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Retreats and workshops Canada
Banff
Centre for the Arts Writing
Studio May
2 to June 4 Application
deadline November 1 Five-week
program for poets and fiction writers, working one-on-one with experienced writer/editors Enrollment
limited to 24 writers Web
site – http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=157&p=detail Writing
With Style (spring and fall sessions) A
week-long workshop for writers of all levels April
18 to April 23, application deadline is Feb 14 Sept
19 to Sept 24, application deadline is May 13 Web
site – http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=215 Creative
non-fiction and cultural journalism July
11 to August 6 Application
deadline March 11, 2005 How
it works – accepted writers have from April to June 17 to produce a
manuscript of up to 10,000 words, then work on the manuscript during the
residency (writers are paid $3,000) Web
site – http://www.banffcentre.ca/programs/program.aspx?id=269&p=detail United
States Bread
Loaf Writers Conference Lectures,
craft classes, meetings with editors and agents, readings by faculty and
guests, workshops in poetry, fiction and creative non-fiction Dates
– the 2005 conference runs Aug 17 to Aug 28 in the Green Mountains of Ripton, Vermont Cost
– $2,000, including room and board Submit
up to 10 pages of poetry, or up to 6,000 words of fiction or non-fiction No
application fee Application
deadline is March 19 Financial
assistance available Web
site – http://www.middlebury.edu/academics/blwc/ 2005
faculty and guests include Susan Orlean, Andrea
Barrett, Charles Baxter, Amy Hempel, Francine
Prose, Thomas Mallon
Macdowell Colony Offers
residencies of up to 2 months to new and established poets, fiction writers
and creative non-fiction writers on a 450-acre estate near Mt. Monadnock in Peterborough, NH. Writers receive room and
board (other creative forms, such as art and dance are also represented at
the colony) Writers
submit published book of poetry or up to 10 poems; a published novel or two
or three chapters; a published short story collection or two or three
stories; a published book of creative non-fiction or two or three essays Deadline
is January 20 Application
fee is $20 Web
site – http://www.macdowellcolony.org/ Recent
fellows – Michael Chabon, Camilla Gibb, Barry
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