Genre: Poetry

The Tin House Summer Workshop will be held from July 12 to July 19 at Reed College in Portland, Oregon. The program features poetry, novel, short fiction, and creative nonfiction workshops (eight participants per class) as well as one-on-one meetings with faculty and agents, craft lectures, author conversations, generative exercises, readings, and prom and karaoke nights. Tuition is $2,000; the fee for room and board in the Reed College dormitories is $600. Scholarships, payment plans, and application fee waivers were available.

The Community of Writers offers workshops in poetry from June 22 to June 28 and in fiction and nonfiction (including creative nonfiction) from July 10 to July 17 in Olympic Valley, near Lake Tahoe in California’s Sierra Nevada. The program features workshops, craft talks, publishing panels, readings, and one-on-one conferences with faculty. The faculty includes poets Kazim Ali, Ama Codjoe, Carmen Giménez, Brenda Hillman, Brian Teare, and Matthew Zapruder; fiction writers Mac (Marisa) Crane, Leslie Daniels, Tyler Dilts, Janet Fitch, Francisco Goldman, Katy Hays, Dana Johnson, Louis B.

Millay Arts offers two- and four-week residencies from April through November, as well as weeklong group residencies in December, to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers at Steepletop, the former estate of Edna St. Vincent Millay in Austerlitz, New York. Each residency includes a private room, studio, and meals. Residents also have access to shared living spaces, a workstation, and the Alumni and Nancy Graves Memorial libraries.

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.