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Browse through the directory for an alphabetical listing of all members,
organized by state.

Alaska

Title:
49 Alaska Writing Center
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Address:
Contact: PO Box 221086, Anchorage, AK 99522
Location: 645 W. 3rd Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska
Dates:
throughout year
Tuition:
$29 to $249
Genres:
Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Screenwriting Poetry
Description:
The 49 Alaska Writing Center supports Alaska writers at every stage of their professional development while building an audience for Alaska literature. More information...


Title:
Alaska Writers Conference
Address:
3820 Lake Otis Parkway, Suite 201 Anchorage AK 99508


Title:
Island Institute Writers' Residencies
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Address:
Island Institute, P.O. Box 2420, Sitka, AK 99835
Dates:
September, November, January, and April each academic year
Tuition:
N/A
Genres:
Fiction Playwriting Screenwriting Poetry Creative Nonfiction
Description:
The Island Institute's Writers' Residencies provide opportunities for four writers to each spend a month in Sitka, Alaska, pursuing their own work and getting to know this unique island community in the forested coastal mountains of Southeast Alaska. More information...


Title:
Kachemak Bay Writers' Conference
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Address:
533 E. Pioneer Ave, Homer, Ak 99603
Dates:
June 8-12, 2012
Tuition:
$350 until May 4th
Genres:
Creative Nonfiction Fiction Poetry Screenwriting
Description:
Annual conference in scenic Homer, Alaska, where "The Land Meets The Sea". Features novelists, essayists, poets, agent,editors. Offers creative writing workshops, readings, open mic, panel discussions, consultations and time for writing. Optional post-conference workshop at wilderness lodge. For all levels. More information...


Title:
Wrangell Mountains Writing Workshop
Address:
2104 Lincoln Ave. Anchorage AK 99517
Genres:
Creative Nonfiction Poetry




Idaho

Title:
Cabin, The
Address:
801 South Capitol Boulevard Boise ID 83702


Title:
Idaho Writer’s League Annual Writers Conference
Address:
Idaho Writers’ League PO Box 1113 Hayden ID 83835-1113


Title:
Sun Valley Writers’ Conference
Address:
P.O. Box 957 Ketchum ID 83340
Genres:
Fiction Creative Nonfiction Poetry




Montana

Title:
Environmental Writing Institute
Address:
EVST Dept University of Montana Missoula MT 59812


Title:
Flathead River Writers Conference
Address:
PO Box 7711, Kalispell, MT 59904


Title:
Flathead River Writers Conference
Address:
PO Box 7711, Kalispell, MT 59901
Genres:
Fiction Creative Nonfiction Screenwriting Children's Literature


Title:
HWG Children’s Writing Conference
Address:
Heartland Writers Guild PO Box 652 Kennett MO 63857


Title:
Montana Artists Refuge
Address:
P.O. Box 8 Basin MT 59631


Title:
Montana Festival for the Book
Address:
Montana Committee for the Humanities 311 Brantly University of Montana Missoula MT 59812




Oregon

Title:
Attic Writers’ Workshop, The
Address:
4232 SE Hawthorne Blvd. Portland OR 97215-3164


Title:
Caldera
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Address:
Contact: 224 NW 13th Ave, Suite 304, Portland, OR 97209
Location: 31500 Blue Lake Drive, Sisters, OR 97759
Dates:
January-March
Tuition:
$35 application fee
Genres:
Creative Nonfiction Screenwriting Poetry Fiction Playwriting Children's Literature
Description:
Every winter we invite artists from all over the world to our Caldera Arts Center near Sisters, Oregon, for monthlong residences.Artists are provided private A-frame cabins and share access to wet and dry studios, a darkroom, a kiln, editing facilities, and rehearsal and performance space. More information...


