Genre: Poetry

The Playa Flamingo Writing Residency, sponsored by Atmosphere Press, offers two five-day residencies from May to August to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators at the Punta Plata condominium in Playa Flamingo, a white sand beach located in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The residency features space and time to write and an online reading in which residents present their work. Residents are provided with a two-bedroom condo that includes two bathrooms, a full kitchen, a patio, private beach access, and a shared outdoor pool.

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.

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.