center on the eastern terminus of Long Island in Montauk, New York. Residents are provided with en suite bedrooms in a converted horse stable and separate working studios, as well as shared access to a library, a kitchen, and the center’s grounds. There is no cost to attend, although residents are responsible for meals and travel expenses.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 11, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency, 192 Lexington Avenue, Suite 903, New York, NY 10016. (212) 226-2020. Jakob Holder, Executive Director.

Jakob Holder
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Montauk
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
11954
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

Rockland Residency

March/April 2025

The Rockland Residency will offer three-week residencies from October 8, 2025, to October 29, 2025, and from January 8, 2026, to January 29, 2026, to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators in the Rockland Woods, located on the Kitsap Peninsula across the Salish Sea from Seattle. Writers who are at least 25 years old and are not enrolled in a creative writing program are eligible.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
October 8, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Rockland Residency, 2615 E Pike Street, Seattle, WA 98122. (206) 799-8209. Jodi Rockwell, Cofounder. 

Jodi Rockwell
Cofounder
Contact City: 
Kitsap Peninsula
Contact State: 
WA
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

A Rally of Writers

March/April 2025

The 38th annual A Rally of Writers conference was held on April 12 at the West Campus of Lansing Community College in Lansing, Michigan. The conference featured workshops, craft classes, panel discussions, and readings in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Participating writers included poets Dennis Hinrichsen and Ruelaine Stokes; fiction writers Caitlin Horrocks and Alex Kourvo; and nonfiction writer Robert M Weir. Fiction writer Erin Bartels gave the keynote address.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
July 11, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

A Rally of Writers, P.O. Box 4253, East Lansing, MI 48823. Rob Edwards, President. 

Rob Edwards
President
Contact City: 
Lansing
Contact State: 
MI
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
48917
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Tags: 
writing conferences

Visual Arts Center of Richmond

March/April 2025

The Visual Arts Center of Richmond (VisArts) offers an 11-month residency from September 1, 2025, to July 31, 2026, to a poet, fiction writer, or nonfiction writer at the Virginia Dairy building in Richmond’s historic Fan District. The residency includes private studio space, an honorarium of $5,000, and a $500 budget for materials. The resident writer has the opportunity to teach up to two classes at VisArts on a paid contract basis, host regular studio visits with donors and open studio events, and give a public reading.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
September 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Visual Arts Center of Richmond, 1812 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23220. Emily N., Exhibitions and Residencies Manager.

Emily N
Exhibitions and Residencies Manager
Contact City: 
Richmond
Contact State: 
VA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
23220
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

The Lab Creative Writing Retreat

March/April 2025

The 2025 Lab Creative Writing Retreat will be held from June 14 to June 21 at the Son Sion villa in the village of Porreres, located on a Mediterranean island 30 minutes south of Mallorca, Spain. Programming includes workshops, one-on-one meetings with authors and agents, and space and time to write for poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 14, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
July 11, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Lab Creative Writing Retreat, 11 Martha Drive, Melville, NY 11747. Matthew Clark Davison, Codirector.

Matthew Clark Davison
Codirector
Contact City: 
Porreres
Country: 
ES
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
Translation

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