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Address:

Contact: Hanion 3A, Melissia, Athens, GREECE GR15127
Location: Andros Holiday Hotel, Gavrio, Andros, GREECE

Dates:

May 25th-May 28th, June, July, September

Tuition:

$1,250 ( U.S.) five night hotel stay, four day workshop fees, ask about retreat day fees

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Small, intensive creative writing workshop held on a quiet Greek island. New writing produced, feedback on work. Work with a small group of writers and have time alone to focus on your writing project in an inspiring setting. More information...

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Address:

P.O. Box 2000, 2800 S. Alabama Avenue, Monroeville, AL 36460

Dates:

May 5-7, 2011
Application Deadline: March 30, 2011

Tuition:

NA

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Literature

Description:

The Alabama Writers Symposium celebrates the literary arts with its annual line up of writers, poets, artists, and musicians. More information...

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Locations: D.C., San Diego, San Francisco, New York City
Contact: 2020 Pennsylvania Ave, NW, Ste 443, Washington D.C. 20006

Dates:

All 2009

Tuition:

$189.00 - $889.00

Genres:

Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

The AWC goal is to place writers on a realistic path by teaching them how to place themselves in the upper .001 of those who have an actual chance of becoming published authors. Our methods are culled from accomplished authors and writers, and our market sense from years of experience working with successful agents and editors in the business. More information...

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Address:

500 S. Main St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104

Dates:

May 15, 2009
Application Deadline: May 10, 2009

Tuition:

$100.00

Genres:

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

Description:

Conference associated with annual Ann Arbor Book Festival. More information...

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Location: Greece- Athens and Naxos Island
Contact: P.O. Box 460681, Denver, CO 80246

Dates:

May 17-29, 2010
Application Deadline: May 1, 2010

Tuition:

$3150 plus airfare, meals, & emergency medical evacuation insurance

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Based in 2010 on Naxos Island, Astra Writing in Greece is a program for promising beginning and seasoned women writers who like to travel. The program is rooted in the understanding that the wellspring for good writing resides at the interface between experience and memory and in the awareness that travel, by generating experiences and evoking memories, replenishes the well. More information...

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Address:

1414 Art Center Avenue, New Smyrna Beach, FL 32168

Dates:

5 residencies per year

Tuition:

$85

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting, 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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Contact: AWP Conference Services, Mail Stop 1E3, George Mason University, Fairfax, VA 22030
2010 Location: Denver, CO

Dates:

April 7-10, 2010
Annually Mid-Winter or Early Spring

Tuition:

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting, Screenwriting, 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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Contact: 3187 Angell Hall, 435 S. State Street, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1033
Location: Camp Michigania, 3006 Camp Sherwood Road, Boyne City MI 49, Boyne City, MI 49712

Dates:

June 3-7, 2010
Application Deadline: May 18, 2010

Tuition:

$595-795

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

The tenth annual Bear River Writers' Conference, sponsored by the University of Michigan, will be held June 3-7, 2010 at Camp Michigania on Walloon Lake, near Petoskey, Michigan. The conference offers workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as readings, discussions, nature walks, and time for writing. More information...

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Address:

Henry Miller Library, Highway One, Big Sur, CA 93920

Dates:

December and March
Application Deadline: February 19 and November 10

Tuition:

$695 and up.

Genres:

Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Literature

Description:

For the past twelve years, writers have come to the Big Sur Writing Workshops for an intensive weekend of working on manuscripts with publishing professionals who are dedicated to helping new writers. The workshops are designed for writers who have a finished or partially finished manuscript that needs critiquing, revisions, editorial help and guidance. More information...

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Address:

Festival- Enoch Pratt Free Library, 400 Cathedral Street, Baltimore, MD 21201 Contact- 120 S. Curley Street, Baltimore, MD 21224

Dates:

Festival- April 17, 2010 Year-round workshops

Tuition:

Varies

Genres:

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

Description:

CityLit Project nurtures the culture of literature in Baltimore and throughout Maryland. CityLit builds and connects a community of avid readers and writers through public events, workshops, web resources, and publishing. Named a "can't miss event on the city's cultural scene" (Baltimore Magazine), Citylit Festival is a free, day-long celebration of the literary arts. More information...

