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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

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The 49 Alaska Writing Center supports Alaska writers at every stage of their professional development while building an audience for Alaska literature. More information...

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Contact: 463 West Street, 1028H, , New York, NY 10014
Location: Assisi, Italy

Dates:

July 20 - August 16. 1-4 weeks

Tuition:

$2350/1wk;$4145/2 wks; $5490/3 wks;$6825/4 wks

Genres:

Poetry Playwriting Fiction Creative Nonfiction Screenwriting

Description:

“Art Workshop International is a sublime merge of Vacation (sunflower fields, Umbrian plains, like-minded travelers, ambling to and fro, dinners on the terrace) and Creativity (painting, reading, poetry, good teachers), a fine way to focus and let go.” - Frank McCourt More information...

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1414 Art Center Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168

Dates:

5 residencies per year

Tuition:

$850

Genres:

Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Screenwriting Poetry

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Since 1982, Atlantic Center's residency program has provided artists from all artistic disciplines with spaces to live, work, and collaborate during three-week residencies. More information...

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AWP Conference Services, Mail Stop 1E3, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030

Dates:

Annually Mid-Winter or Early Spring

Tuition:

See website for registration fees

Genres:

Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Poetry Screenwriting

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The Annual Conference typically features 400 presentations: readings, lectures, panel discussions, and Forums plus hundreds of book signings, receptions, dances, and informal gatherings. The conference attracts more than 5,000 attendees and more than 500 publishers. More information...

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Chateau du Ligny, 2 rue Georges Clémenceau, Les Brouzils, France 85260

Dates:

May, June, July, August, September

Tuition:

varies

Genres:

Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Screenwriting Poetry

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Workshops and accredited seminars for poets, journalists, memoirists, fiction writers, screenwriters and creators of children's entertainment. Individual retreats, mentorships and fellowships also available. More information...

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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...

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701 S. Howard Ave, #106-144, , Tampa, FL 33606

Dates:

March 26-April 1; September 17-23; November 3-6, 2012

Tuition:

N/A

Genres:

Fiction Creative Nonfiction Screenwriting

Description:

Free Expressions offers programs for writers in all genres of fiction and nonfiction, from the groundbreaking Story Masters, featuring three masters of fiction craft to the intensive Writing the Breakout Novel weeklong workshop. See website for more! More information...

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513 S. Presa, San Antonio, TX 78205

Dates:

Year-round programs and Summer Literary Festival

Tuition:

Varies

Genres:

Poetry Fiction Creative Nonfiction Playwriting Screenwriting

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Gemini Ink nurtures writers and readers and builds community through literature and the related arts. More information...

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160 Boylston Street, 4th Floor, Boston MA 02116

Dates:

Open All Year

Tuition:

N/A

Genres:

Poetry Fiction Creative Nonfiction Screenwriting Children's Literature

Description:

Grub Street is a non-profit creative writing center dedicated to nurturing writers and connecting readers with the wealth of writing talent in the Boston area. We support creative writers at all stages of their development so that they can achieve their goals of publication, social and professional networking, gainful employment in the field, and/or personal enrichment. More information...

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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...

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Highlights Foundation 814 Court St Honesdale PA 18431

Dates:

February through November

Tuition:

Varies from $695 to $2665

Genres:

Children's Literature Poetry Fiction Creative Nonfiction Screenwriting

Description:

Whether you write or illustrate for children or young adults, our genre-specific,single-topic sessions of three or four days, or week-long intensive novel programs, sessions are led by successful and supportive authors, illustrators, editors, and children's publishing professionals who are determined to help writers and illustrators hone their skills and meet their goals. More information...

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Iowa Summer Writing Festival, C215 Seashore Hall, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa 52245

Dates:

June and July

Tuition:

$560 per weeklong workshop, $280 per weekend workshop

Genres:

Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Poetry Playwriting Screenwriting

Description:

The Iowa Summer Writing Festival offers 135 weeklong and weekend workshops across the genres. Writers at all levels are welcome. There are no requirements beyond the desire to write. More information...

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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...

