The Oxford Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference & Workshops November 11-14, 2010 • Oxford, Mississippi It’s not too late to participate in a gathering of the top creative nonfiction writers and instructors in America. For more information, visit: http://www.cnfoxford.com
2010 North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference
October 20, 2010 by Leave a Comment
The 2010 North Carolina Writers’ Network Fall Conference November 5 – November 7 Omni Charlotte Hotel Charlotte, North Carolina The conference offers workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as panels, performances, readings, book sales and signings, lectures, and classes on marketing and finding an agent. The faculty includes poets Cathy Smith Bowers, Julie […]
University of Louisville Italo Calvino Prize
October 12, 2010 by Leave a Comment
University of Louisville Italo Calvino Prize in Fabulist Fiction A prize of $1,500, publication in Salt Hill Journal, and an all-expenses-paid trip to read at the University of Louisville’s annual Louisville Conference on Literature and Culture is given annually for a work of fabulist fiction written in the vein of Italo Calvino. Submit up […]
Palm Beach Poetry Festival
October 8, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Palm Beach Poetry Festival Delray Beach, Florida January 17 -22, 2011 Application Deadline: November 2, 2010 This festival offers intermediate and advanced workshops, craft talks, readings, and panels. The faculty includes poets Stuart Dischell, Jane Hirshfield, Thomas Lux, Heather McHugh, Vijay Seshadri, Ellen Bryant Voigt, C. D. Wright, and Dean Young. Tuition is $725 […]
15th Annual Texas Book Festival
October 6, 2010 by Leave a Comment
15th Annual Texas Book Festival October 16 – October 17 State Capitol grounds in Austin The event features panels; a book fair; book signings; and readings in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction. Most events are free and open to the public. Visit the website for more information.
Lynchburg College Thornton Writer Residency
October 5, 2010 by Leave a Comment
Lynchburg College Thornton Writer Residency Deadline: October 15, 2010 www.lynchburg.edu/thornton.xml A fourteen-week residency at Virginia’s Lynchburg College, including a stipend of $12,000, is awarded annually to a fiction writer for the fall term and a poet or creative nonfiction writer for the spring term. The residency also includes housing, some meals, and roundtrip travel expenses. Writers […]