Genre: Creative Nonfiction

The American University of Paris Summer Creative Writing Institute offered workshops to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers from July 1 to July 23, 2025, on the university’s campus in the seventh arrondissement of Paris. The faculty included poet and fiction writer Siân Melangell Dafydd; poet, fiction writer, and nonfiction writer Biswamit Dwibedy; poet and nonfiction writer Lisa Robertson; and fiction writer Amanda Dennis. The cost of tuition was €2,224 (approximately $2,289) for auditors or €4,448 (approximately $4,577) for transferable academic credit.

The 2025 Elk River Writers Workshop was held from August 10 to August 15 at Chico Hot Springs, a historic retreat in Pray, Montana, near Yellowstone National Park. The program featured workshops, craft talks, outings, lectures, panel discussions, and campfire readings for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. The faculty included poets Kimberly Blaeser and Angie Trudell Vasquez, poet and memoirist Deborah A. Miranda, novelists Debra Magpie Earling and Oscar Hokeah, and memoirist Thomas C. Gannon. Tuition, which included meals, was $1,700; some scholarships were available.

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.

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.