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Mailing: 320 Hull Street #136, Richmond, VA 23224 Location: The Library of Virginia, 800 East Broad Street, Richmond, VA 23219

Dates:

October 7-8, 2011

Tuition:

$190 includes breakfast and lunch; early bird discount for registrations received by Sept. 1, 2011

Genres:

Poetry Fiction Creative Nonfiction Playwriting Screenwriting Children's Literature

Description:

Two days of cross-genre discussions and panels on the ups and downs of the writing life with one-on-one meetings with literary agents. More information...

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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...

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University of Kentucky, 232 East Maxwell Street, Lexington, Kentucky, 40506-0344

Dates:

September 21-22, 2012

Tuition:

$150 for 2 days, $80 for 1 day, $30 student rate (2011)

Genres:

Poetry Fiction Creative Nonfiction Screenwriting

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33rd annual Kentucky Women Writers Conference, September 16-17, 2011, in Lexington. Francine Prose, Sallie Bingham, Tananarive Due, Lynnell Edwards, Katja Esson, Krista Franklin, Kim Dana Kupperman, Danzy Senna, and 3 others lead writing workshops, readings, and panels. $150 for 2 days, $80 for one day, $30 student rate, with 4 nights of free events on Sept. 15-18. More information...

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801 3rd Corso, Nebraska City, NE 68410

Dates:

Year round

Tuition:

$35 application fee

Genres:

Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Poetry Screenwriting

Description:

The Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts in Nebraska City, NE offers 2 to 8 week residencies year-round for writers, visual artists and music composers. Housing, studio space, $100/week stipend are provided. Approximately 55 residencies are awarded each year. More information...

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Lighthouse Writers Workshop, 2123 Downing St., Denver, CO 80205

Dates:

Year-round

Tuition:

Varies

Genres:

Poetry Screenwriting Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting

Description:

Lighthouse Writers Workshop is an independent literary center in the heart of downtown Denver. Housed in the historic Thomas Hornsby Ferril house that saw literary lions like Dorothy Parker, Robert Frost, Carl Sandburg, and others come together in the great tradition of writerly togetherness. We believe that writers need other writers, and that while the art of creative writing may be solitary, community serves a necessary function. We run year-round workshops (from intro-level to master classes), a summer Lit Fest, an annual retreat in Grand Lake, and much more. Our students have published with HarperCollins, Random House, Little, Brown, and elsewhere, and have won Colorado Book Awards and have been finalists for such awards as the PEN/Hemingway. Our faculty have won NEA and Stegner Fellowships, Provincetown Fellowships, Colorado Book Awards, and lots of other great stuff. But mostly, we just hire awesome writers who love to teach. We tend to attract awesome writers who love to be part of something. In the end, that's what makes it all work. More information...

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Open Book, 1011 Washington Ave S, Ste 200, Minneapolis, MN, 55415

Dates:

year-round

Tuition:

sliding fee based on household income

Genres:

Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Poetry Screenwriting

Description:

The Loft supports the artistic development of writers, fosters a writing community and builds an audience for literature. The Loft serves 600,000 individuals each year with classes and festivals writers at all levels of development; in-person and broadcast readings and spoken word performances featuring national and local writers; programming by and for teens; age specific activities for children and families; and fellowships, mentorships, and career initiative awards for Minnesota writers. More information...

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978 Middle Road, PO Box 536, LaPointe, WI 54850

Dates:

May-October

Tuition:

$425-$600 for 5-day workshop

Genres:

Poetry Screenwriting Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting

Description:

Between May and November, the school offers week long workshops taught by nationally recognized instructors in writing, painting, photography, quilting and other genres. MISA is situated on a peaceful prairie meadow farm with its own modern lodging facilities. More information...

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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

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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...

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816-A Orapax Street, Norfolk, VA 23507

Dates:

We have class sessions in the winter/spring (Feb.-April), summer (June-Sept.), and fall (Oct.-Dec.)

Tuition:

varies, $125-$215, $40 -$45 (one meeting). Returning student discounts apply.

Genres:

Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Screenwriting Poetry

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The Muse Writers Center--a 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation--is dedicated to broadening community awareness and support of the literary arts. We offer writing classes and seminars for beginning, experienced, and professional writers, house a resource center for area writers, and host reading series and other special events. More information...

