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In the Spotlight: Emma Bolden
Associate Editor-in-Chief, Tupelo Quarterly; Associate Director of Marketing, First Avenue Ventures
Writer's Notebook: "Active Shooter: When Language Isn’t Enough"
Carlie Hoffman | September 2019
Podcast: Episode 75: A Reading and Conversation with David Guterson and Erik Larson, Sponsored by the PEN/Faulkner Foundation and Seattle Arts & Lectures
Seattle 2014
The Writer's Chronicle Archives: "Reading and Editing: Interviews with Editors "
AWP Editor | December 1979
The Writer's News
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November 15, 2019
Former Home of Elizabeth Bishop Acquired by Key West Literary Seminar
624 White Street in Key West, the house where Elizabeth Bishop resided during the 1930s and 1940s, has been purchased by the Key West Literary Seminar (KWLS) and will serve as the organization’s new headquarters.
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November 14, 2019
A Farewell from the Chair of the Association of Writers & Writing Programs (AWP) Board of Directors
This past weekend, the Board of Directors of AWP met in Kansas City, Missouri, for its annual business meeting. Following that meeting, the board is proud to make the following announcements.
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November 8, 2019
Mary Ruefle Appointed Vermont Poet Laureate
Celebrated American poet Mary Ruefle was appointed by Vermont Governor Phil Scott to the position of Vermont Poet Laureate at a ceremony at the Vermont
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October 31, 2019
Moveable Type: Waxwing
A literary venue worth checking out...
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October 7, 2019
Ahsahta Press to Close
Boise State University recently announced the closure of Ahsahta Press, the nonprofit literary publisher founded in 1974 and run by its MFA Program in Creative Writing.
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Writer's Chronicle
Calendar
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Jan 07
Creative Nonfiction Writers Conference
Join award-winning authors, editors, agents and marketing experts for a three day intensive writing conference focused on both the craft and the business of writing essays, biography, memoir, and narrative nonfiction.
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Jan 09
Key West Literary Seminar and Writers' Workshop Program
Key West has one of the most intriguing literary heritages of any place in America. With an annual readers' seminar and an array of writers' workshops, plus scholarship opportunities for teachers and librarians, the Key West Literary Seminar ensures that
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Jan 17
26th Annual Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
January 17-20, 2020 Supportive. Energizing. Inspiring.
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Jan 17
Winter Poetry & Prose Getaway
January 17-20, 2020 A supportive, participant-focused writers' conference
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Jan 20
16th Annual Palm Beach Poetry Festival
Six days and evenings of extraordinary poetry events featuring America's most engaging and award-winning poets. Held annually in January in Delray Beach, Florida. The Festival also hosts community poetry events throughout the year.
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Feb 01
Hedgebrook Writers in Residence Program
The Writers in Residence Program is Hedgebrook’s core program, supporting the fully-funded residencies of approximately 40 women writers at the retreat each year.
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Feb 12
San Miguel Writers' Conference & Literary Festival
SMWC is a prestigious bi-lingual, tri-cultural literary gathering in the Americas. Held in Travel & Leisure's and Conde Nast Traveler's #1 city in the world, San Miguel de Allende, in the central highlands of Mexico.
