Arteles Creative Center
The Arteles Creative Center’s Silence Awareness Existence Residency Program offers one-month residencies to poets, fiction writers, nonfiction writers, and translators from January to March in the countryside region of Hämeenkyrö, Finland. Each resident is provided with a private bedroom and working desk as well as access to shared kitchens, bathrooms, and studio spaces in two residency buildings. The residency also offers access to a range of facilities, including a library, a meditation space, a sauna, and common areas. Two cars are available for transportation and exploration. The cost of the residency is €1,950 (approximately $2,123); a limited number of residencies are available at a reduced fee of €1,270 (approximately $1,382) based on financial need. To apply, submit a link to an online portfolio or a writing sample of 5 to 10 pages of poetry, prose, or an English translation of work in either genre, and a brief bio by July 31. There is no application fee. Visit the website for an application form and more information. Arteles Creative Center, Hahmajärventie 26, 38490 Haukijärvi, Finland. Amber Harmon, Residency Coordinator.
Cape Cod Writers Center Conference
The 2024 Cape Cod Writers Center Conference will be held from August 1 to August 4 at the Emerald Resort/Cape Cod Irish Village hotel in Barnstable, Massachusetts. The conference features workshops in poetry, fiction, and creative nonfiction, an agent panel, and manuscript mentoring sessions with faculty. The faculty includes poet and nonfiction writer Ben Berman; fiction writer Susan Breen; fiction and nonfiction writers Nancy Agabian, Nicole Blades, and Sara Rauch; and nonfiction writers Dorian Fox and David Yoo. Fiction writer William Martin will deliver the keynote address. Participating publishing professionals include agents Valerie Borchardt (Georges Borchardt) and Gina Panettieri (Talcott Notch Literary). General registration is $80 and includes a yearlong membership to the Cape Cod Writers Center (registration is free for current members). Writers may stay at the Emerald Resort/Cape Cod Irish Village hotel for $220 per night or at other hotels in the area. Tuition for a three-session two-hour workshop is $180; the cost is $140 for a two-session workshop and $75 for a one-session workshop. Manuscript consultations are available for an additional $180. The deadline to register for a manuscript consultation is July 15, and the general registration deadline is July 25. Visit the website for more information.
Accessibility accommodations include public transportation near the venue and accessible lodging at the conference hotel.
Cape Cod Writers Center Conference, P.O. Box 408, Osterville, MA 02655.
writers@capecodwriterscenter.org
Celia and Wally Gilbert Artist-in-Residence Program
The Celia and Wally Gilbert Artist-in-Residence Program offers residencies of one to three