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Naropa University, 2130 Arapahoe Avenue, Boulder, CO 80302

Dates:

June 11–July 8, 2012

Tuition:

Non-credit $475 per week, BA & MFA Credit: TBA

Genres:

Creative Nonfiction Fiction Poetry Playwriting Screenwriting

Description:

The Summer Writing Program is a four-week-long convocation of students, poets, fiction writers, scholars, translators, performance artists, activists, Buddhist teachers, musicians, printers, editors and others working in small press publishing. Programming includes workshops, lectures, panels, readings, special events and more. More information...

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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

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Meet agents and editors. Learn craft from renowned authors. Uncover new marketing secrets. More information...

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1903 W. Michigan Ave., B2425 Ellsworth, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5245

Dates:

June 30 to July 27, 2012

Tuition:

TBD

Genres:

Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Screenwriting Poetry

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Western Michigan University's Prague Summer Program offers 4-week creative writing workshops and literature and Jewish studies courses at Charles University in the Czech Republic each July that are eligible for 3 to 4 hours of 5000-level academic credit. More information...

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Contact: Department of Language & Literature, Florida Gulf Coast University, 10501 FGCU Boulevard South, Fort Myers, FL, 33965-6565
Location: BIG ARTS, 900 Dunlop Road, Sanibel, FL 33957

Dates:

November 8-11, 2012

Tuition:

$350 (non-students), $250 (students with current I.D.)

Genres:

Poetry Screenwriting Fiction Creative Nonfiction Children's Literature

Description:

Four-day writers conference on gorgeous Sanibel Island. We invite any writer (in any genre--poetry, fiction, nonfiction, children's lit, songwriting, journalism) who wants to improve her craft and/or network with professional authors, agents and editors. More information...

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PO Box 1416, Nevada City, CA 95959

Dates:

Poetry Workshop: June 23-30, 2012 Writers Workshops: July 7-14, 2012 Screenwriting: July 7-14, 2012

Tuition:

$820

Genres:

Poetry Creative Nonfiction Fiction Screenwriting

Description:

Every summer for 43 years, the Community of Writers at Squaw Valley has brought together poets and prose writers for separate weeks of workshops, individual conferences, lectures, panels, readings, and discussions of the craft and the business of writing. Our goal is to assist writers to improve their craft and thus move them closer to publication. More information...

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Contact: MSC09 5370, 1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131
Location: Mabel Dodge Luhan House, Taos, NM

Dates:

August 5-11, 2012

Tuition:

$2,250

Genres:

Poetry Creative Nonfiction Screenwriting Fiction Playwriting

Description:

The retreat encourages individuals – doctors, nurses, ethicists, psychologists, and anyone who is interested – to pursue writing in a communal environment that provides maximum space for personal exploration and growth. Participants are invited to bring along work-in-progress (both scholarly and creative), ideas for writing they want to begin, or simply a desire to write. More information...

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Address:

4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815

Dates:

Year 'round

Tuition:

Varies

Genres:

Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Poetry Screenwriting

Description:

The Writer’s Center cultivates the creation, publication, presentation, and dissemination of literary work. More information...

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Contact: Graham School of General Studies, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637
Location: The University of Chicago Gleacher Center, 450 N. Cityfront Plaza Drive, Chicago, IL 60611

Dates:

year-round

Tuition:

varies by course

Genres:

Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Poetry Screenwriting

Description:

Courses in writing fiction, creative nonfiction, screenplays, poetry and journalism designed for working adults serious about honing their craft. Offered evenings and Saturdays at a convenient downtown Chicago location. More information...

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2728 N. Hampden Court, #1605, Chicago, IL 60614

Dates:

August 31 to September 7, 2012 and October 5-12, 2012

Tuition:

no tuition; $15.00 application fee

Genres:

Children's Literature Creative Nonfiction Fiction Playwriting Screenwriting Poetry

Description:

A one week residency during September or October on a 32 acre wooded site in Gilman, IL, conducive to fostering creative work by Midwest writers in all genres. For further information about applying, see writersintheheartland.org. More information...

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Writers' Program, UCLA Extension Rm 440, 10995 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Dates:

February 9-12, 2012

Tuition:

$705 early-bird special through January 9, 2012; $775 starting January 10th

Genres:

Creative Nonfiction Fiction Screenwriting Poetry

Description:

Presented by the UCLA Extension Writers' Program, the Writers Studio at UCLA Extension is an intensive four days of instruction and writing. Participants choose one of 10 workshops in which they work closely with a professional writer in classes limited to not more than 18 students. More information...