Genre: Creative Nonfiction

Chuckanut Writers Conference

The 2025 annual Chuckanut Writers Conference, cohosted by the Narrative Project, Sidekick Press, and Village Books and Paper Dreams, was held on June 27 and June 28 at Sehome High School in Bellingham, Washington. The conference featured workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as keynote addresses, craft talks, author panels, an open mic, a faculty reading, and breakout sessions that combined lecture, discussion, and generative writing sessions.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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yes
Event Date: 
November 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Chuckanut Writers Conference, 2700 Bill McDonal Parkway, Bellingham, WA 98225.

Contact City: 
Bellingham
Contact State: 
WA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
98225
Country: 
US
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Anne LaBastille Memorial Writing Residency

The Adirondack Center for Writing offered a two-week residency from September 21 to October 5 to six poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at a lodge on Twitchell Lake in the Adirondack Mountains in New York. Three residents will be chosen from the Adirondack region and three will be chosen 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?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
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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New York State Summer Writers Institute

The 39th annual New York State Summer Writers Institute was held from June 22 to July 19 at Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs. The program featured two- and four-week workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. The faculty included poets Peg Boyers, Henri Cole, Megan Fernandes, Sandra Lim, and Rosanna Warren; fiction writers Elizabeth Benedict, Adam Braver, Vinson Cunningham, Amy Hempel, Binnie Kirshenbaum, Claire Messud, Susan Minot, and Rick Moody; and creative nonfiction writers Phillip Lopate and Thomas Chatterton Williams.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

New York State Summer Writers Institute, Skidmore College, Office of Special Programs, 815 North Broadway, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866. (518) 580-5593. Christine Merrill, Senior Program Coordinator. 

Christine Merrill
Senior Program Coordinator
Contact City: 
Saratoga Springs
Contact State: 
NY
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
12866
Country: 
US

Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women

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 as well as kayaking, hiking, and taking a sauna.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
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

The Studios of Key West

The Studios of Key West offers monthlong residencies to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Old Town campus in Key West, Florida. Residents are provided with private lodging and work space. There is no cost to attend the residency, but residents are expected to participate in one community event during their stay. Residents are responsible for their own meals and transportation expenses.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Studios of Key West, 533 Eaton Street, Key West, FL 33040. (305) 296-0458. Elena Devers, Deputy Director.

Elena Devers
Deputy Director
Contact City: 
Key West
Contact State: 
FL
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
33040
Country: 
US
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Outdoor patio potluck at the Studios of Key West

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts

The Virginia Center for the Creative Arts offers residencies of varying lengths (up to six weeks) year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on the historic grounds of Mt. San Angelo in the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains. Residents are provided with private lodging and studio space, meals, and access to the facilities of nearby Sweet Briar College. The residency fee is $75 per day; full fellowships and need-based financial aid are available.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Virginia Center for the Creative Arts, 154 San Angelo Drive, Amherst, VA 24521. (434) 946-7236.

Contact City: 
Amherst
Contact State: 
VA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
24521
Country: 
US

Tulsa Artist Fellowship

The 2026–2028 Tulsa Artist Fellowship, sponsored by the George Kaiser Family Foundation, offers three-year residencies to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at Archer Studios in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Tulsa Artist Fellowship, 109 M.L.K. Jr Boulevard, Tulsa, OK 74103. (539) 302-4855.

Contact City: 
Tulsa
Contact State: 
OK
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
74103
Country: 
US

Mesa Verde Writers Conference

The Mesa Verde Writers Conference, sponsored by Mancos Creative District, was held on July 10 and July 11 at the Mancos Commons Building in downtown Mancos, Colorado. The conference features workshops for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers, and was followed on July 12 by a literary festival with pop-up activities throughout Mancos. Participating authors included poet January Gill O’Neil, poet and fiction writer Lisa C. Taylor, and fiction writers Angie Hodapp and Mark Stevens. The cost of the conference, which includes workshops, readings, and meals, was $425.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Mesa Verde Writers Conference, c/o Mancos Creative District, P.O Box 754, Mancos, CO 81328. Lisa C. Taylor, Codirector.

Lisa C. Taylor
Codirector
Contact City: 
Mancos
Contact State: 
CO
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
81328
Country: 
US

Biographers International Organization Conference

The 2025 Biographers International Organization (BIO) Conference was held on June 5 and June 6 at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C.; select events were also streamed online. The conference theme was “Potomac Fever.” Programming included panels on craft and current issues in biography, including archival research; presidents and first ladies; sports; Black music; the use and misuse of artificial intelligence; audio platforms; and navigating problems with sourcing, scandals, and elusive subjects.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Biographers International Organization Conference, Biographers International Organization, P.O. Box 33020, Santa Fe, NM 87594. Michael Gately, Executive Director.

Michael Gately
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Washington D.C.
Contact State: 
DC
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
20045
Country: 
US

Headlands Center for the Arts

Headlands Center for the Arts offers four- to ten-week residencies from mid-March to mid-November to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and graphic novelists at its retreat center 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, four 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?: 
yes
Event Date: 
November 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
November 24, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Headlands Center for the Arts, 944 Ft. Barry, Sausalito, CA 94965. (415) 472-9478. 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.

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