Title:

Address:

190 University Drive, Amherst, MA 01002

Dates:

Various throughout the year

Tuition:

$2,000 double accommodation,
$2,200 single (when available)

Genres:

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

Description:

Amherst Writers & Artists trains participants to lead writing groups using the AWA writing group method developed by Pat Schneider and described in her book Writing Alone and With Others (Oxford University Press, 2003). More information...

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Address:

1414 Art Center Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168

Dates:

Ongoing. See website

Tuition:

$850 residency fee, Financial Aid is available

Genres:

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

Description:

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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Address:

Contact: AWP Conference Services, Mail Stop 1E3, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
2009 Location: Chicago, IL

Dates:

February 11-14, 2009
Annually Mid-Winter or Early Spring

Tuition:

Genres:

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

Description:

The Annual Conference typically features 300 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 400 publishers. More information...

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Address:

The Banff Centre, 107 Tunnel Mountain Drive, Banff, Alberta, Canada T1L 1H5

Dates:

Various programs, see website

Tuition:

N/A

Genres:

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

Brief Description:

Through its own publications produced throughout the year, The Banff Centre supports contemporary art, literature, and criticism and explores the development of electronic platforms and new technologies in writing and publishing. More information...

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Address:

YMCA, 340 Montgomery St., Syracuse, NY 13202

Dates:

Year-round

Tuition:

$12 - $265

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

The DWC is the community center for the literary arts in the Central New York State region, and offers 15-20 visiting author readings and 30-40 creative writing workshops each year. More information...

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Address:

Program Director, 400 Grant St., P.O. Box 38,
Enterprise, OR 97828

Dates:

Fishtrap operates programs year round

Tuition:

N/A

Genres:

N/A

Description:

Fishtrap's extended programs are in service of its mission to "promote clear thinking and good writing in and about the West." More information...

Title:

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...

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Address:

The Hub City Writers Project, PO Box 8421, Spartanburg, SC 29305
Hub City Writers Project, 149 S Daniel Morgan Ave, Suite 2, Spartanburg, SC 29306

Dates:

Residency: June 2008-May 2009
Conference: August 3-5, 2007

Tuition:

Residency: $25 application fee
Conference: $160, add $35 for 2 nights dorm

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

Residency: The HUB-BUB Live Free and Create program is an 11-month residency open to one creative writer and three visual artists, in Spartanburg SC. Applicants must be aged 20 to 30.
Conference: A three-day conference where participants create new material in the genres of fiction, poetry and memoir. There is a particular emphasis on place-based writing at this conference. More information...

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Address:

Island Institute, P.O. Box 2420, Sitka, AK 99835

Dates:

September, November, January, and April each academic year
Application Deadline: April 15 each year

Tuition:

N/A Housing and $300 stipend provided for each resident

Genres:

N/A

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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Address:

Executive Director, 718 Love Lane, Key West, FL 33040

Dates:

January 11 - 14, 2007; January 10 - 20, 2008

Tuition:

$450 Seminar; $450 workshops

Genres:

N/A

Description:

25th Annual Key West Literary Seminar, January 11 - 14, 2007
WONDROUS STRANGE: Mystery, Intrigue & Psychological Drama
26th Annual Key West Literary Seminar, January 10 - 20, 2008
NEW VOICES: Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going?
Significant financial assistance will be available for new writers for seminar and workshop costs, as well as for lodging. More information...

Title:

Address:

801 3rd Corso, Nebraska City, NE 68410

Dates:

Year round
Application Deadline: March 1, 2008 and Sept. 1, 2008

Tuition:

$25 application fee

Genres:

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

Description:

KHN residency program in Nebraska City, NE offers housing, studio and a weekly stipend to approximately 38 artists per year. Internationally known art center is located in a quiet midwestern town. More information...

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Address:

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

Dates:

Year-round and summer lit fest and retreat

Tuition:

Varies

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

A nonprofit, independent literary center running year-round ongoing and one-day workshops, an annual Literary Festival, Writing Retreats, and Young Writers' Programs. More information...

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Address:

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

Dates:

year 'round

Tuition:

sliding fee based on household income

Genres:

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

Description:

The Loft Literary Center's mission is to foster a writing community, the artistic development of individual writers and an audience for literature. More information...

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Address:

10995 LeConte Avenue, Suite 440, Los Angeles, CA 90024

Dates:

February 7-10, 2008
Early bird registration deadline: December 7, 2007
Application deadline: February 6, 2008

Tuition:

$725 by 12/7/07; $795 beginning 12/8/07

Genres:

Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Four intensive days of instruction in creative writing and screenwriting. More information...

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Address:

The Mllay Colony for the Arts, 454 East Hill Road, Austerlitz, NY 12017

Dates:

April 1 through December 1
Application deadline: October 1

Tuition:

None

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Literature

Description:

The Millay Colony for the Arts is an artists residency program in Austerlitz, New York. More information...

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Address:

P. O. Box 1027, St. Augustine, FL 32085

Dates:

November 6-8, 2008

Tuition:

N/A

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

This will be the fifth annual FLAC conference. The goal of the conference is to bring together writers, editors, agents, publishers, book sellers, grant administrators, directors of writers' festivals and retreats, creative writing studetns and other interested folk in one place. We'll be talking about the how to of the literary arts: how to write it, make it, sell it, fund it, and nurture it. More information...