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Address:

PO Box 9803, Asheville, NC 28815

Dates:

Nov 9-16, 2008; June 25-28, 2009; April 19-26, 2009

Tuition:

See Website

Genres:

Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

In ClarityWorks classes and retreats, Peggy Tabor Millin guides women in inspiring their writing voice and deepening their knowledge of craft. More information...

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Address:

Concord Poetry Center, 40 Stow Street, Concord, MA 01742

Dates:

Year-round, see website

Tuition:

See website

Genres:

Poetry

Description:

Poetry conference focused on guiding poets to book publication is held in Colrain, Massachusetts and other locations and includes pre-conference work, manuscript analysis workshops, and in-depth editor consultations. Poetry readings, editorial panel Q&A, small groups (6-7). More information...

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Contact: Blakeslee Writers, LLC, 1140 S. Orlando Ave. A-1, Maitland, FL 32751
Location: Costa Rica

Dates:

May & June, 2009

Tuition:

$2195.00 for doubles; $2595.00 for singles

Genres:

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

Description:

Expand your creativity, enhance productivity, build confidence, maximize skills while sharpening your craft at our luxurious 4-star location. Daily writing sessions, craft talks, learn to publish your work. Intimate, hands-on groups with comprehensive techniques for all genres led by award-winning faculty. More information...

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Location: Online Workshops via the Internet
Residential Writing Retreats in Ireland - Sligo/Aran Islands Galway/ Glendalough Wicklow
Contact: Kinvara, County Galway, Ireland

Dates:

Feb to Oct

Tuition:

$825 to $1700

Genres:

Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Workshops LIVE with Irene Graham, founder of The Creative Writer's Workshop (1991) using right-brain/left-brain learning techniques. Also available as Residential Writing Retreats at magnificent locations throughout Ireland. More information...

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Address:

340 Montgomery St., Syracuse, NY 13202

Dates:

Year-round
Application Deadline: For DWC PRO, June 15th postmark; other deadlines vary.

Tuition:

$15-$125 for most workshops, $2300 for two-year DWC PRO program.

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

The YMCA's Downtown Writer's Center is the Central New York region's only community center for the literary arts, featuring a wide variety of workshops, readings and other events throughout the year. More information...

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Field's End: A Writers' Community, c/o Bainbridge Public Library, 1270 Madison Ave. N., Bainbridge Island, WA 98110

Dates:

April 18, 2009
Application Deadline: Mail in registration ends April 8, 2009; online registration ends April 11, 2009

Tuition:

Early bird: $135; regular: $150; groups of 5+: $130 each

Genres:

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

Description:

The one-day Field's End's annual conference offers nearly 10 hours of camaraderie, inspiration, and learning about the art and craft of writing; conference includes break-out sessions, panel discussions, hands-on workshops, author reading, booksigning, open mic, freewrite period, creativity wind down, networking, Page One critiques, a delicious salmon buffet lunch, and plenty of time to meet and discuss the writing life with fellow writers. 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, Playwriting, Screenwriting

Description:

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

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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:

160 Boylston Street, Boston MA 02116

Dates:

Open All Year

Tuition:

N/A

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, 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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Address:

Hedgebrook, 2197 Millman Road, , Langley, WA 98260

Dates:

February thru November
Application Deadline: September 24, 2010; ongoing for Master Classes

Tuition:

$2000-2500 Master Classes

Genres:

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

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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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:

The Kenyon Review, Finn House, 102 W. Wiggin St., Gambier, OH 43022

Dates:

June 18-25, 2011

Tuition:

$1995

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

A week of intensive, daily workshops concentrating on the creation and revision of new work in small group settings. More information...

