Title:

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:

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:

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...

Title:

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...

Title:

Address:

14 Harrison Street, New York, NY 10013

Dates:

June, July, August, September (Annually)
Application Deadline: March 1st, 2008 (Postmark)

Tuition:

N/A

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

A no-fee, one-month residency program for playwrights, poets, fiction and non-fiction writers. Criteria is, simply, talent and need. More information...

Title:

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...

Title:

Address:

President, 555 Eight Avenue, #1404, New York, NY 10018-4352

Dates:

January, April, July, September, October

Tuition:

$125 - $545 + $25 registration fee

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Comprehensive classes are available at multiple locations in New York City and online and writingclasses.com. Classes include writing in nearly every genre. 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:

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...

Title:

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:

Western Michigan University, 1903 W Michigan Ave, Kalamazoo, MI 49008-5331

Dates:

June 30-July 27, 2007
Application Deadline: May 1, 2007

Tuition:

4 weeks, 4-7 cr hrs, $3,095-$3,595

Genres:

N/A

Description:

Western Michigan University's Prague Summer Program offers four-week, creative writing workshops at Charles University in the Czech Republic each July that are eligible for four hours of 5000-level academic credit. More information...

Title:

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...

Title:

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...

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...

Title:

Address:

30 Big Red Lane, Clearmont, WY 82835

Dates:

Fall & Spring
Application Deadline: March 1 & October 1

Tuition:

NA

Genres:

N/A

Description:

THE UCROSS FOUNDATION RESIDENCY PROGRAM for the arts and literature offers residencies for 2-8 weeks. Located on a 22,000 acre working cattle ranch in the foothills of Wyoming's Bighorn Mountains, the Foundation provides individual workspace, living accommodations, uninterrupted time and the experience of the historic High Plains landscape to selected writers, artists, and composers working in all disciplines. More information...

Title:

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...

Title:

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...

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...