Title:
Fishtrap, Inc.
Address:
400 Grant St. PO Box 38 Enterprise OR 97828
Genres:
Children's Literature Fiction Poetry Creative Nonfiction


Title:
Interamerican University Studies Institute Workshop
Address:
PO Box 10958 Eugene OR 97440


Title:
Literary Arts
Address:
224 NW 13th Ave., Suite 306 Portland OR 97209


Title:
Margery Davis Boyden Wilderness Writing Residency, The
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Address:
Chair, PEN Northwest, 23030 W. Sheffler Road, Elmira, OR 97437
Dates:
April through October, 2013 or 2014
Tuition:
Resident performs one hour a day of routine caretaking and receives a stipend of $5,000
Genres:
Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Poetry Screenwriting
Description:
A seven-month residency, for any kind of writer at any stage of career, in a remote but comfortable cabin in the Rogue River backcountry of southwestern Oregon. Caretaking duties required. $5,000 stipend. See website for complete information. More information...


Title:
Mountain Writers Series
Address:
2804 SE 27th Ave., #2 Portland OR 97202


Title:
Northwest Writing Institute Workshop
Address:
Lewis & Clark College 0615 SW Palatine Hill Rd Portland OR 97219


Title:
Ooligan Press Write to Publish Conference
Address:
Portland State University P.O. Box 751 Portland OR 97207-0751


Title:
Oregon State Poetry Association
Address:
PO Box 14582 Portland OR 97293
Genres:
Poetry


Title:
Oregon Writers Colony
Address:
PO Box 1829 Lake Oswego OR 97035


Title:
Pacific Northwest Children's Book Conference
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Address:
Contact: Portland State University, Continuing Education, Graduate School of Education, PO Box 751, Portland, OR 97207-0751
Location: 615 SW Harrison St., Portland OR
Dates:
July 19-22, 2012
Tuition:
TBA
Genres:
Children's Literature Fiction Poetry
Description:
Get meaningful feedback on your work and improve your writing:
• Understand publishing, finances and contracts
• Share, connect, and learn
• Special track for illustrators
• University credit available
More information...


Title:
Panther Orchard Writing Workshops and Year Round Retreat
Address:
Contact: 38931 Jasper Lowell Road, Fall Creek, OR 97438
Location: 291 Tomaquag Road, Ashaway, RI 02804
Genres:
Poetry Fiction Creative Nonfiction Screenwriting Children's Literature


Title:
Sitka Center for Art and Ecology
Address:
PO Box 65 Otis OR 97368
Genres:
Poetry


Title:
Soapstone
Address:
622 SE 29th Avenue Portland OR 97214


Title:
South Coast Writers Conference
Address:
Southwestern Oregon Community College PO Box 590 29392 Ellensburg Ave. Gold Beach OR 97444


Title:
Spring Creek Project Writers’ Residency Programs, The
Address:
Spring Creek Project Oregon State University 101 Hovland Hall Corvallis OR 97331
Genres:
Fiction Creative Nonfiction Poetry


Title:
Summer Fishtrap Gathering
Address:
P.O. Box 38 Enterprise OR 97828


Title:
Tin House Summer Writers' Workshop
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Address:
P.O. Box 10500, Portland, OR 97210
Dates:
July 8-15, 2012
Tuition:
Application fee: $40; Tuition: $1100 for registration; Food & Lodging: $575.00
Genres:
Creative Nonfiction Fiction Poetry
Description:
A weeklong intensive of workshops, seminars, panels, and readings led by the editors of Tin House magazine and Tin House Books and their guests: prominent contemporary writers of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. More information...


