Ten Questions for Rebe Huntman
“Because the flip side of uncertainty is an invitation into mystery. And the reward for wading through mystery is transformation.” —Rebe Huntman, author of My Mother in Havana: A Memoir of Magic & Miracle.
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Genre: Creative Nonfiction
Get Lit! Festival
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.
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FESTIVAL
Ignore Event Date Field?:
no
Event Date:
April 10, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
yes
Application Deadline:
July 5, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
July 5, 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
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Chicago Writers Association Conference
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
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yes
Event Date:
July 5, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
July 5, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
July 5, 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
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US
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology Writing Residencies
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 5, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
July 5, 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
Edward F. Albee Foundation Residency
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 5, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
July 5, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
July 5, 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
Rockland Residency
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 5, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
July 5, 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
A Rally of Writers
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 5, 2025
Rolling Admissions:
ignore
Application Deadline:
July 5, 2025
Financial Aid?:
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline:
July 5, 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
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What Listening Has Taught Me: The Future Is Shaped by What We Remember
Oral historian Nyssa Chow considers the nested memories she belongs to, and invites readers to do the same.
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You’re the Inspiration
In a recent New York Times Magazine interview, Dr. Anna Lembke, a Stanford psychiatrist who studies a variety of addictions from substance abuse to social media, talks about her speculative theory about contemporary society and narcissism. “Our culture is demanding that we focus on ourselves so much that what it’s creating is this deep need to escape ourselves,” she says. Take a break from self-actualization and write an essay that focuses on a close friend or loved one to create a lyrical profile of sorts. If you instinctively relate your observations and memories back to yourself, correct course and try to place the focus as much as possible on someone else. What emerges as a result?
What Listening Has Taught Me: The Smallest Part of Your World
Oral historian Nyssa Chow considers how small routines and rituals tell larger stories.
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