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Address:

801 3rd Corso, Nebraska City, NE 68410

Dates:

Year round
Application Deadline: March 1 and September 1 each year

Tuition:

$25 application fee

Genres:

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

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

Dates:

year-round

Tuition:

sliding fee based on household income

Genres:

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

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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Contact: Maine Writers' & Publishers' Alliance, PO Box 9301, Glickman Family Library, Room 318, Portland, Maine 04104
Location: Haystack Mountain School of Crafts

Dates:

May 7-12, 2009

Tuition:

$395 MWPA Members; $475 Non-Members (join now for $35 and attend at member rates!)

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

A rustic getaway for writers situated at the beautiful Haystack Mountain School of Crafts on Deer Isle, the Blackfly Writers' Retreat provides an opportunity for writers to immerse themselves in their work far from the distractions of home. Workshops and seminars in fiction, creative nonfiction and poetry are available for those wanting to engage in productive critique and intellectual stimulation. All participants and faculty will be invited to read from their work in the evenings, and the communal dining room offers delicious fare and a toasty fireplace for folks needing a break from the solitude of their cabins. More information...

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Chair, PEN Northwest, 23030 W. Sheffler Road, Elmira, OR 97437

Dates:

April through October, 2011 or 2012
Application Deadline: December 1, 2009 through March 1, 2010

Tuition:

Resident performs one hour a day of routine caretaking and receives a stipend of $5,000

Genres:

All

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...

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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, Screenwriting, Playwriting, 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:

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, $195 (8-week), $180 (7-week), $165 (6-week), $140 (4-week), $40 (one meeting). Returning student discounts apply.

Genres:

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

Description:

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:

New letters Conference: June 18-July 15, 2007

Tuition:

$400/week non-credit; $945/week undergraduate; $1,292/week graduate

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction

Description:

The SWP is a four-week-long convocation of students, poets, scholars, fiction writers, translators, performance artists, Buddhist teachers, musicians, printers, editors, and others working in small press publishing. In dialogue with renowned practitioners, students engage in the composition of poetry, prose fiction, cross-genre possibilities, inter-arts, translation, and writing for performance. More information...

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Center for Black Literature, Medgar Evers College, CUNY, 1650 Bedford Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11225

Dates:

Thursday March 25- Sunday March 28, 2010

Tuition:

$10/ $5

Genres:

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

Description:

The Center for Black Literature (CBL) at Medgar Evers College is pleased to announce that Nobel Prize winning author, Toni Morrison will be Honorary Chair for the Tenth National Black Writers Conference (NBWC) at Medgar Evers College, March 26 - 28, 2010. The conference, to be held on the Medgar Evers College campus in Brooklyn, NY, will feature discussions, youth workshops, talkshops, author readings and signings More information...

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Contact: 38931 Jasper Lowell Road, Fall Creek, OR 97438
Location: 291 Tomaquag Road, Ashaway, RI 02804

Dates:

September 10-12, 2010
Application Deadline: September 5, 2010

Tuition:

$200

Genres:

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

Description:

Elegant year round  retreat in rural southern Rhode Island offers three weekend writing workshops a year. The Fall 2010 workshop (September 10-12, 2010) is "Writing Biographies: The Art of Making Historical Characters Come Alive" and features Dr. Marla Miller, author of the 2010 biography "Betsy Ross and the Making of America". More information...

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Address:

PO Box 60066, Florence, MA 01062

Dates:

May 20 - 23, 2010

Tuition:

$625 before March 29, $685 after

Genres:

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

Description:

At the heart of our retreats is the joining of Creative Writing, Hatha Yoga, and Meditation. Patricia Lee Lewis & her faculty have combined their energies for 10 years to offer this powerful path to the creative self. 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...

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Address:

Round Top Festival Institute, P.O. Box 89, Round Top, Texas, 78954

Dates:

April 15-17, 2011
Application Deadline: None; early registration recommended

Tuition:

$125/student $80

Genres:

Poetry

Description:

The 3-day festival is a mix of featured readings, panels, workshops, performance, participant readings, social events, and a festival anthology publication. 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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Contact: PO Box 7800, Portland, Maine 04112-7800
Location: 561 Congress Street, Portland, Maine 04101

Dates:

Fall (Sept-Dec) & Spring (Feb-May)

Tuition:

$9600 (includes fees)

Genres:

Nonfiction

Description:

Salt offers a 15-week intensive nonfiction writing program which combines writing and editing with fieldwork. Writing students are required to showcase their pieces using WordPress; there is some exposure to multimedia and the possibility of collaboration with photography students. More information...

