Outside Events
by Jack McLaughlin
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EVENTS/CONFERENCES
Healing Art of Writing Conference
San Rafael, California
July 8, 2012
Location – Dominican University of California in San Rafael
The conference offers workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, as well as readings and lectures on writing and healing.
Tuition - $800 - Lodging & Meals - $450-$570
Submit – Submit five pages of poetry or prose.
Application fee with submission - $25
Deadline – May 15, 2012
Visit the website for more information.
www.dominican.edu/events/healingart
Mendocino Coast Wrtiers Conference
Fort Bragg, California
July 26 - 28, 2012
Location - College of the Redwoods in Fort Bragg, California.
The conference features: Workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction; readings; panels/ workshops with editors, publishers, and agents; craft lectures; and discussion forums on publishing and marketing.
Registration fee - $525 including meals.
Deadline – June 15, 2012; registration fee increases to $575 after June 15.
Visit the website for more information.
www.mcwc.org
E-mail: info@mcwc.org
Napa Valley Writers’ Conference
St. Helena, California
July 22-27, 2012
Location - Napa Valley College, St. Helena, California
The conference features:
Workshops in poetry and fiction, manuscript consultations, and readings at Napa Valley vineyards
Tuition cost - $900. Includes daily breakfast & lunch plus two dinners & wine tasting.
Submit – Five poems or 10-15 pages of prose and a brief personal statement.
Application fee: $15
Tuition deposit- $100
Deadline – April 2
Visit the website for more information.
www.napawritersconf.org
E-mail: writecon@napavalley.edu
Santa Barbara Writers Conference
Santa Barbara, California
June 9-14, 2012
Location: Hyatt Hotel Santa Barbara, California.
The Conference features: Workshops in poetry and fiction, lectures and panel discussions.
Conference cost - $550 before March 17 and $625 thereafter.
Visit the website for more information.
Visit the website for more information.
www.sbwriters.com
E-mail: info@sbwriters.com
Algonkian Writer Conference – Write to Market
Corte Madera, California
May 11-13, 2012
Location – Corte Madera Best Western Hotel (25 miles North of San Francisco.
Lectures and discussions on writing and selling a novel. Also an agent pitch session.
Tuition - $295.
Registration – First come, first served.
Visit the website for more information
www.algonkian@webdelsol.com
Email – algonkian@webdelsol.com
Algonkian Writer Conference-Write to Market, 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 443, Washington, D.C. 20006. (703) 403-4280. Michael Neff, Coordinator
Algonkian Writer Conference
Fisherman’s Wharf Writers Conference For Fiction Writers
February 22-26, 2012 at the Ft. Mason Center in San Francisco
Workshops on writing and selling a novel.
Submit a novel excerpt of up to 500 pages.
Applications are considered on a rolling basis.
Tuition is $495.
Algonkian Writer Conference – San Francisco, 2020 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Suite 443
http://www.pw.org/content/algonkian_writer_conference_san_francisco_0
Desert Nights, Rising Stars
The ASU Writers Conference
Location: Tempe Arizona
Date: February 23, 2012
Application Deadline – January 27, 2012
Conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction as well as panel discussions, readings, and master classes with faculty writers.
Tuition: $375 Master class fee is $125.
Desert Nights, Rising Stars Writers Conference, Virginia G. Piper Center for Creative Writing.
P.O. box 875002, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85287-5002 480-965-6018
www.asu.edu/piper/conference
EVENTS/WRITING CONTESTS
Atlanta Review
International Poetry Comptition
$1,000 prize, given annually for a poem. Winner’s work will be published in the Atlanta Review.
All entries considered for publication.
Submit – a poem – any length.
Entry fee - $5
Additional submissions - $5 for each poem.
Deadline – March 1, 2012.
Visit the website for complete guidelines.
www.atlantareview.com
University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Institute for Creative Writing Fellowships
One year academic residence – includes a $27,000 grant at the Institute.
Given annually for a maximum of six writers working on a first book of fiction or poetry.
Fellows teach one workshop in creative writing each semester and give one public reading.
Submit one story or novel excerpt of 30 pages or less or 10 pages of poetry.
Entry fee - $45.
Deadline – February 29, 2012
Visit the website for complete guidelines.
www.creativewriting.wisc.edu
Lotus Press
Namomi Long Madgett Poetry Award
$500 Prize and publication by Lotus Press – given annually – for a poetry collection by an African-American poet.
Submit – two copies of a manuscript – 60-90 pages in length.
Deadline – March 1, 2012.
Entry fee - $0
Visit the website for complete details.
www.lotuspress.org
James Jones Literary Society
First Novel Fellowship
$10,000 Prize – Given annually – for a fiction work in progress by a U.S. writer who has not published a novel.
Winner’s work will be published in Provincetown Arts Novels, Novellas.
Collections of closely linked stories are eligible.
Submit – a one to two page outline and the first 50 pages of a book-length manuscript.
Entry fee - $25.
Deadline – March 1, 2012
Visit the website for complete details.
www.wilkes.edu/pages/1159.asp
email: jamesjonesfirstnovel@wilkes.edu
Creative Capital
Artist Grants
Up to $50,000 grants – offered to fiction, creative nonfiction, and poetry writers.
Writers receive advisory and development services from Creative Capital.
Open to U.S. citizens or permanent legal residents – 25 years or older and have five years of professional experience in literature are eligible.
Full time enrolled students in a degree-granting program are not eligible.
Entry fee - $0.
Deadline – March 1, 2012
Visit the website for complete details.
www.creative-capital.org/ourprogram
E-mail – grants@creative-capital.org
Symphony Space
Stella Kupferberg Memorial Short Story prize
$1,000 Prize is given annually for a short story on a theme.
Winner also receives two tickets to a performance of Selected Shorts featuring the winning work at Symphony Space in New York City.
2012 Theme is “Object of Desire.”
Submit a story of two pages maximum.
Deadline – March 2, 2012
Entry fee - $25.
Visit the website for complete guidelines.
www.symphonyspace.org
E-mail – shorts@symphonyspace.org
New South
Writing Contest
Two $1,000 prizes given annually for a story, essay or poem.
Winners works will be published in New South.
All entries are considered for publication.
Submit a maximum of 9,000 words of prose or three poems maximum.
Entry fee - $15 which includes a copy of the prize issue.
Deadline – March 5, 2012.
Visit the website for complete details.
www.review.gsu.edu
E-mail – new_south@langate.gsu.edu
Colorado Review
Nelligan Prize
$2,000 Prize given annually for a short story.
Winner’s work will be published in the Colorado Review.
All entries are considered for publication.
Submit a story of any length.
Entry fee - $15.
Deadline – March 11, 2012
Visit the website for complete guidelines.
www.nelliganprize.colostate.edu
E-mail – creview@colostate.edu
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