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Address:

Old School Square Cultural Arts Center, 51 N. Swinton Ave., Delray Beach, FL 33444
3199 B-3 Lake Worth Rd., Lake Worth, FL 33461

Dates:

January 21-26, 2008
Application Deadline: October 31, 2007

Tuition:

Advanced Poetry Workshops $695, Intermediate Poetry Workshops $495

Genres:

Poetry

Description:

The eight workshops, six advanced and two intermediate, are limited to 12 qualified participants. Workshops are 12 total hours over four days and include a 20 minute individual conference with the workshop leader. More information...

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Address:

PO Box 60066, Florence, MA 01062

Dates:

February 16-23, 2008

Tuition:

$1800

Genres:

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

Description:

8 days & 7 nights of creative writing, yoga and meditation at the unforgettable Villa Sumaya Retreat Center, on the shore of blue crater Lake Atitlan, Guatemala. More information...

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Address:

One College Blvd, Paterson, NJ 07505

Dates:

Year round

Tuition:

NA

Genres:

Poetry

Description:

Poetry Reading every 1st Saturday of the month. (From September thru May) More information...

Title:

Address:

56 Pine Hill Lane, Norwood, VA 24581

Dates:

all year round

Tuition:

Genres:

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

Description:

The Porches Writing Retreat is open year-round. We offer days/weeks/month residencies on an individual basis. More information...

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Address:

1260 N. Green Bay Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045

Dates:

Year-Round

Tuition:

$25/day$30 application fee

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

Ragdale's residency program offers writers, visual artists, composers, and interdisciplinary artists the time and space to work on individual projects. Residencies run from 2-8 weeks in a historic home 30 miles north of Chicago year-round. More information...

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Address:

University of Southern Indiana, 8600 University Boulevard, Evansville, IN 47712

Dates:

February 24-26, 2006

Tuition:

$395 with lodging; $345 includes workshop and meals

Genres:

N/A

Description:

The RopeWalk Winter Weekend gives participants an opportunity to attend workshops and to confer privately with one of two prominent writers. More information...

Title:

Address:

1029 Jones Street, San Francisco, CA 94109

Dates:

February 15-l7, 2008, President's Day weekend
Application Deadline: February l4, 2008

Tuition:

$695, with breaks before conference

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Literature

Description:

Over 45 panels and sessions, along with four keynote addresses will give new and experienced writers information about the world of publishing and polishing their craft. Speed Dating with Editors and Agents and meals provide one-on-one opportunities. More information...

Title:

Address:

600 White Street, Key West, FL 33040

Dates:

November 07 -April 08

Tuition:

$65-$500

Genres:

Description:

A wide range of 2-5 day workshops exploring fiction, poetry, narrative nonfiction and the culinary memoir. 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...

Title:

Address:

18 N. Richards Avenue, Ventnor, NJ 08406

Dates:

January 18-21, 2008

Tuition:

$375; Rooms from $225 including some meals.

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Join us at the Grand Hotel in Cape May, NJ to begin a few poems or develop your story, novel, creative essay, song, or visual image during the three-day holiday weekend honoring Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Break the winter thaw! More information...

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Address:

Cruise: Port Canaveral, Florida
Retreat: Star Island off the coast of Rye, New Hampshire

Dates:

Cruise: February 10-13, 2008; Application: October 13, 2007
Retreat: September 10-12, 2007; Deadline: September 9, 2007

Tuition:

Cruise: $526+
Retreat: $425+

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Cruise: During a four-day writing cruise to the Bahamas, we will meet daily to write to prompts provided by the workshop leader and to write on topics of our own choosing.
Retreat: Attendees write to prompts provided by workshop leader. More information...

Title:

Address:

Eckerd College - Special Programs, 4200 54th Avenue South, St. Petersburg, FL, 33711

Dates:

January 19-27, 2008
Application deadline: December 3, 2007

Tuition:

$675

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

This intensive eight-day experience of intimate workshop classes, panel discussions, readings, book signings, cocktail receptions and dinners is designed for those who are passionate about writing. More information...

Title:

Address:

4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815

Dates:

Year Round

Tuition:

N/A

Genres:

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

Description:

The Writer's Center is the leading creative writers' community in the greater Washington area, and one of the largest and oldest non-academic writers centers in the country. Annually about 5,000 established and aspiring writers attend readings and participate in workshops in all genres of creative writing. More information...

Title:

Address:

Graham School of General Studies, The University of Chicago, 1427 E. 60th Street, Chicago, IL 60637

Dates:

year-round
Application deadline: none for open enrollment courses; August 15 for certificate program

Tuition:

varies; $525 for 8-week open enrollment courses

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Literature

Description:

Courses in writing fiction, creative nonfiction, journalism, screenwriting, and poetry designed for working adults and taught by writers with a gift for sharing insights into their craft. More information...

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Address:

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

Dates:

February 7-10, 2008
Application Deadline: February 6, 2008

Tuition:

$775

Genres:

Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

An intensive four days of instruction and writing. Participants choose one of ten workshops in which they work closely with a professional writer. More information...