Genre: Poetry

BAU at Camargo Foundation Summer Arts Residency

January/February 2025

The BAU Institute offered a four-week residency from July 22 to August 19 to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers at the Camargo Foundation in Cassis, France, a commune on the Mediterranean coast approximately 30 minutes from Marseille. Midcareer writers who had been working independently for over 10 years were eligible. Residents were provided with a private apartment and access to the Camargo campus, including a reference library, gardens, and a Greek theater. Two travel grants of $1,500 each were available.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date: 
May 6, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

BAU at Camargo Foundation Summer Arts Residency, 133 Wooster Street, New York, NY 10012. Gia Angelone, Program Director. 

Gia Angelone
Program Director
Contact City: 
Cassis
Country: 
FR
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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference

January/February 2026

The 2026 Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference will be held from August 12 to August 22 amid the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as lectures; craft classes; meetings with editors, agents, and publishers; and readings by faculty and guests. The faculty includes poets Catherine Barnett, Rick Barot, Jericho Brown, Gabrielle Calvocoressi, Camille T.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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no
Event Date: 
August 12, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Bread Loaf Conferences, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference, Middlebury College, 204 College Street, Middlebury, VT 05753. (802) 443-5286. Jason Lamb, Coordinator. 

Jason Lamb
Coordinator
Contact City: 
Ripton
Contact State: 
VT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
05753
Country: 
US
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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

5 Over 50: 2024 Virtual Reading

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In this virtual reading and conversation, Poets & Writers Magazine features editor India Lena González introduces the 2024 cohort of “5 Over 50” debut authors: Suzette Mullen, author of The Only Way Through Is Out (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024); Dorsía Smith Silva, author of In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry Press, 2024); Uchenna Awoke, author of The Liquid Eye of a Moon (Catapult, 2024); Parul Kapur, author of Inside the Mirror (University of Nebraska Press, 2024); and Deborah Jackson Taffa, author of Whiskey Tender (Harper, 2024).

Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction
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5 Over 50
India Lena González
November/December 2024
Suzette Mullen
Dorsía Smith Silva
Uchenna Awoke
Parul Kapur
Deborah Jackson Taffa
reading
conversation
Poets & Writers Live

Bogliasco Foundation

January/February 2026

The Bogliasco Foundation offers monthlong residencies from January to May and from September to December to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators in the coastal fishing village of Bogliasco, Italy, seven miles southeast of Genoa. Residents are provided with a private room, work space, and meals, and are invited to attend cultural events in Bogliasco and Genoa. There is no cost to attend the residency, but residents are responsible for their own travel expenses.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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yes
Event Date: 
May 6, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Bogliasco Foundation, 1 East 53rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022. (212) 486-0874.

Contact City: 
Bogliasco
Country: 
IT
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Bogliasco
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Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Windhover Writers’ Festival

January/February 2025

The Windhover Writers’ Festival was held from February 19 to February 21 at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. The programming included workshops, faculty readings, panels, and social events for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers. Visiting writers included poet Dana Gioia, fiction writer Katy Carl, and nonfiction writer Daniel Bowman Jr. The cost of registration, which included meals, was $90 ($60 for students). Lodging at the conference hotel was available at a nightly rate of $145. Writers registered by January 31.

Type: 
FESTIVAL
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yes
Event Date: 
May 6, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Windhover Writers’ Festival, University of Mary Hardin-Baylor, P.O. Box 8450, 900 College Street, Belton, TX 76513. (254) 295-4561. Toby F. Coley, Director.

Toby F. Coley
Director
Contact City: 
Belton
Contact State: 
TX
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
76513
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Shannaghe Residency Program

January/February 2026

The Shannaghe Residency Program offers two- and four-week residencies from April through November to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at the Shannaghe residence, a renovated house barn in Belfast, Maine. Residents are provided with private accommodations, which include a room, a work space, a kitchen, and two bathrooms. The cost of the residency is $100 per week.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
April 1, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Shannaghe Residency Program, 121 City Point Road, Belfast, ME 04915. (312) 802-2989. Lee Reilly, Director.

Lee Reilly
Director
Contact City: 
Belfast
Contact State: 
ME
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
04915
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Writeaways: Weymouth Writeaway

March/April 2026

Writeaways will offer a weeklong retreat from July 6 to July 13 to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers (including creative nonfiction writers) in the house of the late novelist James Boyd at Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, a 26-acre estate in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Residents are provided with time and space to write, writing workshops, and private writing consultations. The faculty includes poet and fiction writer Mimi Herman and fiction and nonfiction writer John Yewell.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
July 6, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
May 1, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Writeaways, Weymouth Writeaway, P.O. Box 62012, Durham, NC 27715. Mimi Herman and John Yewell, Codirectors. 

Mimi Herman and John Yewell
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Southern Pines
Contact State: 
NC
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
28388
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

The Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference

The 2026 Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference will be held from June 10 to June 16 at the Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, Maine. The conference features a full-manuscript pre-conference reading with two sets of editorial comments, workshops, and attendee and faculty readings. One-on-one agent pitching as well as pitching practice sessions will take place post-conference via Zoom on June 27.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
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no
Event Date: 
June 10, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference, P.O. Box 472, Brunswick, ME 04011. Shanna McNair, Founding Director.

Shanna McNair
Founding Director
Contact City: 
Phippsburg
Contact State: 
ME
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
04562
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Creekside Arts Artist-Residency Program

January/February 2026

Creekside Arts offers three-week residencies from mid-May to early June to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers among the coastal redwoods of Freshwater, California. Residents are provided with a private room, kitchen, and bathroom in a cottage, cabin, tiny house, or Airstream trailer, a studio, and access to collaborative work spaces where gatherings are held with other residents, permanent members of the Creekside Arts community, and artists from the larger Humboldt County. Residents are responsible for most meals and for transportation to and from the residency.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
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no
Event Date: 
May 15, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Creekside Arts Artist-Residency Program, 475 Howard Heights Road, Eureka, CA 95503. (707) 502-4801. John Heckel, Creekside Arts Residency Coordinator. 

John Heckel
Creekside Arts Residency Coordinator
Contact City: 
Freshwater
Contact State: 
CA
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

Aldo and Estella Leopold Residency

January/February 2026

The Aldo and Estella Leopold Residency offers monthlong residencies in July and November to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers in the late environmental essayist Aldo Leopold’s cabin in Tres Piedras, New Mexico. Writers exploring “the relevance of Aldo Leopold’s ideas to 21st century cultural and environmental issues” and/or “committed to reshaping the cultural story about the relationship between humans and nature” are eligible. An additional residency in July is offered in a single-room casita overlooking the Galisteo Basin Preserve in Galisteo, New Mexico.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
July 1, 2026
Rolling Admissions: 
ignore
Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
May 6, 2026
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Aldo and Estella Leopold Residency, P.O. Box 40122, Albuquerque, NM 87196. (973) 476-9112. Nina Simon, Program Director. 

Nina Simon
Program Director
Contact City: 
Tres Piedras
Contact State: 
NM
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
87577
Country: 
US
Genre: 
Poetry
Fiction
Creative Nonfiction

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