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5 Over 50: 2024 Virtual Reading

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In this virtual reading and conversation, Poets & Writers features editor India Lena González introduces the 2024 cohort of “5 Over 50” debut authors: Suzette Mullen, author of The Only Way Through Is Out (University of Wisconsin Press, 2024); Dorsía Smith Silva, author of In Inheritance of Drowning (CavanKerry Press, 2024); Uchenna Awoke, author of The Liquid Eye of a Moon (Catapult, 2024); Parul Kapur, author of Inside the Mirror (University of Nebraska Press, 2024); and Deborah Jackson Taffa, author of Whiskey Tender (Harper, 2024).

Bogliasco Foundation

The Bogliasco Foundation offers monthlong residencies from January to May and from September to December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the coastal fishing village of Bogliasco, Italy, seven miles southeast of Genoa. Residents are provided with a private room, workspace, and meals, and are invited to attend cultural events in Bogliasco and Genoa. There is no cost to attend the residency, but residents are responsible for their own travel expenses.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
March 7, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
March 7, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
March 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Bogliasco Foundation, 1 East 53rd Street, 8th Floor, New York, NY 10022. (212) 486-0874.

Contact City: 
Bogliasco
Country: 
IT
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Bogliasco

Southern Vermont Writers’ Conference

The Southern Vermont Writers’ Conference, sponsored by Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning, will be held from March 30 to April 4 at the Equinox Resort & Spa in Manchester, Vermont. The program includes workshops, craft talks, readings, and faculty presentations for poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers, as well as a bookseller event at Northshire Bookstore and an author event at the Manchester Community Library featuring fiction and nonfiction writer Megan Mayhew Bergman.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
March 30, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
March 1, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
March 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Southern Vermont Writers’ Conference, Green Mountain Academy for Lifelong Learning, P.O. Box 129, Dorset, VT 05251. Kim Place-Gateau and Caren McVicker, Cofounders.

Kim Place-Gateau and Caren McVicker
Cofounders
Contact City: 
Manchester
Contact State: 
VT
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
05254
Country: 
US

Playa Flamingo Writing Residency in Costa Rica

The Playa Flamingo Writing Residency, sponsored by Atmosphere Press, offers two five-day residencies from May to August to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, or translators at the Punta Plata condominium in Playa Flamingo, a white sand beach located in Guanacaste, Costa Rica. The residency features space and time to write and an online reading in which residents present their work. Residents are provided with a two-bedroom condo that includes two bathrooms, a full kitchen, a patio, private beach access, and a shared outdoor pool.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
May 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 28, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
March 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Playa Flamingo Writing Residency in Costa Rica, 7107 Foxtree Cove, Austin, TX 78750. (518) 764-1918. Lisa Mottolo, Assistant Editor of Atmosphere Press.

Lisa Mottolo
Assistant Editor
Contact City: 
Guanacaste
Country: 
CR

Aldo and Estella Leopold Residency

The Aldo and Estella Leopold Residency offers monthlong residencies from May through October to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers in the late environmental essayist Aldo Leopold’s cabin in Tres Piedras, New Mexico. Writers exploring “the relevance of Aldo Leopold’s ideas to 21st century cultural and environmental issues” and/or “committed to reshaping the cultural story about the relationship between humans and nature” are eligible. An additional residency is offered in a single-room casita overlooking the Galisteo Basin Preserve in Galisteo, New Mexico.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
May 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 26, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
March 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
yes
Contact Information: 

Aldo and Estella Leopold Residency, P.O. Box 40122, Albuquerque, NM 87196. (973) 476-9112. Nina Simon, Program Director.

Nina Simon
Program Director
Contact City: 
Tres Piedras
Contact State: 
NM
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
87577
Country: 
US

Shannaghe Residency Program

The Shannaghe Residency Program offers two- and four-week residencies from April through November to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers at the Shannaghe residence, a renovated house barn in Belfast, Maine. Residents are provided with private accommodations, which include a room, a workspace, a kitchen, and two bathrooms. The cost of the residency is $100 per week.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
April 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Shannaghe Residency Program, 121 City Point Road, Belfast, ME 04915. (312) 802-2989. Lee Reilly, Director.

Lee Reilly
Director
Contact City: 
Belfast
Contact State: 
ME
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
04915
Country: 
US

Writeaways

Writeaways will offer a weeklong retreat from February 24 to March 3 to poets, fiction writers, and nonfiction writers (including creative nonfiction writers) at the Weymouth Center for the Arts & Humanities, a 26-acre estate in Southern Pines, North Carolina. Residents are provided with time and space to write, writing workshops, and private writing consultations. The faculty includes poet and fiction writer Mimi Herman and fiction and nonfiction writer John Yewell.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
February 24, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 1, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
March 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Writeaways, P.O. Box 62012, Durham, NC 27715. Mimi Herman and John Yewell, Codirectors.

Mimi Herman and John Yewell
Codirectors
Contact City: 
Southern Pines
Contact State: 
NC
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
28388
Country: 
US

Creekside Arts Artist-Residency Program

Creekside Arts offers three-week residencies from mid-May to early June to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on the coastal redwoods of Freshwater, California. Residents are provided with a private room, kitchen, bathroom, and studio in a cottage, cabin, tiny house, or Airstream trailer, as well as access to collaborative work spaces where gatherings are held with other residents, permanent members of the Creekside Arts community, and artists from the larger Humboldt County.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
yes
Event Date: 
March 7, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
March 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Creekside Arts Artist-Residency Program, 475 Howard Heights Road, Eureka, CA 95503. (707) 998-8452. Marceau Verdiere, Creekside Arts Residency Coordinator.

Marceau Verdiere
Creekside Arts Residency Coordinator
Contact City: 
Freshwater
Contact State: 
CA
Country: 
US

The Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference

The 2025 Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference will be held from June 4 to June 10 at the Sebasco Harbor Resort in Phippsburg, Maine. The conference features a full-manuscript pre-conference reading with two sets of editorial comments, workshops, and attendee and faculty readings for poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers. One-on-one agent pitching as well as pitching practice sessions will take place post-conference via Zoom on June 28.

Type: 
CONFERENCE
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
June 4, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
February 19, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
no
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
March 7, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

The Writer’s Hotel Maine All-Genre “Mini MFA” Writers Conference, P.O. Box 472, Brunswick, ME 04011. Shanna McNair, Founding Director.

Shanna McNair
Founding Director
Contact City: 
Phippsburg
Contact State: 
ME
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
04562
Country: 
US

Hambidge Creative Residency Program

Hambidge offers residencies of two weeks to two months from February through December to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers on 600 forested acres in the Blue Ridge Mountains of northern Georgia. Each resident is provided with a private cottage, which includes a bedroom, a studio, a full kitchen, and a bathroom. The cost of the residency is $250 per week; meals are included. Limited financial aid scholarships and several merit-based Distinguished Fellowships were available.

Type: 
RESIDENCY
Ignore Event Date Field?: 
no
Event Date: 
February 1, 2025
Rolling Admissions: 
no
Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2025
Financial Aid?: 
yes
Financial Aid Application Deadline: 
January 15, 2025
Free Admission: 
no
Contact Information: 

Hambidge Creative Residency Program, P.O. Box 339, Rabun Gap, GA 30568. (706) 746-7324. Beth Loveland, Office and On-site Programs Coordinator. 

Beth Loveland
Office and On-site Programs Coordinator
Contact City: 
Rabun Gap
Contact State: 
GA
Contact Zip / Postal Code: 
30568
Country: 
US

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