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Contact: 826 Camino del Monte Rey A-3, Santa Fe, NM 87505
Location: Hotel St. Francis, 210 Don Gaspar Ave., Santa Fe, NM, 87501

Dates:

July 21-25, 2008
Application Deadline: July 15,2008

Tuition:

The fee of $575 includes all workshops, talks and receptions. The one-day fee is $130 July 22-24, 2008 and $200 July 25, 2008 (includes lunch and margarita despedida).

Genres:

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

Description:

This conference is arranged like a sampler, a five day dialogue filled with the stories of many different women writers, journalists, fiction, non-fiction and children's book authors. More information...

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Address:

4043 N. Ravenswood, #222, Chicago, IL 60613

Dates:

Year-Round Programming with Classes and Events

Tuition:

class fees range from $35 to $400

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Literature

Description:

StoryStudio Chicago offers more than 100 unique classes throughout the year, open to writers of all ages and all experience levels. Students interact with talented and committed faculty, visiting authors, and each other in a growing network of writers. More information...

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Address:

1931 Portland-Cobalt Road, Portland, CT 06480

Dates:

April 9, 2011

Tuition:

Not specified

Genres:

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

Description:

A unique writers' conference that covers the total story from craft to career. Network with agents and editors and get rare, insider publishing tips from industry shot-callers themselves as executives from every department teach how to write, publish, protect, market and sell your book! More information...

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University of North Dakota, Dept. of English, 110 Merrifield, Campus Stop 7209, Grand Forks, ND 58202

Dates:

March 23-27, 2010

Tuition:

Completely free and open to public

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

The 41st Annual UND Writers Conference features Art Spiegelman, Saul Williams, Frank X. Walker, Cecelia Condit, Deena Larsen, Nick Montfort, Stuart Moulthrop, Mark Amerika, and a musical performance by Zeitgeist. More information...

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Address:

154 San Angelo Drive, Amherst, VA 24521

Dates:

2009
Application Deadline: Sept. 15, 2008; January 15, 2009; and May 15, 2009

Tuition:

NA

Genres:

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

Description:

Fully funded, one-month residencies for writers who have not previously been in residence at the VCCA, to include a private studio, bedroom and all meals at the VCCA. This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. More information...

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Address:

300 Pompton Road, Atrium 232, Wayne, NJ 07470

Dates:

April 18, 2009 (Saturday)

Tuition:

$50.00

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction

Description:

Day-long program includes plenary reading by Terese Svoboda and small writing workshops in fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, journalism, bogging and more. More information...

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Address:

Four Points Sheraton, 3400 Airport Road, Allentown, PA 18109

Dates:

March 26-27, 2010

Tuition:

Conference: Early bird prices are $100 for members and students, and $120 nonmembers; late registration is $135 ($100 students). Workshop: $115.

Genres:

Fiction, Nonfiction, Children's Literature

Description:

Choose from eighteen sessions, get a first page critique by publishing professionals, meet with agents. Pre-conference workshop by James N. Frey: "How to Plot Like the Pros." More information...

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Address:

4508 Walsh Street, Bethesda, MD 20815

Dates:

Year 'round

Tuition:

Varies

Genres:

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

Description:

We produce over 200 writing workshops and over 50 public events each year. We also sell the largest selection of literary magazines in the Mid-Atlantic region. 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:

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

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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Address:

156 Upper Whitfield Rd, Accord, NY 12404

Dates:

March 15-20, 2009

Tuition:

$1120

Genres:

Poetry, Fiction, Nonfiction, Playwriting

Description:

This retreat gives writers of all backgrounds guidance and space to develop artistic empathy. Yoga and meditation tools give writers a fresh approach to their process and craft. More information...