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Address:

P.O. Box 778, Placitas, NM, 87043

Dates:

August 10-16, 2009
Application Deadline: March 2, 2009

Tuition:

Workshop participants- $785; "free agents"- $450.
*Does not include room & board

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

A Room of Her Own Foundation Writers' Retreat: "My Country is the Whole World." August 10 through 16 at the legendary Ghost Ranch, Abiquiu, NM. More information...

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Address:

228 North Fourth Avenue #2, Tuscan, AZ 85705

Dates:

Year round/closed August, 1-2 December and 1-2 January each year; Various deadlines: See website

Tuition:

Classes and workshops and group residencies have tuition: See website

Genres:

N/A

Description:

Casa Libre is the first permanent writer's residency facility in Arizona. We award 10 to 26 day residencies on an application basis for self-directed residency stays in our fully outfitted writing suites. All genres welcome to apply. Residencies awarded on the merits of seriousness of project and writing experience, not on publication experience. There are three application deadlines each year, please refer to the Suites section of our website for detailed information. More information...

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Address:

513 S. Presa, San Antonio, TX 78205

Dates:

Year-round programs and Summer Literary Festival

Tuition:

Varies

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

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

Title:

Address:

1100 E. Sheldon St., Prescott, AZ 86301

Dates:

No program for summer 2008.

Tuition:

TBA

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

The program is currently being restructured and will not hold a summer 2008 conference. More information...

Title:

Address:

Maggie Griffith, University of New Mexico, Office of Continuing Medical Education, Albuquerque, NM 87105

Dates:

August 3-9, 2008

Tuition:

$2,250 (includes room, board, materials)

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Health professionals pursue their writing at the historic Mable Dodge Luhan House in Taos, New Mexico. Classes, one-on-one conferences, visiting writers, evening activities, with CME credits available. More information...

Title:

Address:

PO Box 60066, Florence, MA 01062

Dates:

April 10 -13, 2008

Tuition:

$605 by February 10th, $665 after

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting, Children's Literature

Description:

3 nights and 4 days of writing and Yoga at the Alma de Mujer retreat center, located in the beautiful foothills at Lake Travis, Texas just 20 miles north of Austin. More information...

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Address:

203 W. 33rd Street, Austin, Texas 78705
P.O. Box 89, Round Top, Texas 78705

Dates:

May 2-4, 2008 (annual event; dates vary)

Tuition:

$110

Genres:

Poetry

Description:

Poetry at Round Top is a three-day festival which includes featured readings by major American poets, writing and publication workshops, panel discussions, open mic readings, conversations on craft, and music-and-word performances. The campus is the site of a world-renown classical music festival and includes more than four hundred acres of meadows, woods, ponds, herb gardens, Victorian architecture, and Roman Follies. Housing and meals are available but limited and generally filled early. More information...

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Address:

Southwest Literary Center, 826 Camino de Monte Rey/A3, Santa Fe, NM 87505

Dates:

June 18-23, 2007

Tuition:

$525

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Five days of workshops in fiction, poetry or nonfiction (limited to 12 per workshop). Afternoon talks by publishing professionals, editors or agents. Evening readings and private conferences. More information...

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Address:

P. O. Box 275, SMU, Dallas, TX 75275-0275

Dates:

Dates vary, please see the website

Tuition:

N/A

Genres:

Description:

SMU offers noncredit courses in creative writing for writers who are ready to tell their story. More information...

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Address:

Dept. of English, MSC 03 2170
1 University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001

Dates:

July 12-20, 2008

Tuition:

$300 for weekend, $600 for weeklong, discounted tuition rate of $250 per weekend workshop with weeklong workshop or master class registration

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Offering writing workshops and special events during a single week in July, the Taos Summer Writers' Conference is the largest such conference in the state and the only one in New Mexico sponsored by a university creative writing program. More information...

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Address:

University of Arizona Poetry Center, 1508 E. Helen Street, Tucson, AZ 85721

Dates:

June 1-August 31, 2008
Application deadline: January 16, 2008

Tuition:

N/A

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

The Poetry Center's Fieries and the Snuffies Residency offers emerging writers a $500 stipend and a month long opportunity to develop work and enjoy the Center's poetry archive. More information...

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Address:

Arizona State University, Box 875002, Tempe, AZ 85287-5002

Dates:

(For Desert Nights, Rising Stars) February 21-24, 2007

Tuition:

$275.00 for four days, $135 additional fee for workshops

Genres:

N/A

Description:

Join us for a literary celebration where conference participants will have a chance to hone their craft in the classroom and also "rub elbows" with distinguished writers, sharing dialogue during classes and workshops.More information...

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Address:

UMHB Box 8008, 900 College St, Belton, TX 76513

Dates:

2nd Weekend in January every year (Wed-Sat)
Application deadline: December 15

Tuition:

$100

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

The Writers' Festival is hosted by the literary journal Windhover at the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor in Belton, Texas. Writers from across the country gather to read and develop their writing with other writers. More information...