POETS & WRITERS MAGAZINE ANNOUNCES application information for writers conferences, literary festivals, and residencies of interest to poets, fiction writers, creative nonfiction writers, and translators. Applications for the following events are due shortly. Conferences and festivals with rolling, first-come, first-served admission are listed well in advance. Some accept registration on the date of the event. Contact the sponsoring organization for an application and complete guidelines. When requesting information by mail, enclose a self-addressed, stamped envelope (SASE). All accessibility information has been provided by the sponsoring organizations.
A.I.R. Studio Paducah
A.I.R. Studio Paducah offers residencies of two weeks to three months year-round to poets, fiction writers, and creative nonfiction writers in the Lower Town Arts District of Paducah, Kentucky. Residents are provided with a private apartment and studio space. The cost of the residency is $700 for two weeks and $1,000 for one month. To apply, submit up to five poems of any length or up to 10 pages of prose, a cover letter, a résumé, a writer’s statement, and contact information for three references with a $25 application fee. Admissions are made on a rolling basis; applications are currently being reviewed for residencies in 2025. Visit the website for more information.
Accessibility accommodations include an accessible front sidewalk and entrance, accessible studio doorways, and a walker-accessible bathroom with handrails. Contact the communications coordinator via phone or e-mail for additional accessibility details.
A.I.R. Studio Paducah, c/o Alonzo Davis, 4410 Oglethorpe Street, #609, Hyattsville, MD 20781.
(202) 374-5650. Kay Lindsey, Communications Coordinator.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair
The 2024 AWP Conference and Bookfair will be held from February 7 to February 10 at the Kansas City Convention Center in Kansas City, Missouri, and will also include a virtual component comprised of prerecorded and livestreamed events. The conference features panel discussions, readings, discussion rooms, and a bookfair. Prior to February 7, the cost of the conference for in-person preregistration, including all virtual programming and content, is $385 for nonmembers, $300 for members, $105 for seniors, and $70 for students. The cost of in-person, on-site registration, including all virtual programming and content, is $540 for nonmembers, $435 for members, $175 for seniors, and $150 for students. The cost of virtual-only preregistration prior to February 7 is $75 for nonmembers and $60 for members; the cost of virtual-only registration from February 7 to February 10 is $85 for nonmembers and $70 for members. For those attending the in-person events, lodging is available at the conference hotel at discounted rates. Visit the website for more information.
Accessibility accommodations include elevators in all multilevel event spaces; accessible sidewalks, pathways, and doorways; on-site scooters and wheel-chairs (on a first-come, first-served basis); accessible bathrooms; accessible event spaces; assistive listening devices; closed captioning for prerecorded virtual events; open captioning for livestreamed online programming; and ASL interpretation. Contact the conference staff via e-mail to request accessibility accommodations by January 24 (efforts will be made to address requests received after this date) or for additional accessibility details.
Association of Writers & Writing Programs Conference and Bookfair, 440 Monticello Avenue, Suite 1802, PMB 73708, Norfolk, VA 23510.
(240) 696-8273.
