Genre: Poetry

Massachusetts Poetry Festival

May/June 2025

The 2025 Massachusetts Poetry Festival, sponsored by Mass Poetry, was held from May 30 to June 1 at several venues throughout Salem, Massachusetts, including the House of the Seven Gables, Old Town Hall, the Peabody Essex Museum, and St. Peter’s Church. Programming included headline readings, workshops, panels, a small press fair, multimedia events, open mics, and live performances. Participating poets include Diannely Antigua, Marilyn Chin, Ross Gay, Saeed Jones, Danez Smith, and Felicia Zamora.

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FESTIVAL
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Event Date: 
January 20, 2026
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Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Massachusetts Poetry Festival, Mass Poetry, c/o Grubstreet, 50 Liberty Drive, Suite 500, Boston, MA 02210. M.P. Carver, Festival Director.

M.P. Carver
Festival Director
Contact City: 
Salem
Contact State: 
MA
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry

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.

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CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
January 20, 2026
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Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
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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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

The Frost Place

May/June 2025

The Frost Place Poetry Seminar was held online from August 3 to August 7, 2025. The seminar featured poetry workshops, craft talks, and faculty and student readings. The faculty included poets Patrick Donnelly, Kathy Fagan, and Deborah Paredez. The cost of the conference was $700. To apply, writers submitted three poems of any length with a $25 application fee (waived for returning participants) by July 1, 2025. Visit the website for complete guidelines. 

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CONFERENCE
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Event Date: 
January 20, 2026
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Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
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Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Frost Place, P.O. Box 74, Franconia, NH 03580. (603) 823-5510. Patrick Donnelly, Program Director.

Patrick Donnelly
Program Director
Contact City: 
Online
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Genre: 
Poetry

Anne LaBastille Memorial Writing Residency

May/June 2025

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
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Event Date: 
January 20, 2026
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Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
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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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

New York State Summer Writers Institute

May/June 2025

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
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yes
Event Date: 
January 20, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
yes
Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
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
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Salty Quill Writers’ Retreat for Women

May/June 2025

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
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yes
Event Date: 
January 20, 2026
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Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
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

Mesa Verde Writers Conference

May/June 2025

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
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yes
Event Date: 
January 20, 2026
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Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
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
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Headlands Center for the Arts

May/June 2025

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
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yes
Event Date: 
January 20, 2026
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Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
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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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Taos Writers Conference

May/June 2025

The ninth annual Taos Writers Conference was held from July 25 to July 27 at Society of the Muse of the Southwest, a literary organization in Taos, New Mexico. The conference featured workshops for poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and writers working in hybrid genres, as well as critique sessions, faculty readings, and roundtable discussions with authors on publishing. The faculty included poets Aaron Abeyta, Holly Day, Veronica Golos, and Kyle Laws; fiction and nonfiction writers Sallie Bingham, E.J.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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yes
Event Date: 
January 20, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Taos Writers Conference, P.O. Box 3225, Taos, NM 87571. (575) 758-0081. Jan Smith, Executive Director.

Jan Smith
Executive Director
Contact City: 
Taos
Contact State: 
NM
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
87571
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference

May/June 2025

The 2025 Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference was held from July 31 to August 2 on the Mendocino Coast in California. The conference featured 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 included poets Linda Ravenswood and Brynn Saito; fiction writers Katya Apekina, James Bird, Tomas Moniz, Kimberly King Parsons, Allison Saft, and Rosiee Thor; and nonfiction writers Sarah Gerard and Greg Mania.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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yes
Event Date: 
January 20, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 20, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Mendocino Coast Writers’ Conference, P.O. Box 2087, Ft. Bragg, CA 95437. (323) 422-5980. Patty West, Operations Manager.

Patty West
Operations Manager
Contact City: 
Fort Bragg
Contact State: 
CA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
95437
Country: 
US
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Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

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