Title:
Willamette Writers Conference
Address:
9045 SW Barbur Blvd., Suite 5A Portland OR 97219
Genres:
Screenwriting


Title:
Wordstock
Address:
Contact: 1500 SW 12th Ave., Portland, OR 97201
Location: Oregon Convention Center, 777 NE MLK Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97232
Genres:
Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Poetry Screenwriting




Washington

Title:
Bob Mayer Writing Workshops
Address:
PO Box 392 Langley WA 98260


Title:
Bumbershoot Literary Arts Festival
Address:
PO Box 9750 Seattle WA 98109-0750


Title:
Centrum’s Port Townsend Writers’ Conference
Address:
PO Box 1158 Port Townsend WA 98368
Genres:
Playwriting


Title:
Clarion West Writers’ Workshop
Address:
P.O. Box 31264 Seattle WA 98103-1264


Title:
Field's End Writers' Conference
Address:
Field's End: A Writers' Community, c/o Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave. N., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110
Genres:
Poetry Fiction Creative Nonfiction Playwriting Screenwriting Children's Literature


Title:
Glen Workshop, The
Address:
Contact: Image, 3307 Third Avenue W, Seattle, WA 98119
Location: 1160 Camino Cruz Blanca, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Genres:
Fiction Poetry Playwriting Creative Nonfiction Screenwriting


Title:
Hedgebrook
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Address:
Hedgebrook, 2197 Millman Road, Langley, WA 98260
Dates:
February thru November:
Hedgebrook Master Class - Karen Joy Fowler June 19-26
Hedgebrook Master Class - Victoria Redel Nov 3-10
Hedgebrook Master Class - Claire Dederer Nov 13-20
Tuition:
residencies are free; $2200 for Master Classes
Genres:
Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Screenwriting Poetry
Description:
Hedgebrook is a 22-year-old writer's colony with a residency program exclusively supporting the work of emerging and established women writers. We also offer Master Classes: a week in residence with a celebrated teacher leading focused workshops and one-on-one feedback sessions, for women writers to hone their craft in retreat. More information...


Title:
North Cascades Institute Writing Workshops
Address:
810 State Route 20 Sedro-Wooley WA 98284-1239


Title:
Orcas Island Writers Festival
Address:
P.O. Box 1726, Eastsound, WA 98245-1726
Genres:
Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Poetry Playwriting


Title:
Pacific Northwest Writers Summer Conference
logoWC&C Member
Address:
Contact: PMB 2717, 1420 NW Gilman Blvd, Ste 2, Issaquah, WA 98027 Location: 17620 International Blvd, Seattle, WA 98188
Dates:
July 19 - 22, 2012
Tuition:
$395 (early registration member rate)
Genres:
Poetry Fiction Creative Nonfiction Children's Literature Screenwriting
Description:
Meet agents and editors. Learn craft from renowned authors. Uncover new marketing secrets. More information...


Title:
Richard Hugo House
Address:
1634 Eleventh Avenue Seattle WA 98122
Genres:
Creative Nonfiction Fiction Poetry


Title:
Seattle Arts & Lectures
Address:
105 South Main Street, Suite 201 Seattle WA 98104
Genres:
Poetry


Title:
Skagit River Poetry Festival
Address:
Skagit River Poetry Festival La Conner WA 98257
Genres:
Poetry


Title:
UC Davis Extension Creative Writing Workshops
Address:
1333 Research Park Drive Davis CA 95618


Title:
Watermark Writers’ Conference
Address:
PO Box 925 Vaughn WA 98394


Title:
Whidbey Island Writers Conference
Address:
Northwest Institute of Literary Arts P.O. Box 639 Freeland WA 98249


Title:
Write on the Sound Writers’ Conference
Address:
700 Main St. Edmonds WA 98020


Title:
Writing It Real
Address:
394 Colman Drive Port Townsend WA 98368




Wyoming

Title:
Casper College and Equality State Book Festival
Address:
Casper College 125 College Dr. Casper WY 82601


Title:
Jackson Hole Writers Conference
Address:
PO Box 1974, Jackson, WY 83001
Genres:
Creative Nonfiction Fiction Poetry


Title:
Jentel
Address:
130 Lower Piney Creek Road Banner WY 82832


Title:
Ucross Foundation Residency Program
Address:
30 Big Red Lane Clearmont WY 82835


Title:
Wyoming Writers Annual Conference
Address:
1116 CR30 Chugwater WY 82210




 

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